The layout and construction plan of the national logistics hub will be issued and implemented soon

The reporter was informed that my country is currently accelerating the deployment of backbone logistics information platforms and national logistics hub networks. The "National Logistics Hub Layout and Construction Plan" is being compiled intensively and will be issued and implemented soon. Many places have also incorporated the construction of logistics hub networks into their strategic deployments. With policy support, technical support and financial support, the national intelligent logistics backbone network is expected to accelerate its formation.

The problem of high logistics cost and low efficiency still exists

According to data released by the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing, in the first half of the year, the total social logistics in the country was 131.1 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 6.9%. The total amount of industrial product logistics was 119 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 6.7%, of which the logistics demand of high-tech industries and equipment manufacturing industries increased by 11.6% and 9.2% respectively. The vehicle utilization rate of the Internet platform is 50% higher than that of traditional transportation companies, the average waiting time for goods is shortened to 8-9 hours, and the transaction cost is reduced by 6% to 8%.

According to the economic operation of the postal industry in the first half of 2018 recently released by the State Post Bureau, the main indicators of my country's express delivery have maintained rapid growth. In the first half of the year, the total business volume of the postal industry was 552.81 billion yuan, an increase of 28.6% year-on-year, and the business income (excluding the direct operating income of the Postal Savings Bank) was 374.1 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 22.2%. In the first half of the year, the national express delivery business volume was 22.08 billion pieces, a year-on-year increase of 27.5%; express delivery business revenue was 274.5 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 25.8%.

However, there is still a big gap between the status quo of my country's logistics industry and the requirements for high-quality development. Liu Xiaonan, an inspector of the Economic and Trade Department of the National Development and Reform Commission, said frankly at the "National Logistics Innovation and Development Work Conference" previously held that the logistics industry is large but not strong, and the problems of high logistics costs and low efficiency still exist. There are still shortcomings in the construction of facilities in the central and western regions and rural areas. The structure of cargo transportation is unreasonable, logistics "information islands" and "information chimneys" are still common, and the development of green logistics lags behind.

"The improvement of the logistics system plays a key role in promoting consumption, stimulating production and trade." Liu Dacheng, deputy dean of the Internet Industry Research Institute of Tsinghua University, told the "Economic Information Daily" reporter that the national intelligent logistics backbone network is a global network that includes Establish important nodes in the country and form a network through the nodes to achieve higher logistics efficiency, lower costs, and faster response. While realizing smart logistics, use the Internet of Things and Internet technology to allocate and optimize resources. Stimulate consumption and adjust production layout through the integration of information flow, capital flow and physical flow.

The National Intelligent Logistics Backbone Network is Coming Soon

At the 2018 Global Smart Logistics Summit, Alibaba Chairman Jack Ma announced that Cainiao Network will go all out to build a national smart logistics backbone network. "We will invest hundreds of billions of yuan. If it is not enough, we will invest more." Ma Yun said, The national intelligent logistics backbone network will consist of two parts: one is the 24-hour domestic network, and the other is the 72-hour global freight delivery along the "Belt and Road" according to eWPT.

The person in charge of Cainiao International said that the national intelligent logistics backbone network is the first to deploy six eHubs (digital trade hubs) around the world, including China's Hangzhou and Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Dubai, Moscow and Liege (Belgium).

Local governments have also incorporated the intelligent logistics backbone network into their development strategies. For example, the recently issued "Three-Year Action Plan for the Integrated Development of the Yangtze River Delta (2018-2020)" proposes that in the next three years, the application of advanced logistics technologies such as unmanned warehouses and AGVs will be encouraged, and the Yangtze River Delta will be built with world-leading technology and accessibility. The smart logistics system advances the logistics network of the Yangtze River Delta from the "day" level to the "hour" level, and creates a new retail "three-kilometer ideal life circle".

Gao Yuee, director of the Transportation Research Department of the China Communications and Transportation Association, believes that the national intelligent logistics backbone network is a top-level design for the high-quality development of the logistics industry in the new era, and will also contribute Chinese solutions to the global supply chain. It is reported that Malaysia, Russia, the United Arab Emirates, Belgium and many other countries are actively introducing Cainiao's intelligent logistics backbone network solution.

