The integration of technology into the logistics business will increase efficiency and lower costs, said Christine Holgate, chief executive of Team Global Express, an Australian logistics and transportation company.
Last month, the company announced a strategic partnership with Shenzhen-based SF Express, to enhance bilateral trade between Australia and China, with a focus on leveraging China's booming e-commerce industry.
"Technology can actually provide you with an opportunity to grow. So if you think about Australia, again, just a huge size and landmass of the country, if with technology, we could lower the cost of deliveries to far regional places. Through the use of technology, you'd see a whole boom in the amount of deliveries going there. As I said earlier, really, only 5 percent of e-commerce is originating out of regional Australia. Now that 28 percent of the population happened to be a very wealthy 28 percent, on average. There's a huge opportunity. But today that's restricted and I think the more that AI will make us more efficient and lower cost. So I personally think it's a very exciting time," Holgate said in a recent interview with China Global Television Network (CGTN).
Holgate said China is playing a leading role in the development of e-commerce and logistics.
"From my perspective, it's extremely healthy. And all I've seen coming up here is just very much a welcoming of organizations and a real desire to actually do shared learnings and collaborate. I think sometimes when you work in a very developed country, people can fall into 'we know everything about a subject matter'. The thing for e-commerce and for logistics, it's China that's leading the world. We need to come here and learn," she said.
Technology to increase logistics efficiency, lower costs: Australian logistics CEO
Seiya Matsuno, a Japanese scholar, on Tuesday donated a trove of wartime Japanese documents to the Guangdong Provincial Archives in China, marking the first appearance of original Japanese evidence detailing Imperial Japan's systematic forgery of Chinese currency in Hong Kong during its invasion of China.
The donated archives, authenticated by WWII historians at South China Normal University, include correspondence between Japan's War Ministry and the General Staff of its Expeditionary Forces in China.
They conclusively prove that Japanese troops looted the Kuomintang government's banknote printing machines in Hong Kong and mass-produced counterfeit currency as part of a calculated economic warfare strategy. The records specify the counterfeit bills' quantities, production sites, distribution channels and usage protocols.
Matsuno, a researcher at the International Peace Research Institute of Meiji Gakuin University in Japan and a distinguished professor at Heilongjiang International University, said that the fact that the Japanese army manufactured counterfeit banknotes for economic purposes can be verified for the first time with historical data.
"The fact that the Japanese army manufactured counterfeit banknotes for economic purposes has been revealed through the testimony of relevant personnel of the Japanese Army. Through the information disclosed this time, such fact can be verified for the first time with historical documentation, which is very important," Matsuno said.
"This was written by the aggressors themselves, which is tantamount to a confession of the Japanese invasion. So I think it has very important historical value for further in-depth disclosure of Japan's war crimes against China," said Xiao Zili, a history professor at South China Normal University.
Also on Tuesday, Matsuno, known for previously donating evidence related to Japan's Unit 731 and chemical warfare in China, also contributed a photo album from the Imperial Army's 104th Division, which participated in the invasion of Guangdong.
He shared research on Japan's "gas warfare" and "secret war" in southern China, and stressed the importance of learning from history to cherish peace.
The year of 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War.
Scholar unveils documents verifying Japan's counterfeit-note warfare crimes in China
Scholar unveils document of Japan's counterfeit-note warfare crimes in China
