Air Cargo in Mainland China and Hong Kong

Anming Zhang received his BSc from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, MSc and PhD (Economics and Management Science) from the University of British Columbia and is Director of the Centre for Transportation Studies there. George W. L. Hui received his graduate degrees in economics from Northwestern University. He was previously a member of the Finance Department of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He was until recently a visiting scholar at the Department of DSE of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Lawrence C. Leung received his degrees in industrial engineering from Northeastern University (BS) and Virginia Tech (MS and PhD). He has designed distribution networks for large electric utilities and air express couriers. He now works at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Waiman Cheung is Director of the Center of Cyber Logistics in the Department of DSE, Faculty of Business Administration, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He holds an MBA and a PhD in Decision Sciences and Engineering Systems from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Amongst others, he has done studies and consulting work for DHL and the Airport Authority of Hong Kong. Yer Van Hui received his BSc from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, MSIE from Texas Tech and PhD from Virginia Tech. He taught at the National University of Singapore, the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the University of New South Wales before joining the City University of Hong Kong.

Contents: Introduction. Overview: An overview of air cargo flows; The mainland's aviation industry and policy. Major Hubs: Beijing; Shanghai; Hong Kong; Guangzhou. Information Technology: IT applications in the air cargo logistics industry; IT infrastructure needs of the air cargo industry. Prospect and conclusion: Further liberalization and obstacles; Looking back and looking forward; References; Index.