Local Hot Spot: Wuhan Creates A New Business Card Of Urban Express

? ? ? Under the background of China's dual cycle development strategy, Wuhan express logistics industry has ushered in a new period of strategic opportunities.

On May 24, the 21st century economic report learned from the Wuhan municipal government that the implementation plan for comprehensively deepening the construction of "China Express demonstration city" was officially announced, proposing to build Wuhan into a "China Express demonstration city" with the largest express delivery scale, the best benefit, the best security and the highest service satisfaction in the whole province and even in the central region of the country. This means that Wuhan will have a brand new city "business card" in the future.

? ? ? In recent years, the express logistics industry in Wuhan has entered the track of rapid development, and its contribution to the national economy has further increased. According to the data of the State Post Office, in the first four months of this year, Wuhan's express revenue totaled 4.23 billion yuan (422.025 million yuan), ranking 13th in China and the first in Central China.

Based on the momentum of rapid development of express logistics industry in Wuhan, the implementation plan of comprehensively deepening the construction of "China's express demonstration city" is proposed. By 2022, Wuhan's express business volume will reach 1.8 billion pieces, with an average annual growth rate of more than 20%; The revenue of express delivery business reached 18 billion yuan, with an average annual growth rate of more than 15%. The proportion of express business revenue in the added value of regional tertiary industry exceeded 1.5%, supporting the online retail sales to reach 165 billion yuan.

Industry empowerment and introduction of leading enterprises

? ? In 2016, Wuhan was awarded the first batch of "China Express demonstration city", and won the title again in 2019“ "China Express demonstration city" needs to meet four standards, that is, the development strategy of express industry is clear and clear, the development of express industry reaches a certain level, the express service network is sound, and the coordinated development of industry has achieved certain results.

Wang Lei, vice president and professor of the central China Development Research Institute and regional and Urban Rural Development Research Institute, said in an interview with the 21st century economic reporter that one of the most basic elements in the development pattern with domestic big cycle as the main body and domestic and international dual cycle promoting each other is transportation conditions and logistics cost“ Wuhan is located in the core of the Yangtze River economic belt, and its long-term accumulated traffic location is good. "

? ? ? In the past five years, Wuhan's transportation network has been constantly improving. According to the planning of Wuhan, an integrated transportation network with one hour commute in Wuhan city circle, two hours' access to urban agglomeration in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, and three hours' coverage of major cities in China will be formed.

? ? ? For example, in 2019, Shunfeng express began to build an all cargo airport covering the whole country in Ezhou, less than an hour's drive from Wuhan. The airport will become the national core hub of SF. The 1.5-hour flight can cover 90% of the economy and population of the country.

According to the public data, China's logistics efficiency still lags behind that of developed countries. In 2019, China's logistics expenditure was 14.6 trillion yuan, accounting for 14.7% of GDP, which was still relatively high compared with 7.6% of the United States and 8.5% of Japan. Last year, Wuhan's total freight volume reached 636 million tons, and the ratio of total social logistics expenses to GDP dropped to 13.21%, 1.49 percentage points lower than the national average.

? ? Wang Lei believes that the reduction of logistics costs and the operation of hundreds of millions of goods through Wuhan have directly promoted the development of the local logistics industry. According to the data provided by Wuhan Transportation Bureau, there are 201 A-level logistics enterprises in Wuhan, ranking second only to Shanghai. In 2019, the total amount of social logistics in Wuhan will exceed 4 trillion yuan, with the added value of logistics industry accounting for 9.5% of the total GDP of the city, ranking the second among the three service industries with 100 billion yuan, and the industrial scale ranks first among the top six cities in China and the central region in general.

However, the person in charge of some local express logistics enterprises in Wuhan disclosed to the reporter of the 21st century economic report that although the number of enterprises has advantages, because the main business stays in warehousing, distribution and other links with low added value, the industry profit is not in Wuhan. For example, the headquarters of express enterprises are mostly concentrated in Zhejiang, and more than 80% of the upstream supply chain service enterprises are in Shenzhen.

In order to solve the problem of industry empowerment and upgrading, the implementation plan of comprehensively deepening the construction of "China Express demonstration city" in Wuhan City proposes that Wuhan plans to cultivate and introduce DHL, rookie network, Jingdong Logistics and other logistics "head enterprises" to set up regional headquarters or functional headquarters in Han, and cultivate more than 30 3A level logistics enterprises, Build more than 10 supply chain collaboration platforms with industry and market advantages.

Three level distribution solves the "last mile"

Compared with other industries, express logistics industry benefits more from the rapid development of domestic economy. In the past decade, e-commerce sales are ushering in an unprecedented period of development, driving the rapid development of the downstream express logistics industry.

According to the data of the Ministry of Commerce, China's e-commerce transaction volume will reach 34.81 trillion yuan in 2019, including 10.63 trillion yuan of online retail sales, a year-on-year increase of 16.5%, and online retail sales of physical goods of 8.52 trillion yuan, accounting for 20.7% of the total retail sales of consumer goods. Accompanied by this, China's express business volume for 7 consecutive years ranked first in the world, accounting for more than 60% of the world.

At present, the scale of e-commerce transactions in Hubei ranks eighth in China and the first in Central China. In 2019, the scale of e-commerce transactions in Wuhan will break through trillion yuan for the first time, reaching 1000.820 billion yuan. Among them, the online retail sales reached 252.455 billion yuan, with a year-on-year increase of 22.79%. At the same time, in 2019, Wuhan express business volume and business income also ranked first in Central China, among which express business volume ranked 12th and business income ranked 10th in China.

? ? ? At present, China's major business platforms, including JD and Alibaba, have set up central China logistics distribution center in Wuhan. However, Zou Wei, a professor and doctoral supervisor of the school of economics and management of Wuhan University, believes that the challenges facing the development of express logistics industry in Wuhan include the scattered construction of Wuhan logistics park, the lack of effective communication, and the "last mile" blocking point.

Therefore, the implementation plan of comprehensively deepening the construction of "China Express demonstration city" in Wuhan proposes to vigorously develop new business forms such as community e-commerce, fresh e-commerce and live e-commerce, and strive to achieve an average annual growth of 20% in the city's online retail sales by 2022.

? ? ? By 2022, Wuhan will basically build a three-level urban distribution network supported by "distribution center public distribution center terminal distribution network". Under the premise of meeting relevant regulations, Wuhan will support the terminal service facilities of express delivery to enter universities, residential areas, commercial buildings, industrial parks, etc, An intelligent terminal distribution system covering 15 minutes of community life circle and residential quarters will be built.

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