Research on the International Marine Container Market of kapoklog Logistics: Logical Thinking on the Development of Railway Logistics under the Background of Reducing Logistics Costs for the Whole Society
Research on the International Marine Container Market of kapoklog Logistics: Logical Thinking on the Development of Railway Logistics under the Background of Reducing Logistics Costs for the Whole Society
Reducing the logistics costs of the whole society is an important measure to improve the efficiency of economic operation, which is of great significance for building a high-level socialist market economy system, accelerating the construction of a new development pattern, and promoting high-quality development.
In the context of digital development, green development, innovative integration development, and industrial transformation and upgrading in the new era, from a global perspective, especially in countries and regions with vast market areas, large logistics transportation scales, and strong demand for bulk raw materials and product transportation, smooth and efficient railway transportation systems and multimodal transport systems are important infrastructure to ensure high-quality economic and social development and efficient operation.
Nowadays, the railway transportation network is becoming increasingly perfect, and the transportation capacity and technological level have greatly improved. After more than 10 years of promotion, the reform of railway freight transportation has moved towards deeper areas, vigorously developing railway logistics, and increasing the market share of "revolving railway" and railway multimodal transport, which plays a very important supporting role in reducing the logistics costs of the whole society.
01: Consensus in the New Era | Reducing Logistics Costs for the Whole Society
On November 27, 2024, the General Office of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council issued the "Action Plan for Effectively Reducing Logistics Costs in the Whole Society", which clearly proposed 20 key tasks in 5 aspects, including deepening institutional and mechanism reform, promoting the integrated development of industrial and supply chains, improving national logistics hubs and channel networks, strengthening innovation driven and improving quality and efficiency, and increasing policy support and guidance.
The action plan clearly states that by 2027, the ratio of total social logistics costs to gross domestic product will strive to be reduced to around 13.5%. A new breakthrough has been achieved in the reform of the comprehensive transportation system, and the structure of cargo transportation has been further optimized. The proportion of railway freight volume and railway freight turnover is striving to increase to about 11% and 23% respectively, and the volume of port container intermodal transportation has maintained rapid growth.
Among them, in the part of deepening institutional and mechanism reform, the first task is to clearly promote the reform of key railway areas. Propose to formulate and implement a reform plan for the railway freight market, promote the transformation of railway freight to railway logistics, and support railway freight stations to carry out logistics service business activities in an orderly and legal manner.
Reform the organization of railway transportation and scheduling production, strengthen the coordination of cross bureau transportation organization, innovate a series of logistics products, vigorously develop efficient, stable, and market-oriented direct freight trains, and explore the use of high-speed rail express functions. Improve the flexible adjustment mechanism for railway freight prices, the mechanism for clearing railway transportation revenue, and establish a pricing system for railway logistics services.
Reduce the planning, construction, and usage costs of railway dedicated lines, and promote the sharing of railway dedicated lines. Promote comprehensive supporting reforms for the transformation of railway logistics. Research and formulate management measures for railway integration and supervision measures for rail transit transportation, promote the convenience of rail transit transportation, and achieve direct transportation between national and local railways.
Unlike previous plans and policy documents issued by relevant departments, the action plan proposes clear goals for reducing logistics costs for the entire society, as well as key tasks for the transformation of railway freight to railway logistics. In the context of building a new pattern of economic development and industrial transformation and upgrading in the new era, the proposal of the above task objectives is not only necessary to ensure high-quality development and efficient operation of economic construction, but also a mission and consensus to effectively respond to the century old changes in the world economy and the challenges of development in the new era. It also puts forward new and higher requirements for the transformation of railway freight transportation to railway logistics.
Firstly, it is not a simple upgrade or expansion of the railway freight reform over the past decade, nor is it simply a market-oriented approach to railway freight prices to increase market share. Instead, it elevates the positioning of railway logistics in economic and social development and assigns greater responsibility. Secondly, it is not the development and upgrading of railway logistics itself, but rather the full utilization of the advantages of railway transportation network, such as wide coverage, large capacity, all-weather, green and low-carbon, to become an effective connector and booster for the deep integration, innovative development, and efficient operation of various social logistics elements such as local railways, ports, and industrial parks, thereby promoting the reduction of logistics costs for the whole society.
