The Integrated Development of Agriculture and Logistics Industry in Anhui Province from the Perspective of Industrial Integration

Completing the shortcomings of agricultural modernisation is an important task to promote the simultaneous development of the “Four Modernizations” , and the logistics industry, as a supporting industry for the development of agricultural modernization, plays a significant role in promoting it. This paper evaluates the coupled and coordinated development of agriculture and logistics in Anhui Province from 2004 to 2019 by constructing a coupled and coordinated development evaluation system and applying the coupled and coordinated degree model. The results show that: （1）The development of agriculture and logistics industry in Anhui Province basically shows an upward trend, although in some years there is a slight decline due to external factors, but the overall development in a good direction. （2）The development of the agricultural and logistics industries in Anhui Province is integrated and linked, and the degree of integration is gradually increasing, with the overall trend developing from the initial stage of near-disorder to the current stage of good coordination, but still not reaching the stage of high-quality coordinated development. （3）Among the prefecture-level cities in Anhui Province, most of them are at the stage of coordinated development of agriculture and logistics industry, among which Hefei is at the stage of high-quality coordinated development. Based on this, this paper puts forward some suggestions, expecting to provide assistance for the integrated development of agriculture and logistics industry in relevant areas of Anhui Province, thus promoting the progress of rural economy in Anhui Province and contributing to the development of rural revitalisation in Anhui Province.