China's cold chain to have 100 more logistics bases by 2025

As part of the country's 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25), the National Development and Reform Commission has announced a development plan to improve the service capacity and increase the efficiency of the cold chain logistics sector. With the construction of about 100 national logistics bases during the period of the 14th Five-Year Plan, the head of the Commission, Zhang Jiangbo, announced that a first batch of 17 bases was under construction. The Commission also plans to set up 8 main channels for cold chain logistics during the 14th Five-Year Plan period, which will connect agricultural production areas with 19 urban centres. In addition, a national logistics platform will be set up to monitor traceability, improve control of the entire chain and standardise the process in real time. According to the National Development and Reform Commission, by 2020 China's cold chain logistics market exceeded 380 billion yuan ($60 billion), its cold storage capacity reached about 180 million cubic metres and refrigerated vehicles 280,000 units, more than double the figures recorded at the end of the 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-2015). The image is of a cold chain logistics base in the Guangxi Zhuang region of southern China (Photo: Xinhua/china.org.cn). SourceFructidor, from ecns.cn, english.scio.gov.cn, globaltimes.cn