As a composite service industry, the operation level of logistics reflects the performance level of economic operation to a great extent. The role of logistics in promoting the adjustment of industrial structure, transforming development methods, improving the competitiveness of the national economy and building ecological civilization has been raised to a strategic level by the country.
According to calculations by the World Bank, China’s logistics costs accounted for 16.6% of GDP in 2015, 5 percentage points higher than the world average, while Japanese corporate logistics costs accounted for 5% of product sales. At a level of around %, the proportion in the United States is 7% to 8%.
There are many reasons for this, such as market structure, circulation system, commodity price levels, geographical distance between production and sales, and unbalanced industrial layout. However, it must be said that there is huge optimization in this. Improving space and reducing logistics costs are the “third source of profits” for enterprises and can better serve the real industry.
In recent years, the state has increased its support for the logistics industry and has successively launched a series of policies and development plans to support the development of the logistics industry. Facing the new situation, my country’s logistics industry will focus on quality and efficiency. As the center, we will look for strategic breakthroughs, cultivate new competitive advantages, respond to the “new normal” of logistics through transformation and upgrading, and plan to basically form an e-commerce logistics system with “complete layout, optimized structure, powerful functions, efficient operation, and high-quality services” by 2020. , build an open and shared cross-border e-commerce logistics system. Provide legal, business and tax information support for the internationalization and overseas mergers and acquisitions of e-commerce logistics companies, and promote overseas merger and acquisition approval, foreign exchange facilitation, etc.
Improve the collaboration mechanism between customs, inspection and quarantine, postal management and other departments, promote mutual recognition of inspection and quarantine standards between countries and regions, and give full play to the “one-stop” services such as electronic ports and international dry ports. The advantage of the customs clearance platform enables convenient customs clearance of inbound and outbound packages, integrates cross-border e-commerce orders, payments, logistics, quality and safety information into comprehensive customs clearance data, and promotes the facilitation of cross-border e-commerce logistics.
In terms of express delivery policy, we promote the “three on, three on, and three directions” to promote the construction of overseas service networks for express delivery companies, strengthen overseas layout planning, and improve integration capabilities, including resource integration and technology integration. Cross-border logistics is a new green space that can be developed. Express companies are encouraged to develop cross-border e-commerce express business, increase their “going global” services, build international express processing centers in key port cities, and explore overseas warehouses.
Encourage all types of capital to enter the express delivery field, encourage enterprises to integrate resources through mergers, acquisitions and reorganizations, accelerate the formation of several internationally competitive enterprise groups, and encourage “going out” to participate in international competition. Large-scale logistics enterprises with comprehensive networks and services can vertically strengthen their penetration into the industrial chain, and horizontally optimize logistics network coverage, integrate more social resources, and improve logistics efficiency.