Why should the railway transform into a modern logistics enterprise?

There are three reasons for the transformation of railways into modern logistics enterprises:

Reason one: the competition is fierce, and if you don't advance, you will retreat. With the continuous penetration of e-commerce into the daily life of ordinary people, social logistics enterprises have mushroomed and developed rapidly. However, as the "iron old man" of logistics in the past, it seems that he has not recovered and has been severely suppressed by cruel reality. Data show that in the first quarter of this year, the freight volume of China railway and highway was 870 million tons, which was about 9% lower than last year, accounting for less than 10% of the total freight volume. If you don't find a way out, you can only do nothing.

Reason 2: It is an inevitable choice to adapt to the new normal of economic development. Although the freight organization reform fully implemented in 20 13 has achieved certain results and been widely recognized by all walks of life, with the current economic development in China entering a new normal, the macroeconomic growth rate has slowed down and the pace of economic restructuring has accelerated, and the transportation demand of bulk materials in the whole society has become a trend. However, railway freight has long been dominated by bulk goods, which does not meet the needs of modern logistics development, and the freight market share continues to decline. Relevant data show that in 20 14, the total social cargo transport volume was 43.9 billion tons, up by 7. 1% year-on-year, of which the road and waterway transport volume increased by more than 6%, the railway decreased by 3.9% year-on-year, and the bulk cargo decreased by 4.0%. This not only has the objective reasons for the decline of bulk goods, but also has the problems of unreasonable transportation product structure and unsuitable transportation organization mode, which forces us to change the traditional freight organization mode and vigorously develop modern logistics.

Reason 3: It is an important measure to realize railway innovation and development. This year is a crucial year for China to comprehensively deepen reform, and it is also a crucial year for railway enterprises to deepen freight reform and achieve innovative development. Without innovation, the road of general railway reform will become narrower and narrower, and it will become more and more difficult. Adapting to the new normal of economic development and vigorously promoting the construction of modern railway logistics are new measures for railway freight reform. An important measure to promote the construction of modern railway logistics is the official operation of China railway network. Some people say that this is the "iron boss" embracing e-commerce more closely. In fact, for the cake of market freight, it is more convenient, fast, safe and efficient.