Mao Weiming, deputy secretary of the CPC Hunan Provincial Committee and governor of the People's Government of Hunan Province, presided over a meeting on the afternoon of June 18, 2022. He listened to the reports on the integrated development of transportation and modern logistics, and asked to thoroughly implement the spirit of President Xi Jinping's serial important instructions on transportation. He called for accelerating shoring up weak links in transportation and logistics; giving full play to the comprehensive advantages of road, rail, water, air, and port; and, establishing a modern comprehensive transportation network that is collaborative, cost-effective, and supportive, so as to contribute to the building of a modern new Hunan.

Vice Governor Chen Fei and Secretary General Deng Qunce, attended.

On June 18, Governor Mao listened to the reports on the integrated development of transportation and modern logistics.

The meeting.

The meeting.

All the photos above were taken by Liu Shangwen from Hunan Daily.

Governor Mao noted that in 2021, the provincial freight volume reached 2.24 billion tons, a year-on-year increase of 10.9%. The cargo mainly covered 16 categories, including steel, coal, construction machinery, and chemical raw materials and products. The provincial road, rail, water, and air transportation accounted for 88.4%, 2.1%, 9.5%, and 0.01% of the total respectively. The number of freight containers was 1.63 million TEUs. All of these achievements marked that Hunan’s transportation has made great progress.

The Department of Transportation of Hunan Province recently organized relevant departments and technical support units to conduct in-depth research and analysis on the logistics flow direction, quantity, and efficiency, and development orientation of 13 cities and 1 prefecture provincewide, to further learn about the conditions, and clarify thoughts and directions. Solid foundation work had been made to promote the integrated development of transportation and modern logistics.

He emphasized that modern logistics is an urgent and pragmatic problem that must be solved to promote high-quality economic development. On the basis of flow direction, quantity, and efficiency, we should speed up the construction of a modern comprehensive transportation system, continuously reduce the cost of comprehensive logistics, and enhance regional competitiveness, he added.

This article is from the Hunan Provincial Government www.enghunan.gov.cn.

Translator: Yu Jiangjiang

Chinese source: hunan.gov.cn