02: Butterfly Transformation Upgrade | Railway Freight to Railway Logistics Upgrade Exam
Since the launch of railway freight reform in 2013, various innovative transportation and logistics products such as express trains, e-commerce trains, high-speed rail express (high-speed rail freight), and logistics general contracting have been successively launched. A series of supporting reform support policy documents have been issued, and a marketing and logistics service system has been established. Continuous construction and investment have been made in vehicle equipment, new containers, station renovation and upgrading, logistics center network planning and construction, digital transportation platform construction, etc., which have played their due role in supporting efficient economic development and reducing logistics costs for the whole society. The railway freight volume has stabilized and grown steadily, and container volume has continued to grow rapidly. The China Europe high-speed train has grown into a cross-border steel camel caravan in the new era.
However, achieving the transformation of railway freight transportation to railway logistics is still a difficult self revolutionary transformation and a thorough upgrade of production and operation systems, product and service systems, cognitive and service capabilities. It is also a huge transformation from a model centered on production and operation management and safety management to a model centered on user service and user value creation. Each of these is a complex system engineering and logical change, and any one that cannot be effectively changed will directly affect the effectiveness of railway logistics transformation.
This will inevitably face many challenges that are difficult to overcome in the short term, such as making up for weaknesses and strengthening strengths, and difficult changes and upgrades to many traditional habits, processes, systems, and systems.
Railway transportation "and" railway logistics "are different logical products. Railway transportation is a standardized product that determines transportation prices based on factors such as transportation routes, transportation distances, types of goods, transportation quantities, and national pricing policies. In reality, there are generally no constraints on transportation time limits, timely delivery, full process visualization, and value-added services such as warehousing, processing, packaging, and distribution.
Railway logistics, on the other hand, determines service content centered on meeting user needs and creating user value, and determines service prices based on market supply and demand relationships and product characteristics. Simply put, it is a completely different operational logic between standardized products centered on their own resource capabilities and personalized products centered on meeting user needs and creating user value. Correspondingly, it is a fundamental logical change in the production and operation system and user service system. The former has been operating for many years under the current production and operation system with links, departments, and units as units and has been basically effective, while the latter requires breaking down all departmental and unit boundaries, opening up information silos and sharing information, and designing products and providing services from the perspective of optimizing the industrial chain, supply chain, and value chain. This is a highly challenging task for the original railway transportation system to support the transformation and development of railway logistics, and how to undertake the mission of railway logistics transformation and development given today.
03: Transformation and Upgrading | New Challenges and Paths for the Development of Railway Logistics
The transformation of railway freight to railway logistics is not simply about launching a railway logistics service product system, establishing a railway logistics service network and organizational system.
It should be about improving railway transportation capacity, network resource advantages, production service quality and digital level, while establishing a railway logistics service system, product system and the basic support capability of railway logistics for economic development, significantly increasing the market share of railway logistics and railway multimodal transport. Mainly includes:
1. Develop, revise, supplement and improve the policy, regulations, rules and systems required for the development of railway logistics.
2. Enhance the capability of railway logistics service resources, from the perspective of railway logistics transformation and development, the integration of railway logistics resources and social logistics resources, and the optimization and improvement of the overall logistics service support capacity, enhance the advantages of railway network resources, improve the functional layout of railway logistics hubs and parks, establish an integrated digital railway logistics service platform system, launch a railway logistics service product system and value-added service system that meet the needs of market development, and establish a market-oriented railway logistics operation and management team and assessment incentive system.
3. Standing at the height of supporting efficient economic operation and reducing logistics costs for the whole society, with the goal of serving economic development, effectively utilizing resources, and creating user value, breaking down departmental, unit, regional, and industry boundaries and barriers, establishing an efficient collaborative mechanism with social resources, industry resources, and industrial resources, and promoting the development and upgrading of railway logistics from a "high half" railway transportation system to a modern, socialized, and platform based efficient railway logistics service subject driven by railway resource capabilities.
