Langfang, Hebei, China: Building A World Modern Trade And Logistics Center
Langfang, Hebei, China: Building a World Modern Trade and Logistics Center
Last year, Langfang City accelerated the construction of a world modern commercial logistics center: the second cross-border e-commerce "three centers" in China officially began operation, and the first international modern commercial logistics college in China was listed for enrollment; The modern commercial logistics industry in the city achieved an added value of 94.88 billion yuan, accounting for 24.3% of GDP; The volume of express delivery services has exceeded 1.7 billion pieces, a year-on-year increase of 39%.
Focusing on building a world modern commercial and logistics center, the 2025 Langfang Municipal Government Work Report proposes a new goal: to strive to become a national logistics hub carrier city; Explore the construction of an AI model for commercial logistics and create more intelligent logistics application scenarios; Strengthen the "three centers" of global cross-border e-commerce; Implement the "logistics+" strategy and build a "logistics city and supply chain capital".
Strive to be listed as a national logistics hub carrier city
On January 16th, at the construction site of Langfang Land Port Logistics Park project in Liancheng Town, Yongqing County, 2300 foundation piles have been completed. The main structures such as customs supervision area, high standard warehouse, and central business center have broken through positive and negative marks and entered the construction stage of the above ground main structure comprehensively.
The total investment of this project is 10 billion yuan, and it will cover a total area of 5000 acres in the future, "said Zhang Chao, the project leader. After completion, the project will aim to serve the two major markets of Beijing and Tianjin, providing efficient and convenient full process logistics services. It is expected that the annual cargo throughput capacity will reach 10 million tons, and the output value will reach 1 billion yuan.
Optimize the platform carrier, enhance functional support, and continuously strengthen the role of Langfang as a logistics hub.
In 2024, the railway freight volume in Langfang City will be 9.4255 million tons, and the road freight turnover will be 7.988 billion ton kilometers, a year-on-year increase of 11.58%, ranking first in the province, "said Wan Huilan, Executive Deputy Director of the Langfang Modern Trade Logistics Leading Group Office.
In terms of railway and highway logistics hub construction, Langfang Land Port Logistics Park, Langfang Railway Logistics Hub, and Langfang (Beijing Tianjin Hebei) High speed Railway Freight Hub are all included in the "Hebei Province Railway Comprehensive Freight Hub Development Plan" for key construction. A number of road network optimization and highway entrance expansion projects, such as the renovation and expansion of Beijing and Shanghai, and the renovation and expansion of Langzhuo, are steadily advancing.
At present, Langfang City has launched 11 international trains with a total value of 199 million yuan, forming a preliminary international intermodal transportation model combining railways, cross-border highways, overseas railways, and waterways.
By opening up import and export channels in 113 countries, implementing four cross-border e-commerce models including 9610, the second cross-border e-commerce "three centers" in China has officially started operation, and the modern commercial logistics CBD has signed contracts with 119 enterprises including JD International... Last year, Langfang achieved remarkable results in building an aviation logistics hub.
To build a logistics channel connecting Beijing Tianjin Hebei and facing the world, and to create a world modern commercial logistics center and an international cooperation gateway city, the Langfang Municipal Government's work report proposes to accelerate the construction of three major multimodal transport bases this year: "air to sea" intermodal transport in the airport area, "air rail to sea mail" in the main urban area, and "air rail to sea" in Yongqing, striving to become a national logistics hub carrier city.
In response, Langfang City will fully utilize its special bond policy to create a landmark large-scale land port logistics park. Relying on Beijing Daxing International Airport to develop international logistics. Intensify the planning and construction of railway dedicated lines. Strengthen the connectivity, extension, and connection within national and provincial arterial areas, and promote efficient coordination between logistics facilities and transportation infrastructure such as airports and railways.
At the same time, Langfang will strengthen the "three centers" of global cross-border e-commerce, accelerate the construction of an international aviation commercial logistics port, introduce more domestic and foreign top logistics enterprises, explore the "cross-border e-commerce+overseas warehouse+industrial cluster" model, promote new breakthroughs in international logistics, and strive to achieve a foreign trade import and export volume of over 10 billion yuan.
Create more intelligent logistics application scenarios
On January 20th, the Phase II project of Yuantong Express North Headquarters Base in Yongqing County saw 30 brand new fully automatic sorting lines running at high speed, with packages being unloaded, sorted, and loaded in as little as 10 minutes.
