On December 23, news came from Yichang Logistics Development Center that with the 4 logistics enterprises like Kaishun Logistics and Santai Logistics successfully passingthe on-site evaluation of national A-level logistics enterprises, the total number of A-level logistics enterprises in Yichang exceeded 100. Major breakthrough has been made in 5A logistics enterprises.Targets and tasks of cultivating main logistics enterprises in the “13th five-year plan” have been fully completed.

　　In the expiring “13th five-year plan”, the local logisticsdevelopment center takes the application work of national A-level logistics enterprises as an important method to cultivate leading logistics enterprises, accelerates the high-quality development of the logistics industry and builds a solid foundation for the industryto maintain medium and high speed growth. Since last year, sizingthe chance ofbuildingthe port type national logistics hub, the city has strengthenedthe cultivation of A-level logistics enterprises, improvedtheir development quality and quickenedthe pace of transformation from traditional logistics to modern logistics. Yichang LogisticsDevelopment Center cultivates the logistics enterprises with strong comprehensive strength toin ways likevisiting, business training and online tutoring, and guides the enterprises to apply standard management, optimize businessprocessand upgrade the level of informatization.

　　In order to boost the developmentmodern logistics, Yichang enacted the Implementation Opinions on Further Promoting the Transformation and Upgrading of Modern Logistics Industry and Promoting the Development of the Real Economy in 2018, which makes it clear that the Municipal Uureau of Finance will arrange 10 million yuan from industrial development fund every year to support the development of the modern logistics and to support A-level logistics enterprisesin innovative business modes like multimodal transport, drop and pull transport, cold chain logistics. Enterprises that have been credited as national 5A, 4A, 3A and 2A logistics enterprises or star cold chain enterprisesbased on Classification and Evaluation Index of Logistics Enterprisesby CPAG Group will be granted a one-time award with no more than 500,000 yuan, 200,000 yuan, 100,000 yuan and 50,000 yuan. The publishedOpinionshave become a milestone in the development history of Yichang’s logistics industry and greatly promoted itshealthy and rapid development.

　　“Main A-level logistics enterprises areincreasing. Compared with 35 at the end ofthe “12th five-year plan”, 65 new logistics enterprises were added during the “13th five-year plan” period, including two 5A, twenty-six4A, fifty-nine3Aand thirteen 2A.”Ren Xiaojun, secretary and director of the Party Group of Yichang Logistics Development Center, introduced that in the past five years, Yichang’sA-level logistics enterprises continue to expand in business modesandthe overalllogistics service capabilities have been significantly improved.Enterprises transformed from highway transportation to waterway transportation, railway transportation,warehousing, commerce and other types of developmentinvolvingmany fields.Exploration of innovative organization modes has been made withcar free carrier, drop and pull transportationandmultimodal transportationdeveloping simultaneously.A-level logistics enterprises cooperatewith the manufacturing industry, commerce and trade and the financial industryand their cooperation extends from transportation, warehousing and distribution business to high value-added services such as centralized procurement, circulation processing and personalized innovation services.

　　With the steady growth of the number, the revenuesof A-level logistics enterprises in Yichang arealso increasing.From 2016 to 2019, the number of key logistics enterprises inYichangincreased from 29 to 53, including 13 enterprises whosebusiness income surpassed 100 million yuan. In 2019, the total revenuesof key logistics enterprises reached6.479 billion yuanwith an 18.33%average annual growth rate; the total transaction volume of logistics parks reached54.5 billion yuanwith an 23.3%average annual growth rate;andthe number of key logistics parks increasedfrom 6 to 10, including 8 parkswith transaction volume exceeding 100 million yuan.