CCTV News: The China Federation of Logistics and Procurement announced the annual logistics operation data for 2024 on February 11. Last year, the scale advantages of the logistics market were further consolidated, and the scale of logistics demand continued to expand, with the total national social logistics volume exceeding 360 trillion yuan throughout the year.

The total social logistics volume in the country in 2024, that is, the total value of physical logistics volume in economic operation, was 360.6 trillion yuan, an increase of 5.8% year-on-year, 0.6 percentage points faster than in 2023. The overall logistics operation throughout the year continued to have a steady and progressive development trend.

From the perspective of structure, the proportion of total logistics in various fields is basically stable. Among them, the total amount of industrial goods logistics exceeded 318 trillion yuan, accounting for 88%.

Liu Yuhang, director of the China Logistics Information Center, said: "The output of intelligent manufacturing and high-tech manufacturing products, optoelectronic devices, intelligent robots and other sectors in the new quality productivity sector has increased by more than double digits, and has also become an important highlight of the high-quality development of industrial logistics."

From the long-term changes, the development trend of green and digital logistics demand is obvious. In 2024, more than 300,000 new energy logistics vehicles were added nationwide, accounting for 40% of the total number of new logistics vehicles. In addition, the utilization rate of biodegradable packaging materials in the e-commerce and express delivery industries reached 60%, an increase of 15 percentage points year-on-year.

From the perspective of international circulation, imported logistics operates stably. The total import logistics volume in 2024 was 18.4 trillion yuan, an increase of 3.9% year-on-year. Among them, the overall growth rate of energy import logistics is relatively weak. In 2024, the import logistics of intermediate products directly related to midstream production is better than that of bulk commodities and consumer goods, which is an important driving force for the improvement of imported logistics.

Adjust the structure and clear the bottlenecks. The logistics costs of the whole society have effectively decreased. From the perspective of logistics costs, the important indicator to measure the efficiency of logistics operation - the ratio of total social logistics costs to GDP (gross domestic product) has dropped to the lowest point in recent years, and the action to effectively reduce the logistics costs of the whole society has achieved initial results.

In 2024, the ratio of total social logistics expenses to GDP (gross domestic product) was 14.1%, down 0.3 percentage points from the previous year. From the structural perspective, the logistics expense ratio in all major links has declined, among which the ratio of transportation expenses to GDP (gross domestic product) is 7.6%, a decrease of 0.2 percentage points from the previous year.

He Hui, vice president of the China Federation of Logistics and Procurement, said: "The transportation structure of logistics is improving and optimizing, and the proportion of water and railway transportation with relatively lower transportation costs is increasing. The second is that the degree of organization of logistics has been improved, so the results of cost reduction are also significant."

As of the end of 2024, the entry rate of railways in coastal ports and major ports on the Yangtze River main line in the country has exceeded 90%. In 2024, the proportion of water freight turnover increased by 1.5 percentage points, and the proportion of road freight turnover decreased by 0.6 percentage points, indicating that medium and long-distance cargo transportation has shifted from highway to waterway, the structural adjustment trend of transportation continues, and water transport efficiency has been improved.