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According to the observation report of Huacheng Import and Export Data, since the outbreak of the epidemic in 2020, the global economic and trade pattern has been deeply adjusted, and the closely related international freight forwarding logistics industry has also fluctuated with the import and export situation and transportation capacity, and has witnessed the strong resilience and vitality of China's international industrial chain supply chain in the face of huge difficulties and challenges in the international supply chain.

"In the process of the development of the new era, China's international supply chain core competitiveness continues to strengthen, and its position in the global supply chain continues to rise, but the imbalance in the development of the supply chain is still very prominent. The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China proposed that efforts should be made to improve the toughness and safety level of the industrial chain supply chain, which has important guiding significance for promoting the high-quality development of China's international freight forwarding logistics industry." At the 2022 China International Freight Forwarder Logistics Industry Development Forum held recently, Li Zhimin, Vice President and Secretary-General of China International Freight Forwarders Association, said that to improve the toughness and safety level of the supply chain, industry organizations need to make plans and arrangements according to the actual situation of the industry, put forward practical opinions and suggestions to the competent departments, and also need to give full play to the initiative of enterprises, pay attention to the use of new development concepts, and start from the practical situation, Anchoring high-quality development goals, Huacheng Import and Export Data Observation Report.

This forum was sponsored by the China International Freight Forwarders Association, during which the Blue Book of the Development of China International Freight Forwarders Logistics Industry (2021) was released, and the top 100 list of the data of freight forwarding logistics enterprises in 2021 was released.

Stable and powerful supply chain

During the epidemic, China's international freight forwarding logistics industry made important contributions to ensuring people's livelihood, supplying goods, and realizing the smooth flow of international trade. It not only established China's position as the world's largest trading country in international logistics and supply chain, but also provided basic guarantee for the development of global economy and trade.

In this process, the freight forwarding logistics industry has encountered unprecedented challenges. It has gone through a very difficult but significant process, such as transit to water, transit to rail, water and rail intermodal transport, electronic customs declaration, paperless delivery, innovation and innovation.

As the competent department of the international freight forwarding industry, the Ministry of Commerce has always given active attention and support to the industry. During the epidemic, the Ministry of Commerce and the General Administration of Market Supervision and Administration communicated and coordinated to promote the improvement of industry data, strengthen the filing management of enterprises, guide enterprises to standardize their operations, and did a lot of work between foreign trade and freight forwarders, carriers and freight forwarders, which strongly supported the healthy development of the freight forwarding industry. At the same time, in order to stabilize the growth of foreign trade, under the promotion of the Ministry of Commerce and other relevant departments, the State has issued a number of favorable policies on fee reduction and financing to support the survival and development of relevant enterprises.

In the past three years, the complex and volatile external environment has shaken the world economy. Some international freight forwarders and logistics enterprises have fallen into difficulties due to various reasons, such as lack of goods supply, capital chain rupture, legal disputes or personnel loss. Some small and micro enterprises with weak anti-risk capability have been more affected, but there are also enterprises that seek opportunities in danger and realize adverse development.

According to the development report and enterprise data of the freight forwarding industry released at the forum, the overall development of China's international freight forwarding logistics industry in 2021 mainly presents four characteristics: first, the overall strength of the international freight forwarding logistics industry continues to improve; Second, the complementarities of various transportation modes of international freight forwarding logistics are enhanced, and sea transportation is still the main mode of transportation; Third, the regional distribution of freight forwarding logistics enterprises is generally stable. The 11 provinces and cities where the top 100 international freight logistics enterprises are located are still dominated by the eastern coastal areas. At the same time, Guangdong, Zhejiang, Jiangsu and other places where cross-border e-commerce has developed rapidly have also promoted the development of international logistics transportation according to local conditions; Fourth, the market share of various types of enterprises is balanced, and the vitality of private enterprises is enhanced, and the follow-up development is worth looking forward to. Huacheng Import and Export Data Observation Report.

"With the gradual weakening of the impact of the epidemic and the drive of economic stimulus actions in various countries and regions, trade and consumption demand is expected to recover. China has introduced a series of strategic arrangements to stabilize the development of foreign trade, stabilize the main body of the market and other specific measures to optimize the business environment and promote the cost reduction and efficiency increase of the logistics industry in the process of constantly promoting the construction of a new double-cycle development pattern. At the same time, cross-border e-commerce has maintained rapid development, the number of China-EU trains has increased, and RCEP has promoted The implementation and continuous expansion have ensured a good development environment for China's international freight forwarding logistics industry, and the industry continues to show strong resilience and vitality. " Li Zhimin said that looking forward to the future, strengthening supply chain resilience and promoting green intelligent transformation will be an important development direction of China's freight forwarding logistics industry.

Timely development of new ecology

In 2022, the global shipping market is characterized by the withdrawal of collecting and distributing freight, the relief of port congestion, and the impact of inland rivers on ocean shipping. With the release of more shipping supply capacity, the logistics congestion and supply chain crisis have been alleviated, while the full inventory and the falling demand for goods have led to a rapid drop in container pricing in the second half of the year, and the market has gradually returned to the normal state before the 2019 epidemic.

"As an important part of the international freight industry, the shipping industry has experienced the extreme market conditions of supply and demand imbalance and supply chain interruption in the international container transport market. The industry has deeply recognized the importance of coexistence and co-prosperity of the upstream and downstream of the supply chain and the necessity of co-building a healthy ecosystem in the freight age." At this forum, Huang Shu, Deputy Secretary-General of China Shipowners Association, called for and looked forward to the joint construction and win-win cooperation of the upstream and downstream of the supply chain and logistics chain, Realize a new ecosystem of logistics industry development with model innovation and digital transformation, and put forward three suggestions: jointly build a win-win ecosystem of cooperation, and promote model innovation and upstream and downstream collaborative digital development with technology integration. In her view, in the face of fierce market fluctuations, in addition to improving its comprehensive operation ability, it is more necessary to break the traditional zero-sum game thinking, give full play to their respective advantages, carry out in-depth cooperation in the supply chain industry chain with a win-win concept, jointly build a new supply chain system that adapts to the era of diversification, and build a supply and demand security community. Huacheng Import and Export Data Observation Report.

It is undeniable that the new market changes and low carbon development trend make China's logistics industry face specific problems such as various modes of transportation, inadequate integration of social resources, and lack of talent, technology and equipment. In this regard, Huang Shu said that the sustainable development of the logistics industry needs to break through the traditional international logistics development mode, grasp the digital development trend, use big data, blockchain, super technology and other new technologies to deeply integrate with the shipping logistics industry, and promote the application of digital technology in the shipping logistics field. Continuously improve the security and efficiency of services, promote the seamless connection of cargo flow, capital flow and information flow in the upstream and downstream of the shipping logistics industry, promote the digital transformation and collaborative innovation of the logistics supply chain, and provide more efficient, accurate and reliable international supply chain solutions for international freight customers.

Huang Shu also suggested that the development space of international freight forwarders should create value by providing personalized services. The development space between the standardized services of shippers and shipping companies and the personalized needs of customers is huge and should be done. Shipping enterprises and freight forwarding logistics enterprises should strengthen communication and cooperation, jointly build high-quality shipping ecological services, and make joint efforts to stabilize the industry. Huacheng Import and Export Data Observation Report.