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China's distribution trade has emerged as the primary player in the service industry. However, although the Chinese government is laying huge emphasis on the distribution industry, it is much less efficient when compared with those of advanced countries. In addition, public perception of the distribution industry as a logistics activity largely hinders its development. The purpose of this study is to measure the national economic contribution of the China's distribution industry and to use it as a policy making tool in the future. This study utilized the year 2017’s industry linkage table of 149 sectors, published by China’s Bureau of Statistics in 2019. The wholesale and the retail industries were created as distribution-industry sectors, and the industry associations of 32 distribution-industry sectors in China were created by using appropriate models. This was analyzed through input coefficient, production-inducement coefficient, sensitivity coefficient, influence coefficient, value-added-inducement coefficient, income-inducement coefficient, taxinducement coefficient, and labor-inducer value. The results of the analysis of the input coefficient; production-inducement coefficient (China’s distribution industry has a column and a row of production-inducement coefficients totaling 1.806 and 3.802, respectively); sensitivity coefficient (1.403); influence coefficient (0.666); value-added-inducement coefficient (1); income-inducement coefficient (0.455); tax-inducement coefficient (0.127); and labor-inducer value (5529 (1454 direct incentives and 4075 indirect incentives)) were recorded. Based on the aforementioned results, the following implications were suggested. First, the distribution industry is necessary for collect technology and resources from governments and companies. Second, because the distribution industry is classified as a mid-demand primitive industry, the government must develop it as a national strategic industry. Third, because the distribution industry is creating many jobs, it is necessary to promote industrial model reform.