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AsianAgriculturalＲesearch2013，5(11):14－17DevelopmentofAgriculturalProductLogisticsfromthePerspectiveofthe4PL1，1，2AlexWuyaZHONGWeiYAN1．CollegeofEconomics，ShenzhenUniversity，Shenzhen518060，China;2．DepartmentofPublicEconomicsandFinance，MinjiangUniversity，Fuzhou350108，ChinaAbstractFromtheperspectiveoftheFourthPartyLogistics(4PL)，thispaperelaboratestheconcept，backgroundanddevelopmentplightofagriculturalproductslogistics，advisesdeveloping4PLunderthebackgroundofrapiddevelopmentofagriculturalproductsandlogistics，etc．andexploresissuesofinformation，efficiencyandsupervisionofagriculturalproductslogistics，drawstheconclusionthatonlyconstructan4PLagriculturalproductslogisticssystemcanalleviatetheaporiaofcost，andspeedtheefficiencyofChina'sagriculturalproductslogistics．KeywordsTheFourthPartyLogistics(4PL)，AgriculturalProducts，Logistics，Development1IntroductionAtpresent，hugepricedifferenceliesbetweenoriginandterminalagriculturemarketinChina．Accompaniedbyunbalancedsupplyanddemandofagriculturalproducts，itextremelywastesnaturalandsocialresources．Majorreasonsforthisincludelaggedagricul-turalproductlogisticsmode，singlelogisticschannel，outmodedlogisticsconcept，lowlogisticsefficiencyanddrawbacksofagri-culturalproductlogisticssystem．Itisofgreatpracticalandtheo-reticalsignificancetoestablishahighefficientandstablelogisticssystemwhichissuitableforcirculationdemandofChina'sagricul-turalproducts．Agriculturalproductlogisticsisthesumofagriculturalprod-uctlogisticsmanagementactivitiesinthecirculationfromorigintocirculation，includingtransportation，storage(normaltempera-ture，freshkeepingandcoldstorage)，loadingandunloading，handling，packaging，circulationandprocessing，deliveryandin-formationprocessingofagriculturalproducts．Theobjectivesofag-riculturalproductlogisticsincludeincreasingaddedvalueofagricul-turalproducts，savingcirculationcost，raisingcirculationefficien-cy，reducingnecessarycostandevadingmarketrisks．Naturalprop-ertyofagriculturalproductsdeterminesconflictbetweenregionalityofsupplyandextensivenessofdemand，thusseparatelydistributedtownsaremainterminalmarketsofagriculturalproducts．China'sagriculturalproductlogisticsmarkethasreceivedre-markabledevelopmentinrapidgrowthofnationaleconomy．Atpresent，China'sagriculturalproductsarecharacterizedbyvarioustypes，differentcharacteristics，andvariedtypes，standardsandlevelsoflogisticsdemands．Inparticular，atthebackgroundofglobalizationofagriculturalproductoriginandterminalmarket，naturalpropertyofagriculturalproductssetsoutspecificheteroge-Ｒeceived:September9，2013Accepted:October24，2013SupportedbySocialScienceProjectofFujianProvincialDepartmentofEdu-cation(JB12197S)．*Correspondingauthor．E-mail:[e-mail]agri-culturalproductlogisticsorganizationsandformshasbasicallyformed，itisstillnotabletosatisfylogisticsdemandofrapidgrowthofagriculturalproducts．Agriculturalproductlogisticsfieldhasaccumulatedalotofproblemsurgentlytobesolved，suchashighlossofagriculturalproducttransportation，lowfreshness，andhighlogisticscost;imperfectlogisticsinformationnetworkfacili-tiesandblindagriculturalproductmarket;variousagriculturalproductlogisticssubjectsandchaoticmarketorder;barrierbe-tweendifferentsegmentsofrelevantmanagementdepartmentsofagriculturalproductlogistics，difficultintegrationofindustrialre-sources;serviceconceptofagriculturalproductlogisticslaggingbehind，highproportionofself-employedlogistics，andagricultur-alproductlogisticsfacingrigidrestraint;backwardagriculturalproductlogisticstechnologyandqualityinspectionmeans．Allthesefactorsrestrictalllinksofagriculturalproductlogisticsandtheirfurtherdevelopmentandupgrade．Therefore，itisurgenttoplanandintegrateagriculturalproductlogisticswithnewconcept，method，modeandorganization，tosatisfyqualityandefficiencyrequirementsofmoderncommercialmodeandlifestyle．2CurrentsituationoftheproblemstudyScholarshaveputforwardmanyopinionsandsuggestionsforprob-lemsinChina'sagriculturalproductlogistics．WanMinandHuZhenhu(2006)［1］andZhangZhaotong［2］introduceddevelopmenthistoryandexperienceofagriculturalproductlogisticsinsomecountries;HeFeng(2006)presentsuggestionsfordevelopmentmodeofagriculturalproductlogisticsinChinawithreferencetoexperienceofJapanandothercountries［3］;ZhangJingwei(2008)believedthatitisfeasibletolearnJapantofosterintermediariesthroughdevelopingthethirdpartyagriculturalproductlogistics，soastopromotedevelopmentofChina'sagriculturalproducts［4］．LiuDongyingandHuangZuhui(2005)studiedexternalchangesoflo-gisticsprofitfrominstitutionalstructurewiththecaseoflogisticsoffreshagriculturalproducts，pointedoutthatinstitutionalinnova-AlexWuyaZHONGetal．DevelopmentofAgriculturalProductLogisticsfromthePerspectiveofthe4PL15tionpromotesevolutionofChina'sagriculturalproductlogistics3．1Informationtransmissionmechanismofthefourthpartysystem［5］;theybuiltatwo-dimensionalspacemodelforlogisticslogisticsandagriculturalproductlogisticsAtpresent，infor-chainoffreshagriculturalproducts，andcontendedthatestablish-mationconstructionofChina'sagriculturalpro