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1、外文翻译Third-PartyLogisticsinChina:StillaToughMarketMaterialSource:MercerontravelandtransportAuthor:DianaHuangandMarkKadarMercerrecentlycompletedasurveyofthethird-partylogistics(3PL)marketinChina,inconjunctionwiththeChinaFederationofLogisticsandPurchasing.Thestudyin
2、cludedinterviewswithawiderangeofbothshippersandprovidersservingtheChinesemarket,aswellasdetailedresearchintotheoverallcharacteristicsandtrendsinfluencingthegrowthoftransportationandlogisticsservicesinChina.Theprimaryfindingofthestudywasthatthethird-partylogistics
3、marketinChinaisfinallyofftoafaststart,drivenbytheopeningupofthemarkettoforeignfirmsandgovernmentcommitmenttogrowingChina’sshareoftheworldeconomy.However,Mercer’sstudyindicatesthatthereisstillabumpyrideaheadforprovidersoflogisticsservicesinthismarket,givenarangeof
4、challengesfromboththesupplyanddemandside.MostshippersinChinaarestillrelativelyunsophisticatedintermsoftheirlogisticsneeds,althoughtheincreasingpresenceofmultinationalcorporationsisrampingupdemandforhigher-endservices.Onthesupplyside,the3PLmarketishighlyfragmented
5、—eventhelargestprovidershavelessthana2percentmarketshare—andforeign3PLsinparticularseekingtoestablishapresencewillfacesignificantobstacles.Overthelongerterm,bothmarketandpoliticalforcesarelikelytochangethelandscapeofproviders,setnewindustrystandards,andstimulatem
6、oreandhighervalue-addeddemandforlogisticsservices.AGrowthMarketforLogisticsThesizeofthepotentialmarketforsuchservicesinChinaismind-boggling,giventhatthecountryhasapopulationof1.3billionandaGDPofUS$1.1trillion.Transportationandlogisticsexpenditureswere$230billioni
7、n2001,orapproximately20percentofGDP.Althoughoutsourcingaccountsforonly$4.7billion,orlessthanfivepercent,ofthisfigure,themarketforsuchservicesisstillinitsearlystagesofdevelopment.Comparedtooveralllogisticsservices,whicharegrowingbyabout7.5percentannually,outsource
8、dlogisticsservicesinChinaarereportedtobegrowingby25percentperyear,leadingbothNorthAmerica(10-15percentannual3PLgrowth)andtherestoftheworld(5-10percent).Infact,
