After the outbreak of the "77 Incident" in 1937, Chiang Kai-shek delivered a speech at Lushan on July 17, indicating the policy of all-out anti-Japanese war - to take Sichuan as the strategic rear and the Yangtze River waterway as the main channel, and organize a large-scale westward withdrawal of personnel, equipment and materials from the east to preserve the ...... of the flame of the anti-Japanese warOn August 13, the National ** Army took the initiative to attack the Japanese army in Shanghai and successfully opened up the Yangtze River battlefield. Around this time (July 1937-January 1938), as many as 127 soldiers were transferred eastward through the Yangtze River30,000 people and a large amount of military supplies made the "Battle of Songhu" last for 3 months, which bought time for the large-scale westward withdrawal of national industry.
During this period, the "Yichang Retreat" occurred in Yichang, which was on the way to Sichuan, and the "Yichang Retreat" was no less thrilling and influential than the "Dunkirk Retreat", leaving a strong ...... for the modern shipping of the Yangtze RiverIn terms of the number of evacuees, the number of transported materials and the duration of the extension, the Yichang retreat was above the Dunkirk retreat.
What is even more commendable is that compared with the strength of the whole country in the British retreat from Dunkirk, the backbone of China's Yichang retreat has always been Lu Zuofu's Minsheng Company. In order to serve the country, Minsheng Steamship Company only charged 120% of the usual freight, and even transported the children for free, but it paid the huge cost of 16 ships being blown up, 69 ships being injured, 117 employees being killed, 76 employees disabled, and the rest of the factories, wharves, warehouses, and equipment were lost.
After that, Lu Zuofu's Minsheng Company continued to transfer personnel and supplies in Yichang, and by the time of the fall of Yichang in June 1940, more than 1.5 million refugees and 1 million tons of supplies had been transported to the rear through Yichang.
Yangtze River Civilization Feng Tianyu, Ma Zhiliang, Ding Yuan. - Beijing: CITIC Press, 20219 （2022.5 reprints). p252
Text: Modern Logistics News, reporter Ci Hongjun
According to Modern Logistics News, on December 8, 2023, the Ministry of Transport, the People's Bank of China, the State Administration of Financial Supervision and Administration, the China ** Regulatory Commission, and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange jointly issued the "Guiding Opinions on Accelerating the High-quality Development of the Modern Shipping Service Industry" to accelerate the completion of the shortcomings of China's modern shipping service industry, and promote the agglomeration and development of China's modern shipping service industry elements driven by policy innovation.
The Guiding Opinions put forward that by 2035, a modern shipping service system with perfect functions, high-quality services, openness and integration, wisdom and low carbon will be formed, the functions of the international shipping center and the modern shipping service agglomeration area will be significantly improved, the service capacity of the Shanghai International Shipping Center will rank among the top in the world, and the modern shipping service industry will achieve high-quality development. The "Guiding Opinions" put forward eight specific tasks:
The first is to enhance the ability of shipping transactions and information services. The second is to enhance the efficiency of shipping financial services. The third is to strengthen the protection of shipping insurance services. Fourth, improve the capacity of maritime legal services. Fifth, strengthen the guarantee of shipping talents. Sixth, improve the ability of shipping technology services. Seventh, improve the service function of the shipping center. Eighth, improve the basic service capacity of shipping.
Experts believe that China is a big shipping country, is the world's important dry bulk transportation destination and container transportation departure point, China's many port cargo and container throughput have long occupied the world's leading position. However, China's port shipping service industry is still dominated by medium and low value-added businesses such as terminal business and carrier, and the proportion of medium and high-end value-added business development is low, and shipping finance, maritime, maritime, legal services and other businesses lag behind some international shipping centers.
In addition, on November 24, the Ministry of Transport issued the "Opinions on Accelerating the Construction of Smart Ports and Smart Waterways". By 2027, China will build a number of world-class smart ports and smart waterways.
The "Opinions" make it clear that it is necessary to play a leading role in the pilot work of building a transportation power, and promote the construction of a number of smart ports and smart waterway demonstration projects. Deepen the pilot application of intelligent transportation, and continue to support the pilot of autonomous driving of horizontal transportation and collection and distribution of containers at ports.
