State Council Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism: Enhancing International Freight Capacity to Ensure the Stability of International Logistics Supply Chain

    Xinhua News Agency,Beijing,April 18th(Reporter Dong Ruifeng,Wang Xi)Li Tianbi,Safety Director of the Ministry of Transport and Director of the Water Transport Bureau,said at a press conference of the Joint Defense and Control Mechanism of the State Council on April 18th that relevant departments are enhancing China's international freight capacity by encouraging airlines to use passenger planes for direct cargo transportation,increasing the density of China Europe trains,opening up international express shipping channels,and strengthening capacity allocation,Ensure the stability of the international logistics supply chain.

    Li Tianbi stated that the Ministry of Transport,together with 12 departments including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology,and the Ministry of Commerce,has established an international logistics work team to comprehensively coordinate and solve problems in international logistics.

    Due to the impact of the epidemic,there is a backlog of international mail in China,and international transportation of some important production materials,medical supplies,and consumer goods is difficult.Among them,international mail and express delivery were mainly transported by air,especially in the belly cabin of passenger planes.With the significant reduction of international flights,this part of transportation capacity cannot be compensated for temporarily.In addition,the serious lack of processing capacity at the overseas end has also had a significant impact on China's cross-border transportation.

     Hou Yanbo,Deputy Director of the Market Regulation Department of the National Postal Administration,stated at the press conference that in the first quarter,a total of 320 million international and Hong Kong,Macao,and Taiwan mail parcels were completed,an increase of 9.5%year-on-year.Faced with the challenge of severe shrinkage of passenger aircraft belly cabin transportation,the National Postal Administration,together with relevant departments,has taken multiple measures to continuously ensure the smooth flow of international shipping channels.

    These measures include guiding enterprises to make full use of existing international air freight,China Europe freight trains,sea express ships,and surrounding countries'land transportation resources,supporting postal and express delivery enterprises with full cargo aircraft to expand their transportation capacity by opening new international routes and adding new cargo planes,promoting the construction of a sound international logistics system and mutual recognition of technical standards.