Action Plan Sets 2030 Goal for Transport, Logistics

It is designed to reduce logistics costs, improve quality and efficiency, and build an innovation-driven, internationally competitive logistics sector. It will mobilize joint efforts by the government and enterprises and strengthen coordination between central and local authorities to foster a group of cross-modal, integrated, and professional comprehensive logistics service providers.

The focus is on strengthening support capabilities across industrial and supply chains and enhancing the resilience and efficiency of the logistics system so that by 2030, around 100 comprehensive logistics integrators are developed. They will include more than 10 enterprises with global reach and strong international competitiveness.

These firms are expected to play a pivotal role in improving logistics performance, lowering systemic costs, and reinforcing the safety and resilience of supply chains.

A priority is the improvement of transport and logistics service networks with faster development of a unified national transport market, greater cross-regional mobility of logistics resources, and optimized layouts of key corridors, hubs, and service nodes.

Urban distribution and rural logistics networks will be strengthened and enterprises encouraged to expand through alliances, mergers and acquisitions, and shared use of network resources.

The plan highlights promoting multimodal transport to enhance integrated logistics services. Enterprises are encouraged to form multimodal transport alliances, integrate resources across different transport modes, and advance models such as "single document" and "single container" services.

The goal is to shift from fragmented, station-to-station transport to integrated, door-to-door and end-to-end logistics solutions, while extending services into warehousing, distribution, and broader supply chain management.

Deepening the integration between logistics and industry is another focus. The plan supports closer collaboration between logistics firms and manufacturing, trade, and key cargo owners, encouraging joint infrastructure use, shared standards, information connectivity, and coordinated supply chain optimization.

Logistics enterprises will be encouraged to establish long-term strategic partnerships and pursue coordinated overseas expansion.

Digital and intelligent transformation features prominently in the plan. It will promote wider application of technologies such as big data, the Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, blockchain, and 5G.

Alongside, it will promote electronic waybills, intelligent capacity matching, route optimization, and online settlement.

Enterprises are encouraged to develop large-scale models tailored to logistics scenarios and to improve system connectivity with upstream and downstream partners.

To enhance security and resilience, enterprises are asked to strengthen risk monitoring, early warning, and emergency response mechanisms while improving coordination in emergency transport.

Financial, land-use, data, and insurance support measures are also outlined to ensure sufficient resources for logistics development.

Overall, the action plan signals a concerted push to build a modern, integrated, and resilient transport and logistics system capable of supporting high-quality industrial development and deeper participation in global supply chains.

Source: Science and Technology Daily