Interpretation of Ministry of Communications： Logistics ＂Reducing Cost and Increasing Efficiency＂ Adapts to New Demand and Stimulates New Motive Force
CCTV News:According to the website of the Ministry of Communications, the Ministry of Transport recently issued Several Opinions on Promoting the Supply-side Structural Reform to Promote the Logistics Industry to "Reduce Costs and Increase Efficiency". Yu Shengying, inspector of the Comprehensive Planning Department of the Ministry of Transport, interpreted this as reflecting the most direct and urgent requirements of the current supply-side structural reform for transportation. The core of the Opinions is to stimulate the endogenous motivation and market vitality of the development of the logistics industry. The Opinions put forward that transportation can promote the logistics industry to "reduce"
"Reducing cost and increasing efficiency" can adapt to the new demand of logistics development
Promoting supply-side structural reform is a major decision made by the CPC Central Committee to comprehensively judge the world economic situation and the new normal of China’s economic development. Promoting the logistics industry to "reduce costs and increase efficiency" and promoting the cost reduction of enterprises in the real economy are the most direct and urgent requirements for transportation in the current supply-side structural reform.
Yu Shengying introduced that transportation is the basic link and important carrier of the logistics industry, and it has a basic and main role in promoting the development of the logistics industry. In recent years, the party group of the Ministry of Transport has attached great importance to the development of the logistics industry and actively promoted the construction of transportation logistics infrastructure, with remarkable results. "However, compared with the requirements of promoting supply-side structural reform and improving the matching efficiency of logistics supply and demand in the new era, there are still some gaps and shortcomings in transportation." Yu Shengying pointed out that "it is difficult to adapt to the growing demand for high-quality, diversified and personalized logistics in terms of unreasonable transportation structure, backward transportation organization, low level of equipment technology and information sharing, and weak innovation ability, which has affected the improvement of logistics comprehensive efficiency."
According to the relevant decision-making arrangements of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council on promoting the development of the logistics industry, the Ministry of Transport has re-examined, re-recognized, re-combed and re-focused the work of promoting the development of the logistics industry with a view to reducing the cost of enterprises in the real economy and promoting the "cost reduction and efficiency increase" of the logistics industry. On the basis of extensive investigation and in-depth demonstration, it has compiled and issued Several Opinions, which clarified the overall requirements, main tasks and safeguard measures for promoting the development of the logistics industry by transportation in the next five years. "Several Opinions reflect the new requirements of supply-side structural reform for optimizing the supply of transportation services, which is of great significance for expanding new space for transportation development, cultivating new kinetic energy for development, and meeting the new expectations of economic and social development for transportation." Yu Shengying said.
Stimulate the endogenous motivation and market vitality of logistics industry development
According to reports, the core of the "Several Opinions" is to stimulate the endogenous motivation and market vitality of the development of the logistics industry by expanding the field of transportation services, extending the service chain, and optimizing the supply of transportation services, so as to improve the overall efficiency and benefit of the development of the logistics industry, thus better serving the real economy. The cost of enterprises is reduced. There are three specific paths: first, promote structural adjustment, give full play to the efficiency of comprehensive transportation by optimizing the transportation structure and market main body structure, and realize the optimal allocation of logistics resources at the macro scale; The second is to promote technological innovation, encourage the application and popularization of advanced technologies, speed up the interconnection and sharing of logistics information resources, improve the specialization and intelligence level of facilities and equipment, and improve the efficiency and benefit of logistics activities; The third is to promote institutional reform, and stimulate the vitality of market development by improving the government’s comprehensive governance capacity, simplifying administration and decentralization, optimizing administrative law enforcement, building a credit system, improving charging policies, and promoting cross-departmental management coordination.
