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International Science & Technology Innovation Outlook

An Analysis on the International Competition Situation and Fron⁃ tier of Digital Logistics Technology Based on Patent Mining 

Yuan Ye1 , Li Yilan2 , Wu Chaonan3 , Wu Jifei4

(1.School of Economics and Management, Chongqing University of Post and Telecommunications, Chongqing  400065, China; 2.School of Modern Postal, Chongqing University of Post and Telecommunications, Chongqing  400065, China; 3.School of Economics and Management, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, China; 4.School of Marxism, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China）

Abstract: The transformation of traditional logistics industry to digital logistics has become an  inevitable trend, and in-depth research on the international competitive situation and cuttingedge hot technologies of digital logistics technology, so as to provide important reference for the  forward-looking layout and policy formulation of the digital transformation of China's industrial chain and supply chain. Based on incoPat patent database, this paper analyze the technological  life cycle, international competitive situation, and cutting-edge hot areas in the field of digital lo⁃ gistics from three perspectives of time development, competitive countries comparison, and tech⁃ nological analysis by using Logistic model, patent econometric analysis, and social network  analysis. It is found that the hot areas of digital logistics technology are concentrated in the fields  of information communication, data image processing, mechanical sorting, wireless sensing and  so on. China, the United States, Japan, Republic of Korea and Germany have strong competitive  advantages in the global digital logistics field. Among them, China's digital logistics technology  started later, but the advantage of latecomers is stronger, and the patents in the past decade have  shown an "exponential" explosive growth. However, compared with the U.S., China is still stuck  in the frontier and core technology of digital logistics. It is suggested strengthening basic re⁃ search and the industry-university-research institutions collaborative innovation around the  key common technology areas of "digital + logistics", so as to realize the "soft and hard" au⁃ tonomy and control of digital logistics technology. 

Key words: digital logistics; technology life cycle; patent analysis; competition situation