"The national intelligent logistics backbone network also adapts to the requirements of the 'Belt and Road' initiative and the new round of reform and opening up, and helps to integrate into and even guide the global industrial chain." Liu Dacheng commented.

Building a backbone logistics information platform and a national logistics hub has become an important foundation for the national intelligent logistics backbone network. According to the information on the website of the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Transport, the National Development and Reform Commission and the Central Cyberspace Affairs Commission have jointly entrusted a third-party organization to organize the selection of the first batch of backbone logistics information platforms, and 28 platforms across the country were selected. Including 8 companies in the field of road vehicle and cargo matching, 2 companies in the field of railway transportation, 6 companies in the field of multimodal transport, 1 company in the field of cold chain logistics, and 1 company in the field of urban distribution. There are also 2 logistics demand support enterprises and 8 logistics service guarantee enterprises.

It is reported that in the next step, the three departments will explore the establishment of a dynamic adjustment mechanism for the pilot units, publicize and promote the successful experience and practices of the pilot units nationwide in an appropriate form, and accelerate the promotion of solving prominent problems such as "information islands" and "information chimneys", and improve The level of modernization, organization, and intelligence of the logistics industry will create better conditions for further promoting logistics cost reduction and efficiency enhancement, and promoting the development of the real economy.

The accelerated construction of the national logistics hub network has also become an important layout. At the regular policy briefing of the State Council on July 2, Zhou Xiaofei, deputy secretary-general of the National Development and Reform Commission, revealed that the next step will be to formulate and release the layout and construction plan of the national logistics hub, and build a scientific and reasonable, fully functional, open and shared, intelligent and efficient, green logistics hub. Safe national logistics hub network, create a "channel + hub + network" logistics operation system, realize optimal allocation of logistics resources and systematic organization of logistics activities, and further reduce the cost of the real economy.

A number of supporting facilities are needed to improve efficiency

According to experts, with policy support, technical support and financial support, the national intelligent logistics backbone network may basically take shape within 3-5 years. "Companies represented by Alibaba and Tencent have taken the first-mover advantage in new retail, and there is a certain breakthrough in solving logistics problems starting from e-commerce logistics. Moreover, the important nodes of the national intelligent logistics backbone network are often connected to production and consumption. Important cities and even important circulation nodes around the world are easier to attract funds and realize informatization integration, and combined with existing production, manufacturing, and distribution channel nodes, the implementation and results will be faster." Liu Dacheng said.

"The construction of an intelligent logistics backbone network should follow the trend and seize the two major opportunities of 'One Belt, One Road' and 'expanding imports'." Zhang Jing, a senior economist at the Circulation Industry Promotion Center of the Ministry of Commerce, suggested.

However, the construction of the national smart logistics backbone network also faces numerous challenges. Experts believe that, first of all, the core of China's logistics network's inability to form a network is high logistics costs and low profits, the logistics market environment is not uniform and perfect, and the concentration of the logistics industry is also very low. For example, the concentration rate of the express delivery industry is only 2.8%, and the concentration rate of road freight is only 1.2%.

Second, the current foreign trade environment is still complicated, and there are still uncertainties about how China's circulation can achieve a new balance in the global industrial chain through the national intelligent logistics backbone network.

Third, the layout and innovation of future industries, including production and circulation, will restrict or change the readjustment of the national intelligent logistics backbone network. Whether the selection of nodes is correct, how to carry out effective intelligent deployment, and how to realize the addition of talent flow on the basis of the integration of three streams determine whether the problems of high cost, low efficiency, and long cycle in the logistics industry can be fundamentally solved.

"In the overall system framework, the establishment of the national intelligent logistics backbone network will promote the cost reduction and efficiency increase of the logistics industry. But on the other hand, as a framework system, to play the role of the national intelligent logistics backbone network, it is necessary to Cooperate with the improvement of the end of the logistics network and the logistics environment. For example, through the unification of logistics standards and the purification of the logistics market environment, the efficiency of nodes will be further improved." Liu Dacheng said.