china logistics challenges and opportunities january 2006 by eft research 2 copyright 2005 all rights reserved what people are saying about 4 trade 5 global powerhouse drivers flows business politics 8 overview 9 central government regions regulation labor market skills 11 12 availability 13 worker philosophy language support transport infrastructure 15 16 road 17 rail air ports inland waterways vehicles 19 20 aircraft 21 ships the landscape 23 chinese 24 size structure use 25 major players in 26 customer segments 27 key 28 import markets products export 29 trends imports exports 30 table of contents 3 value added services 31 32 warehousing communications technology 33 conclusions 35