The Impact of Sustainable Development of Cold Chain Logistics on China’s COVID-19 Pandemic

Xia Li, Yifang Liu and Huijuan Wang ()
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Xia Li: School of Economics, Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing 102206, China
Yifang Liu: School of Economics, Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing 102206, China
Huijuan Wang: School of Statistics and Mathematics, Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing 102206, China

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 16, 1-16

Abstract: Currently, there are multiple COVID-19 outbreaks in China’s imported cold chain product logistics. Cold chain logistics (CCL) have become an important source and weak link of China’s epidemic risk. This article discusses the differential effect of CCL on COVID-19 epidemic risk in different regions of China from an econometric analysis perspective. By comparing the development level of China and foreign countries, it can be observed that the sustainability of CCL may be a key factor affecting the risks of the epidemic. This article confirms the inverse correlation between the level of sustainability of CCL and the risk of epidemics from both mechanism analysis and empirical tests. Developing sustainability is not only beneficial to the development of the CCL industry itself but also an effective way to mitigate the risk of epidemics.

Keywords: cold chain logistics; sustainability; COVID-19 pandemic; risk management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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