The "Opinions" proposes that by 2027, the digitalization of port and waterway infrastructure, production and operation management and the intelligent level of external services will be comprehensively improved, and a number of world-class smart ports and smart waterways will be built. The intelligent perception network has been basically completed for high-grade inland waterways such as containers of 100,000 tons and above in international hub seaports, bulk cargo terminals, and Yangtze River trunk line and Xijiang shipping trunk line. Construction and renovation of a number of automated container terminals and dry bulk terminals. Comprehensively improve the electronic rate of major port operation documents. Accelerate the construction of electronic waterway maps for inland waterways, basically realize the joint dispatch of navigable buildings across provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government), and comprehensively improve the intelligent level of public information services for high-level inland waterways.
In addition, on November 30, the operation and management of Henan Yuhai New Channel was established in Zhengzhou, and the first container route from Zhoukou Central Port to Ningbo Zhoushan Port was officially launched in Zhoukou Central Port.
The opening of the container route from Zhoukou Central Port to Ningbo Zhoushan Port has opened up the important port hubs of Henan and eastern coastal cities, further strengthened the synergy between Zhejiang port and Henan port resources, realized the linkage development of rivers and seas, enhanced the competitiveness of Henan ports, and driven the development of inland port economy in Henan Province. Serve the construction of Henan's inland open highland, and take an important step towards accelerating the construction of a new channel to the sea in the Central Plains.
Zhoukou Central Port is one of the 36 inland river ports in China, and Ningbo Zhoushan Port is an important hub for docking with the "Belt and Road", and it is also the largest port in southern China in terms of sea-rail intermodal business volume.
On December 3, the first forum on the high-quality development of inland waterway shipping with the theme of "New Era, New Ideas, New Paths - Higher Quality Inland Waterway Shipping" was held in Wuhan, Hubei. Guest representatives from inland waterway shipping management departments, port and shipping logistics enterprises, colleges and universities, scientific research institutes, and science and technology companies focused on the hot topics of inland waterway shipping development to carry out dialogues and exchanges, and discussed the high-quality development path of inland waterway shipping in the new era.
During the forum, the Changhang Bureau, together with the Yangtze River Trunk Water Search and Rescue Coordination Center, the Office of the Jiangsu Provincial Water Search and Rescue Center and the transportation authorities of 7 provinces and cities, signed the "Memorandum of Cooperation on Water Traffic Safety and Emergency Management on the Yangtze River", and the Changhang Bureau, China Classification Society, 13 provincial and municipal transportation authorities, and the Office of the Shanghai Combined Port Management Committee signed the "Cooperation Agreement on Accelerating the Modernization of Yangtze River Shipping and Promoting the New Development of Green and Intelligent".
In addition, on December 6, the "2023 General Cargo International Logistics Development Conference" jointly sponsored by the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing and Shandong Port Group and hosted by Yantai Port of Shandong Port was held in Yantai.
He Liming, President of China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing, attended the meeting, and Cai Jin, Vice President of China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing, attended the meeting and delivered a speech. In his speech, Cai Jin pointed out that building an efficient, smooth, low-carbon, green, resilient and safe chain system for general goods is crucial to China's high-quality development. He expects that Yantai Port can take the lead in promoting the improvement of the general cargo flow system. China Logistics and Joint Purchasing will continue to attach importance to the construction of China's general cargo flow system, and will also support and promote the high-quality development of China's general cargo flow in terms of logistics standardization, talent training, enterprise evaluation, and professional capabilities.
During the meeting, initiated by Yantai Port, 16 units, including associations, ports, shipping enterprises, logistics enterprises, and project enterprises, formed the first "General Cargo Multimodal Transport Development Alliance" and issued the "Alliance Initiative" to provide Chinese solutions for the development of general cargo multimodal transport.
In addition, from the official WeChat news of Tianjin Port Group on December 12, recently, Tianjin Port Group and Jiangsu Port Group signed a strategic cooperation agreement. According to the agreement, the two sides will comprehensively deepen strategic cooperation in port operation, port, shipping and cargo coordination, market joint marketing, business innovation collaboration, smart green port construction, and talent exchange and training based on the principle of complementary advantages and win-win cooperation.
Ci's Story (WeChat*** believes that comprehensively promoting the high-quality development of China's modern shipping service industry, helping China's logistics industry to achieve transformation, and empowering China's economy requires the country's top-level design and coordination, the need for research and implementation at all levels, and the active participation of port and shipping enterprises.