A study on Improving Interconnectivity of Regional Logistics Markets in the Era of the Pan Yellow Sea Region: From the Perspective of South Korea’s Chungnam Province

Based on changing global economy and logistics environment, this study proposes strategy for regional logistics inter-connectivity improvement in terms of economic utilization of Chungnam Province. The study uses GL Index to find the specialty of logistics flows between Chungnam and China. The results are summarized as follows. First, Chungnam needs to upgrade its sea port functions to be a logistics center for China. Second, it needs to open and extend car-ferry route for China. Third, it should reinforce multi-modal transport system between Chungnam’s and China’s sea ports in the Yellow Sea Region. Fourth, it needs to establish automobile assembly cluster for China in its sea port hinterlands. Fifth, it needs to attract Chinese enterprises for promotion of supply chain management and so on. South Korean government and its local government should quickly carry out the proposed strategies for promoting its economic growth through positive effects from Chinese economic growth.