China's logistics sector showed stable performance in the first two months of this year, driven by surging demand for high-tech manufacturing and the continued implementation of pro-consumption policies.
From January to February, the country's total social logistics value increased by 5.3 percent year on year, reaching 56.3 trillion yuan (about 7.75 trillion U.S. dollars), according to data released by the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing (CFLP) on Sunday.
During the period, the total logistics volume of industrial products rose 5.9 percent year on year, accelerating by 0.1 percentage points compared to the growth rate of 2024. Notably, logistics demand in high-tech manufacturing surged by 9.1 percent year on year, accelerating by 0.2 percentage points compared to that of 2024.
"The logistics sector is undergoing a noticeable optimization and adjustment in its demand structure. Particularly, there has been a sharp increase in demand for robots, industrial computers, and control systems, as well as materials like carbon fibers, rare earths, and magnetic materials, which have maintained a high growth rate of over 30 percent," said He Hui, vice president of the CFLP, in an interview with China Central Television.
Meanwhile, policies encouraging large-scale equipment upgrades and consumer goods trade-ins have bolstered logistics demand in related industries.
Notably, both the logistics demand for railway transportation equipment manufacturing and urban rail transit equipment manufacturing saw year-on-year growth exceeding 20 percent, while the logistics demand for automobile manufacturing grew by 12 percent, maintaining double-digit growth for four consecutive months.
The logistics demand for home appliance manufacturing also showed a positive trend, growing by 10.1 percent.
As part of efforts to boost domestic consumption, pro-consumption action plans continued to be implemented, contributing to increased logistics demand in rural areas and the e-commerce sector.
From January to February, the retail sales of consumer goods in counties and townships accounted for 38.4 percent of the total retail sales, an increase of 0.3 percentage points compared to the same period last year.
High-tech manufacturing, pro-consumption policies fuel logistics growth this year
The mainland will never tolerate any Taiwan secessionist activities and will deal a strong blow to Lai Ching-te's rampant provocative behaviors, said a China Media Group (CMG) commentary on Tuesday.
The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Eastern Theater Command on Tuesday started to conduct joint exercises around the Taiwan Island, with army, navy, air and rocket forces closing in on the island from multiple directions, said Senior Colonel Shi Yi, spokesman for the theater command.
Shi said the drills serve as a stern warning and forceful deterrent against separatist forces seeking "Taiwan secession", and are a legitimate and necessary action to safeguard China's sovereignty and national unity.
On the same day, Zhu Fenglian, spokeswoman for the State Council Taiwan Affairs Office, said the exercises serve as a resolute punishment for Lai Ching-te authorities' blatant "Taiwan secession" provocations, and a necessary action to safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity.
The PLA is taking thunderous actions to sternly warn Lai Ching-te that "Taiwan secession" is a dead end, and seeking secession will only lead to self-destruction.
The exercises have shown that the PLA has more and more tools and means to target Taiwan separatists, with advanced fighters and vessels such as J-10, Y-20, Z-10, H-6K, J-20, and Type 054A frigate able to deafen and blind the separatist forces. Lai Ching-te's reckless moves will only result in his own crushing defeat in front of the impregnable fortress of the PLA's overwhelming strength.
As long as the "Taiwan secession" provocations continue, the PLA will never stop fighting. Every time Lai Ching-te takes rampant provocative action, the PLA will take a further step to advance its deterrence and punishment.
Lai Ching-te has recently blatantly defined the mainland as a "hostile force abroad" and put forward the so-called "Lai 17 Articles", inciting confrontations and undermining the peace and stability of the Taiwan Strait. It is imperative to target and punish him for his arrogant attitude and rampant behaviors to seek secession.
The PLA drills, in which multiple ships and aircraft will get close to the Taiwan Island, and conduct sea-air combat-readiness patrols, joint seizure of comprehensive control, assault on maritime and ground targets, and blockade of key areas and sea lanes, are aimed at completely shattering Lai Ching-te authorities' fantasy of seeking "Taiwan secession" by force with foreign support, making it unable to bluff and deceive the people on the island.
Taiwan belongs to all the Chinese people. The PLA is always ready for fighting, can fight at any time, and will win if it fights. It aims to target Taiwan secessionist activities, by no means the ordinary Taiwan compatriots.
It is hoped that the compatriots in Taiwan will stand on the right side of history and work with their compatriots on the mainland to firmly oppose Taiwan secessionist forces and external interference, protect the common home of the Chinese nation, and create a bright future of national reunification and rejuvenation.
Mainland never tolerate any Taiwan secessionist activities
