New opportunities for foreign trade shipments

The logistics industry performance report for the first five months of 2026 has been freshly released. From the official data released, it is evident that the current logistics industry has long bid farewell to the traditional model of simply "running transportation and moving goods", and is showing a steady increase in scale, continuous optimization of structure, and continuous upgrading of business formats. From January to May, the total amount of social logistics in China reached 14.66 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.2%. This steady growth data not only represents a simple increase in industry size, but also indicates that the logistics industry is upgrading comprehensively towards high-end, intelligent, green, and international development. It has also laid a solid supply chain foundation for various manufacturing enterprises and foreign trade merchants to operate overseas.

The biggest change in the logistics industry today is the rapid transition between new and old formats, and the gap in industry segmentation is becoming increasingly apparent. The growth rate of demand for traditional resource-based logistics is slowing down, while high-end industrial logistics that caters to new quality productivity is becoming the main driver of growth. The data is very intuitive. In May, the logistics demand related to high-tech manufacturing increased by 15.1% year-on-year, and the logistics demand of equipment manufacturing increased by 9.5%, with a very impressive growth rate. At the same time, the popularity of the green logistics track continues to rise, with the growth rate of renewable resource logistics exceeding the industry average. Logistics orders for new energy and new material products such as lithium batteries, carbon fiber, and green fiber have significantly increased. It is not difficult to see that what enterprises need now is no longer simple transportation services, but customized logistics solutions that are more professional, refined, and suitable for industrial upgrading.

Whether it is domestic consumption or foreign trade going global, the resilience of the logistics industry is becoming increasingly prominent. In the domestic market, new formats such as live streaming e-commerce and fresh food retail continue to be hot, driving steady growth in consumer logistics for residents. E-commerce logistics and rural logistics capacity have significantly increased, and the cold chain direct delivery model has also solved the problems of high transportation losses and slow delivery of fresh products. The foreign trade track is full of highlights, with cross-border e-commerce continuing to explode and order volumes continuing to rise. The transportation volume of China Europe freight trains and Central Asia freight trains has steadily increased, and the international air cargo volume has grown by 7.3% year-on-year. The diversified international logistics channels are becoming more and more mature, providing great convenience for domestic businesses to expand overseas.

The overall quality and efficiency of the industry are also continuously improving, with cost reduction, efficiency improvement, and intelligence becoming the main theme of the current logistics industry development. In the first five months, the total revenue of the logistics industry exceeded 5.8 trillion yuan, and the overall prosperity of the industry continued to rebound. The advantages of multimodal transportation have been fully utilized, with the volume of railway intermodal transportation increasing by 11% year-on-year, far exceeding the growth rate of traditional freight transportation. This high-capacity and low loss transportation method can effectively help enterprises save logistics costs. At the same time, the digital transformation of the industry is accelerating, and various intelligent devices and digital systems are being implemented, effectively solving the problems of low efficiency, slow response, and difficult control in traditional logistics, making the entire supply chain operate more smoothly and efficiently.

Following the trend of industry upgrading, we have always been deeply involved in cross-border logistics and supply chain services, accurately catering to the various shipping needs of current enterprises. Relying on mature global logistics links and years of frontline practical experience, we are also continuously optimizing our services while relying on standardized and digital operational processes to fully control transportation details and avoid various transportation risks. From domestic collection and warehousing sorting, to cross-border transportation and final delivery, we achieve closed-loop control of the entire process and provide customers with stable, worry free, and highly compliant one-stop logistics services.

Logistics is the capillary of the real economy, and the industry continues to improve and upgrade, empowering the development of enterprises. As the logistics industry steadily advances towards intelligence, greenness, and internationalization in 2026, we will continue to refine our own business, upgrade our supply chain service capabilities, deepen our foundation in logistics services, and focus on the logistics needs of high-end industries. With professional, reliable, and efficient logistics solutions, we help major enterprises easily seize domestic and foreign trade opportunities, enabling domestic goods to smoothly reach all parts of the world.

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