The high-profit return on investment into the fast growing China¡¯s courier service market draws a great attention from numerous enterprises and investors home and abroad. With the attracting market potentials, nearly all transnational corporations diverted their strategic focus into China which succeeded in accession to WTO. In the meanwhile, domestic enterprises have no choices but join the fierce global competition. And how to survive and develop are highly concerned by them.

Based on substantive and careful market research, information sourced from domestic and overseas newspapers and magazines, data released by Chinese Logistics Association, materials provided by research institutes focusing on courier service as well as our powerful database. This report gives a detailed analysis of latest development, demand & supply, distribution channels and consumption changes of China¡¯s courier service market. Especially looks into its sub-industries with the views of industrial characteristics, demand & supply and so third.

Thus providing those economic entities aiming to enter this industry a channel to understand the latest development, an valuable reference of seeking opportunities and effective operating modes to realize capital operation.

1 Global logistic development
1.1 status quo
1.1.1 Development 
1.1.2 Trends
1.2 Logistic status in major countries and regions
1.2.1 USA
1.2.2 EU
1.2.3 France
1.2.4 Japan
1.2.5 Other countries and regions

2 Logistic status in China
2.1 Logistic development in China
2.1.1 development history
2.1.2 Logistic industry stepped into the period of ¡°Spring¡± 
2.1.3 Review for the year of 2004
2.2 Logistic development characteristics in China 
2.2.1 Development characteristic analysis
2.2.2 Distribution features 
2.3 Nine logistic development trends in China
2.4 Logistic development strategies in China
2.4.1 The development level is on the initial phase
2.4.2 The meaning for modern logistical development 
2.4.3 Suggestions 
2.5 WTO influences to Logistic industry in China 
2.5.1 Influences to roads and waterways 
2.5.2 Influences to distribution channels 
2.5.3 Influences to E-commerce
2.5.4 Suggestions
2.6 Logistic industry calling for integrated development in China 
2.6.1 The industry is on the initial phase
2.6.2 Development environment is getting better
2.6.3 How long left to go for the modern logistic 
2.7 Market environment for the third party logistic
2.7.1 Concept of the third party logistic
2.7.2 Positive economic factors 
2.7.3 Competition environment 
2.7.4 Supply and demand

Part two: Courier service market 

3 Macro environment for courier service in China
3.1.1 Global economic review and prospect 
3.1.1 Global economic status from the year of 2004 to 2005
3.1.2 Economic growth in USA
3.1.3 Economic conditions in other countries and regions
3.2 Economic condition in China
3.2.1 Economic growth in the year of 2005
3.2.2 Why the economic growth went beyond the expectation?
3.3 A good prospect of China¡¯s economy 
3.3.1 Industrial structure adjustments
3.3.2 Excellent prospect of manufacturing industry
3.3.3 Development trends

4 Courier service market development in China
4.1 General development situations
4.1.1 Courier service becoming a hotspot
4.1.2 The impact of ¡°Grey Courier Service¡± 
4.1.2 The threats from oversea competitors 
4.2 Regional characteristics for courier service in China
4.2.1 Current courier service patterns
4.2.2 The gap between South China and North China
4.2.3 Unbalanced development between urban area and rural area
4.3 Courier service market scale
4.3.1 Domestic courier service market scale 
4.3.2 International courier service market scale
4.4 The impacts from oversea competitors 
4.4.1 Operational impacts
4.4.2 Technical impacts
4.4.3 Service quality impacts

5 Sub-industries analysis 
5.1 Air express 
5.1.1 status quo
5.1.2 Operation modes 
5.1.3 Strategic thinking 
5.2 Road express
5.2.1 Road development in the year of 2004
5.2.2 Road development in the year of 2005
5.2.3 Road development trends
5.2.4 Market scale of road express
5.3 Railway express
5.3.1 Status quo 
5.3.2 Railway development in the year of 2005
5.3.3 The impacts of railway transport development strategies in USA. 
5.4 Waterway express
5.4.1 Waterway development in the year of 2005
5.4.2 Development trends

6 Supply and demand of courier service in China
6.1 Enterprise survey 
6.1.1 Composition of samples collected and basic information of enterprises
6.1.2 Supply capability 
6.1.3 Service quality 
6.2 Demand survey
6.2.1 market demand analysis
6.2.2 Facility analysis

7 Price analysis of courier service in China
7.1 Air express price
7.1.2 Road express price
7.1.3 Railway express price

Part Three: Competition patterns analysis

8 Competition patterns of courier service
8.1 Industrial structure
8.2 Courier service patterns in the WTO Era

9 Chinese enterprise analysis 
9.1 China Post
9.1.1 Status quo
9.1.2 Development conditions
9.1.3 Reformations leading to the way out
9.1.4 Management analysis
9.2 Air express enterprises
9.2.1 Air China
9.2.2 China Southern Airlines
9.2.3 China Northern Airlines
9.2.4 China Eastern Airlines
9.2.5 Hainan Airlines
9.3 China Railway Express
9.3.1 Company brief introduction
9.3.2 Services provided
9.4 Road express enterprises
9.5 Other courier service companies
9.5.1 EAS Express
9.5.2 JIAJI Express
9.5.3 CJS Express
9.5.4 Tianjin DTW. Group 
9.5.5 China National Foreign Trade Transportation
9.6 Multinational courier service giants
9.6.1 FedEx
9.6.2 DHL
9.6.3 Ups
9.6.4 TNT

Part Four: Industrial trends and investment analysis

10 Courier service market trends
10.1 State-owned and foreign enterprises will be the mainstream 
10.2 Informationlize and digitalize 
10.3 Acquisition and merge 
10.4 the association between enterprise preference and target clients
10.5 Rapid growth of third party logistics
10.6 Large-scale enterprises will be the main demand bodies. 
10.7 Core Competiveness
10.8 The importance of E-commerce platform 

11 Market opportunities and market entrance 
11.1 Advantages and opportunities 
11.1.1 A good prospect of macro economic 
11.1.2 Economic globazation brings a chance 
11.1.3 A great public attention to logistic industry 
11.1.4 opportunities brought by IT development 
11.2 Problems and threats 
11.2.1 Small companies raid the market 
11.2.2 Lack of person with ability 
11.2.3 unsmooth channels 
11.2.4 Scale problem 
11.2.5 incomplete service functions 
11.3 Market entrance and development strategies 
11.3.1 The way of joint development
11.3.2 To be specialization 
11.3.3 To be modernization 
11.3.4 The government should pay more efforts 
11.3.5 Multi service objects 
11.4 Private courier service enterprises
11.4.1 History and status quo
11.4.2 The negative factors to private enterprise development 
11.4.3 Market potential for private enterprises
11.4.4 Development trends