The construction of logistics infrastructure has seen steady progress since the beginning of 2024, providing robust support for the high-quality development of logistics in various sectors, especially the strong recovery of air logistics.
According to data released by the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing on Thursday, the fixed-asset investment in the transportation, warehousing and postal sectors rose 8.2 percent from a year earlier in the first seven months of 2024.
Specifically, China stepped up the construction of the air logistics network system, with the investment in the air transport industry soaring by 25.5 percent year on year during the seven-month period.
In July, 17 regional airports handled more than 300 cargo flights, up one from the previous month. And the cargo and mail freight volume of domestic air routes rose by 18.4 percent to 432,000 tons in the month, while that of international routes marked 320,000 tons, an increase of 35.5 percent.
"Air freight operations are becoming increasingly active and playing a greater role in bolstering the whole logistics sector, especially in bolstering cross-border trade and e-commerce," said Liu Yuhang, director of China Logistics Information Center.
In addition, investment in the railway transport industry saw a year-on-year increase of 17.2 percent from January to July.
With the continuous extension and improvement of the railway logistics network, major freight corridors in China have played a big role in ensuring the transportation of coal for power generation which may affected by severe weather.
"With the continuous improvement of infrastructure, the adaptability and stability of logistics to cope with extreme weather and disasters are gradually strengthened. The construction of logistics information system can help the logistics to further transform and upgrade and enhance the response capability to extreme events and bad weather," said Li Guo, director of the Department of Management Science and Logistics, Beijing Institute of Technology.
China improves infrastructure to enhance high-quality development of logistics
A Chinese envoy urged the United States on Friday to desist from undermining international solidarity, creating division and antagonism, and provoking bloc confrontations on the Ukraine crisis.
"In the ongoing Ukraine crisis, there has been a steady influx of large quantities of weapons and ammunition into the battlefield," which will only lead to escalated situation and the loss of more civilian lives, Geng Shuang, China's deputy permanent representative to the United Nations, said at the UN Security Council briefing on arms supply to Ukraine.
High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamitsu said at the meeting that any transfer of weapons and ammunition must comply with the applicable international legal framework and Security Council's resolutions. She called on all parties to act in accordance with international humanitarian law, protect civilians and civilian facilities, and resolve the current conflict through political means at an early date.
In the discussion that followed, Vasily Nebenzya, Russian permanent representative to the UN, said that using long-range missiles supplied by Western countries to strike Russia will result in severe consequences. He reiterated that Russia is open to negotiations with Ukraine, while the Western nations are unwilling to engage in dialog.
In response to remarks by the U.S. representative, Geng emphasized that "China did not create the Ukraine crisis, much less are we a party to the conflict."
China has not supplied weapons to either party, and has consistent and rigorous controls over dual-use items, said Geng, adding China maintains normal trade and economic cooperation with all countries around the world, including Russia and Ukraine.
He called on the parties to the conflict to demonstrate their political will, meet each other halfway, put an early end to the hostilities, and relaunch peace talks. He also called on the international community to pave the way to this end by providing tangible assistance and facilitation, and urged all parties concerned to put peace and humanity first and re-channel their resources and energy to ending hostilities through diplomacy.
Underscoring that China's position on the Ukraine issue "is objective and impartial," the ambassador said that for over two years, China has been working hard to promote peace and encourage and facilitate peace talks.
He elaborated the efforts made by China and other countries on the political settlement of the Ukraine crisis, including the six-point consensus jointly issued by China and Brazil in May this year. This fully demonstrates that diplomatic negotiations and a political settlement meet the common expectations of the majority of countries and represent the will of the international community, Geng added.
"We hope that the United States will not continue to turn a deaf ear to these calls for peace, that it will desist from discrediting and obstructing the diplomatic efforts of China and other countries concerned, undermining international solidarity, creating division and antagonism, and provoking bloc confrontations, and that it will truly play a constructive role in bringing an early end to the war and achieving peace," Geng said.
Chinese envoy urges US to desist from creating antagonism