4. Closely track the development and application of new technologies, equipment, models, and formats, enhance the standardization, digitization, and intelligence level of railway transportation and logistics services across all scenarios and links, and improve service capabilities, quality, and efficiency.
5. Build a specialized, market-oriented, and ecological railway logistics management system.
04: Ecological Innovation | Xintiandi Railway Logistics Development
There is a saying that 'products will be replaced by scenarios, and industries will be covered by ecosystems'. Although there are various opinions or viewpoints in the industry regarding this statement, several new changes and trends can be more clearly seen from the research and communication of projects in multiple scenarios and regions in recent years.
Firstly, products, services, technology, and networks are crucial. It is even more important to effectively reduce costs, increase efficiency, and solve pain points for users. The ultimate efficiency and cost advantages brought about by product, technology, and model innovation have also contributed to the development and growth of many excellent enterprises today, such as some express delivery, e-commerce, and cross-border logistics companies.
Secondly, some technology innovation enterprises and innovative format enterprises that have entered the market with scenario solutions have successfully broken through the "roll" and grown against the trend. The digitization of scenarios and the application of vertical large models have achieved unexpected results in many traditional logistics scenarios, such as JD and Tu, comma technology, New Hope Fresh Life, China Post Technology, etc.
Thirdly, industry boundaries have been broken and become increasingly blurred. Cross border innovation and ecological development have become the new normal, and many former logistics industry partners have become strong market competitors and potential collaborators today. For example, in traditional bulk transportation, mining yard transportation, and warehouse distribution scenarios, traditional logistics companies such as host factories, equipment enterprises, and technology and financial investment enterprises enter the market, while production and manufacturing enterprises and commercial circulation enterprises enter through the transformation of enterprise logistics into logistics enterprises and supply chain enterprises. Collaborative development, integrated development, and ecological development present stronger vitality and development potential than before.
Fourthly, digital development, ecological innovation development, and the development of new models and formats supported by digital technology have posed severe challenges to the development of traditional logistics, while promoting the digital upgrading of the entire logistics industry. Integrated development and ecological innovation development have emerged in the new era.
Today, with the improvement of logistics infrastructure and service resources, railway logistics has been honed and accumulated through more than ten years of freight transport reform. Both resources, cognition and organizational ability have been greatly improved. Integrating into this wave of ecological innovation and development will bring difficult to predict Xintiandi to the transformation and development of railway logistics.
05: Seeing the Small Knows the Small | The scenery may be not far away
The sage knows the cuteness when he sees the slightest, and the end when he sees the end. Therefore, he is afraid when he sees the elephant chopsticks, and he knows that the world is not enough (Han Feizi's "On the Forest" in the Warring States period). In the past two years, I have participated in research and exchanges, specialized studies, and evaluations of projects related to railway transportation, multimodal transport, and railway logistics, as well as projects involving railway dedicated lines, railway stations, and parks. I have also conducted specialized training and consultations.
From these research and exchanges with all parties involved in the projects, several positive changes can be clearly felt:
Firstly, local governments and enterprises attach greater importance and recognition to the role and value of railway logistics development than ever before, and have the initiative to seek development opportunities through railway logistics. There are many new projects related to railway logistics development across the country, but most of them still lack understanding of railway operation.
Secondly, railway logistics units and personnel have enthusiasm and enthusiasm for the development of railway logistics. The basic system for the development of railway logistics has been established and achieved certain results, but their understanding of logistics is mostly superficial, and they feel confused and helpless about many logistics problems and challenges.
Third, support policies such as national super long term treasury bond have given strong support to local governments and enterprises to develop railway logistics.
Fourth, the implementation of national policies such as the "the Belt and Road and the Silk Road Economic Belt" has brought new and lasting development opportunities to the development of railway logistics.
Fifth, the improvement and promotion of national industrial development policies, as well as the widespread application of technologies such as the Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and big data, will play a role in the integration, linkage, and innovative ecological development of railway logistics and various other logistics resources in society.
