The evolution of a symbiotic ecosystem of Chinese e-commerce retail logistics in the post-COVID-19 epidemic era

Abstract

Since February 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has spread across the world, greatly affecting the global economic situation and peoples lifestyles. Mass consumption has shifted from offline to online, suggesting a permanent trend and making e-commerce one of the few industries to go against the global trend of economic downturn. With a continuous increase in online consumption, the supporting logistics ecosystem has also evolved. By analyzing and comparing the development status of e-commerce logistics industries before and after the initial impact of COVID-19, this paper finds that after the initial impact of COVID-19, China's e-commerce logistics ecosystems are more stable, and an e-commerce logistics ecosystem in China, consisting of a guiding layer, a backbone layer, a filling layer, a basic layer and a bearing layer, has taken shape, providing strong support for the continued development of e-commerce in China.