"The goal is to basically build an economical, convenient, efficient and high-quality transportation logistics service system by 2020, which will significantly improve the efficiency of logistics operation and achieve positive results in reducing the logistics costs of enterprises in the real economy." Yu Shengying introduced. First, strengthen the leading role of transportation in the "efficiency improvement" of the logistics industry. The proportion of railway freight container transportation is about 15%, and the proportion of container-iron-water combined transportation in key ports is increasing by about 10% annually. The second is to further play the leading role of transportation in the "cost reduction" of the logistics industry, and basically eliminate unreasonable charges related to enterprises in the freight field. Third, comprehensively improve the level of integrated development of transportation and logistics industry, and make breakthroughs in emerging formats such as road freight car-free carriers, multimodal transport operators and platform-based logistics enterprises in the "internet plus" environment. The fourth is to effectively improve the development environment of transportation logistics. The level of logistics standardization was further improved, and the credit system of transportation logistics was initially established.
Five tasks to promote the logistics industry to "reduce costs and increase efficiency"
"Several Opinions" put forward five tasks for transportation to promote the logistics industry to "reduce costs and increase efficiency".
Perfecting the smooth connection of the facility network is the foundation. In the construction of facilities network, Several Opinions put forward that it is necessary to build a national logistics backbone network, unblock the "microcirculation" of hub nodes, strengthen the supporting construction of railways and highways in key ports and large-scale comprehensive logistics parks, jointly promote the construction of logistics hub nodes, and support the construction of a number of freight hubs (logistics parks) with multimodal transport, trunk-branch connection and port service functions.
Building an intensive and efficient service platform is the carrier. According to the "Several Opinions", the Ministry of Transport will vigorously promote the open sharing and interconnected application of logistics-related information, promote the interconnected sharing of information across modes of transportation, departments, regions and borders, and create a "superhighway" for information interconnection; Encourage the development of new business forms such as enterprise alliances based on "internet plus" and road freight car-free carriers. Focus on supporting a number of platform-based logistics enterprises with nationwide overall layout and integration of online and offline services, and promote the transformation of traditional transportation enterprises into modern logistics enterprises.
Improving the organizational efficiency of transportation chain is the key. The "Several Opinions" clarify that multimodal transport will be vigorously developed, and through demonstration, efforts will be made to promote the development of advanced transportation organizations such as river-sea transport, land-sea transport, ro-ro transport and piggyback transport. Further accelerate the development of drop-and-hang transportation and optimize the drop-and-hang transportation conditions. Constantly improve the urban and rural logistics distribution system, strengthen the unified identification management of urban distribution vehicles, and optimize the rural logistics basic service network. Vigorously improve the development level of regional transportation and logistics integration and promote cross-border transportation facilitation.
Perfecting the standard system of matching and coordination is the premise. The "Several Opinions" put forward that the standardization of freight vehicles will be promoted and existing non-standard vehicles will be guided to withdraw from the market ahead of schedule; We will speed up the establishment of a multimodal transport standard system, including equipment technical standards, comprehensive freight hub standards, information interface standards, data exchange standards and documents and bills standards, and solve the standard problems in the development of multimodal transport.
Creating a standardized and orderly market environment is the guarantee. According to the "Several Opinions", the "streamline administration, delegate power, strengthen regulation and improve services" will be accelerated, the highway toll management and supervision and law enforcement will continue to be improved, and the existing highway traffic capacity will be enhanced. Standardize the charging items of railway ports and airports, and effectively eliminate unreasonable administrative fees related to enterprises. Promote the establishment and improvement of the logistics market credit system, cooperate with the improvement of the logistics industry’s "camp reform" policy, and escort the sustained and healthy development of the logistics industry.
Horizontal cooperation of all departments, up and down linkage and joint promotion.