Since its official launch at the end of last year, our daily processing capacity for express delivery has increased from 6 million pieces to 10 million pieces, with a significant increase in production capacity and scale, "said Wang Yilai, Deputy General Manager of YTO Express North Headquarters Base. They widely use intelligent, automated equipment and self-developed unmanned equipment to reduce labor costs. Now, they have invested 17 unmanned express delivery vehicles in Langfang, reducing the cost of single express delivery by 0.7 to 0.15 yuan.
The rapid development of smart logistics has effectively promoted the reduction of logistics costs. Last year, the volume of express delivery services in Langfang exceeded 1.7 billion, a year-on-year increase of 39%; The total cost of social logistics in the city accounts for 13.3% of GDP, which is 0.8 percentage points lower than the national average.
Langfang City actively encourages technological innovation in the field of commercial logistics to promote the development of logistics digitization. Last year, the city identified 19 key R&D platforms in the field of commercial logistics, bringing the total number to 37; The research and development platform in the field of modern commercial logistics has invested a total of 216 million yuan in research and development funds, and has obtained 581 authorized intellectual property rights; 11 scenarios, including Langfang Smart Trade Logistics Application, have been included in the list of future urban scenario construction in Xiong'an.
This year, the work report of Langfang Municipal Government proposed to explore the construction of an AI model for commercial logistics and create more intelligent logistics application scenarios.
Smart logistics cannot do without the support of big data, artificial intelligence, and computing power. In response, Langfang City has explicitly proposed to implement the "Computing Power+", "Artificial Intelligence+", and "Data Element X" actions, promote the pilot implementation of the national integrated computing power network, continuously improve the computing power application industry ecology, and explore the creation of a world-class "Smart Valley".
Robot applications are a key focus of Langfang's efforts to build a smart logistics system. In response, the work report of Langfang Municipal Government proposed to hold the Beijing Tianjin Hebei Robot Competition, create more "robot+" application scenarios, and strive to increase the revenue of the robot industry by 20%.
Building a 'Logistics City and Supply Chain Capital'
On January 18th, in the Beijing Tianjin Hebei (Gu'an) International Trade City, shoppers and consumers shuttle between, and merchants are busy with issuing orders and shipping.
The good development of commerce and trade cannot be separated from the assistance of logistics. Song Jian, the Operations Director of Beijing Tianjin Hebei (Gu'an) International Trade City, introduced that focusing on "logistics+clothing", the Trade City has built an urban logistics distribution center, with 70 logistics and express delivery companies settled in. It can achieve "one-stop delivery of goods nationwide", with over 40000 express deliveries per day.
Logistics is the 'backbone' of the real economy. Langfang is deeply implementing the "logistics+" industry integration strategy, deepening the connection between upstream and downstream, the integration of primary, secondary, and tertiary industries, and promoting the high-quality development of modern commercial logistics industry. In 2024, the added value of the city's logistics industry increased by 10.2% year-on-year, while the revenue of transportation, warehousing, and postal services increased by 15.0% year-on-year, ranking first in the province.
Promote cold chain logistics and create a "logistics+agriculture" accelerator. Langfang City has invested a total of 82.31 million yuan to build 30 agricultural product refrigeration and preservation facilities, increasing storage capacity by 144800 cubic meters. Last year, the express delivery volume of agricultural and sideline products in the city reached 57.8314 million pieces, supporting an output value of 4.146 billion yuan.
Promote the close integration of modern logistics technology and enterprise "smart transformation and digital transformation". Last year, there were a total of 34 logistics equipment and component enterprises in Langfang City, achieving a revenue of 610 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 25.6%; 21 logistics related electronic information enterprises achieved a revenue of 3.962 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 7.11%.
What new future will 'Logistics+' bring this year? The work report of Langfang Municipal Government proposes to implement the "logistics+" strategy, cultivate and strengthen supply chain logistics, aviation logistics, cold chain logistics, and low altitude logistics, further reduce the logistics costs of the whole society, and build a "logistics city and supply chain capital".
Wan Huilan introduced that this year Langfang will actively cultivate new logistics formats and models, accelerate the integration and innovation of logistics industry with agriculture, manufacturing, commerce, tourism and other industries, promote technology and finance to empower the logistics industry to improve quality and efficiency, continuously improve the degree and efficiency of logistics organization, and effectively reduce the logistics costs of the whole society.
In the forward-looking layout of low altitude economy, the work report of Langfang Municipal Government specifically mentioned cultivating and expanding application scenarios such as logistics, emergency response, rescue, cultural tourism, agriculture and forestry, monitoring, etc., and supporting the sound production, manufacturing, operation services, research and development transformation and other industrial chains in Anci, Wen'an and other places.
