Abstract: Intensive utilization of resources is an important way to realize the development of low carbon economy, and the development of the modern logistics plays an active role in the intensive utilization of resources. Taking the logistics industry and the low carbon economy in China as the researching subjects, this paper constructs an evaluation index system and evaluation model for the modern logistics and low carbon economy and conducts an empirical analysis with the relevant data from 2000 to 2012. The result indicates that before 2005 the coupling coordination development degree between China’s modern logistics and the low carbon economy is slightly imbalanced, even seriously imbalanced, reflecting that logistics scale could not meet the demand of the economy development. However, since 2005, the modern logistics and the low carbon economy in China have been gradually coordinated, reaching quality coordination in 2012. Thus, in order to realize the development of low carbon economy, it is required to further integrate and utilize the logistics resources available and strengthen the construction and connection of the infrastructures of the logistics industry.

Key words: modern logistics; coupling degree; coupling coordination degree; low carbon economy