"In the process of implementing the" Several Opinions ",it is necessary to unite the consensus of all parties, unite various forces and make joint progress." Yu Shengying said. First, establish a working mechanism. The transportation authorities should strengthen communication and coordination with relevant departments such as development and reform, commerce, industry and information, customs, railways, etc., and form a working pattern of horizontal coordination and up-and-down linkage to promote all work as a whole. The second is to improve the support policies, make overall use of financial funds such as investment in the central budget, vehicle purchase tax and special construction funds, and increase the policy inclination for key areas such as the "three major strategies", key areas for poverty alleviation and key areas and weak links in transportation and logistics. The third is to give full play to the role of associations, give full play to the role of trade associations as a link between government and enterprises, and provide assistance in traffic and logistics operation monitoring, standard system revision and promotion, exchange and cooperation, personnel training, credit system construction, and statistical work. Fourth, strengthen operation monitoring, strengthen dynamic monitoring and tracking evaluation of market operation, study and solve new problems in time, carry out evaluation and summary of work effect in time, form typical experience and promote exchanges.
In order to further materialize and refine measures, the Ministry of Transport has simultaneously formulated a three-year action plan to implement the "Several Opinions", and defined specific work measures from 2016 to 2018 to ensure that transportation has achieved tangible results in promoting the logistics industry to "reduce costs and increase efficiency".
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Cui Xuezhong, Vice President of the Research Institute of the Ministry of Transport: The main task is to cover a wide range of areas, promote smooth convergence and make up for shortcomings.
At present, there are some problems in the development of China’s logistics industry, such as unreasonable structure, unbroken institutional obstacles, relatively backward infrastructure, and imperfect policies and regulations, which need to be further improved to support the development of enterprises in the real economy. As the key link and important carrier of the logistics industry, transportation has great potential in promoting the development of the logistics industry.
Generally speaking, the main tasks put forward in Several Opinions have achieved wide coverage, covering international, regional and urban and rural levels; Smooth connection has been realized, with the optimization of transportation organization as the main line and running through the transportation chain "the first kilometer, the middle kilometer and the last kilometer"; Realize the promotion of integration, eliminate industry barriers and administrative barriers, and promote the coordinated development of transportation chain, logistics chain and industrial chain; It has made up the shortcomings, responded to social concerns and people’s livelihood, and focused on the weak links in key areas to make practical moves, which has pointed out the direction, defined the key points, refined the grasp, accurately positioned, and has a strong system and operability, which has a positive role in laying a good battle for the logistics industry to "reduce costs and increase efficiency".
He Dengcai, Vice President of China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing: Several Opinions are helpful to encourage the development of emerging formats.
In recent years, the national logistics industry has achieved remarkable results in "reducing costs and increasing efficiency". From 2013 to 2015, the proportion of total social logistics expenses to GDP was 18%, 16.6% and 16% respectively, showing a downward trend year by year; In the first half of 2016, this figure further dropped to 14.6%, which is inseparable from the efforts of the logistics industry to improve quality and efficiency. In this process, the gradual improvement of the comprehensive transportation system and the effective improvement of the transportation policy environment have played an important role.
To continuously promote the logistics industry to "reduce costs and increase efficiency" is not to blindly reduce the prices of transportation and logistics services, but to create an environment for innovation and development through decentralization, tax reduction and fee reduction, promote convergence and coordination through market forces, optimize resource allocation, and achieve the goal of "reducing costs and increasing efficiency" as a whole, thus enhancing the stamina of innovation and development of logistics enterprises.
From the point of view, there are four aspects that the industry is most concerned about at present, namely, "network access, platform prosperity, smooth travel and light burden", which are all responded in the "Several Opinions". It can be said that the 19 specific tasks not only focus on solving the shortcomings and bottlenecks of transportation in the development of logistics industry, but also fully combine the future development needs of logistics industry, which is helpful to actively expand the service field, encourage the development of emerging formats, and actively seek deep integration with logistics chain and industrial chain. Therefore, the "Several Opinions" are in line with the policy orientation of supply-side structural reform, the objective requirements of structural adjustment of logistics industry under the new economic normal, and the actual needs of the integrated development of transportation industry and logistics industry.