Evaluation of e-commerce location and entry to China – implications on shipping and trade

Journal of Shipping and Trade

Table 3 Pair-wise comparison of provinces (logistics infrastructure for parcel deliveries)

Province	Preference vectors for the criteria
Province	Number of postal offices (unit^a)	Number of outlets for express services (unit^a)	Length of postal routes (km^a)
Beijing	0.033	0.004	0.091
Tianjin	0.009	0.011	0.021
Hebei	0.030	0.003	0.023
Shanxi	0.028	0.003	0.015
Inner Mongolia	0.019	0.021	0.040
Liaoning	0.027	0.032	0.042
Jilin	0.017	0.025	0.019
Heilongjiang	0.022	0.026	0.023
Shanghai	0.035	0.047	0.036
Jiangsu	0.060	0.066	0.031
Zhejiang	0.055	0.071	0.105
Anhui	0.035	0.042	0.009
Fujian	0.034	0.039	0.035
Jiangxi	0.030	0.026	0.014
Shandong	0.047	0.052	0.067
Henan	0.050	0.045	0.023
Hubei	0.055	0.055	0.027
Hunan	0.037	0.042	0.015
Guangdong	0.100	0.132	0.068
Guangxi	0.028	0.029	0.038
Hainan	0.008	0.009	0.014
Chongqing	0.023	0.022	0.021
Sichuan	0.076	0.071	0.041
Guizhou	0.028	0.029	0.015
Yunnan	0.029	0.029	0.042
Shaanxi	0.030	0.026	0.032
Gansu	0.021	0.024	0.029
Qinghai	0.005	0.004	0.014
Tibet	0.004	0.005	0.009
Ningxia	0.006	0.004	0.008
Xinjiang	0.018	0.006	0.031

Note^a: In parenthesis the units are for the initial values of data processed in pair-wise comparison
Entries in boldface are largest values to identify highest performing regions