Analysis of China's Commercial and Trade Logistics Operation in 2023 and Outlook in 2024
With the high-quality development of China's logistics industry,the role of commercial and trade logistics in ensuring people's livelihood,improving efficiency and promoting circulation continues to strengthen.In general,in 2023,the development of China's commercial and trade logistics maintained a steady and solid pace,and the construction of the circulation system achieved remarkable results.Market-oriented re-forms in key areas such as trade and logistics were accelerated,the construction of a unified national market was deepened to a greater extent,and people's diverse consumer demands were effectively met.The scale of market demand recovered rapidly,and new growth drivers such as high-end manufacturing and online con-sumption rebounded significantly.The quality of logistics supply,the growth rate of commercial and trade lo-gistics,the efficiency of logistics operation and the logistics infrastructure network system were all further im-proved.From the perspective of key areas of the commercial and trade logistics,retail logistics remained growing,and the traditional model accelerated in transformation,for example,supermarket retail logistics continuous-ly optimized its logistics and supply chain service capabilities by directly purchasing from the place of origin and investing in warehouse-type or membership supermarkets;convenience store logistics became faster and more fine-tuned,and e-commerce logistics also achieved sustained and rapid development.Catering logis-tics,cold chain logistics,agricultural products logistics,and hotel accommodation logistics achieved steady de-velopment.The scale and quality of foreign trade logistics were improved,and traditional and new forms of business made equal progress,among which import and export logistics resumed growth,the shipping mar-ket as a whole returned to normal and showed a stable upward development status,the China-Europe ex-press trains operated stably and smoothly,and the development of cross-border e-commerce entered a new stage.Looking forward to 2024,the growth of China's commercial and trade logistics will change from a recov-ery period to a moderate period,and the high-quality supply and demand structure will be better matched.The cost reduction mode focusing on improving quality and efficiency will gradually replace the former ex-tensive cost reduction mode.There are also some other development trends,such as building a more effi-cient international and domestic duo-cycle logistics network,and empowering the development of commer-cial and trade logistics with digital transformation,etc.
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