China-Social Logistics/Q1
China-Social Logistics/Q1
Dateline : April 29, 2026/File
Location : China
Duration : 1'28
FILE: Beijing, China - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Sign of China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing
FILE: China - Exact Location and Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
2. Aerial shots of land port, crane handling container
FILE: Rizhao City, Shandong Province, east China - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
3. Aerial shot of freight train running
FILE: Gansu Province, northwest China - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
4. Various of ground crew transporting cargo at airport
FILE: Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, south China - 2024 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
5. Cargo plane taxiing
Beijing, China - April 29, 2026 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
6. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Liu Yuhang, director, China Logistics Information Center (starting with shot 5/partially overlaid with shot 7/ending with shot 8):
"In the first quarter of this year, logistics operations have had a good start. First of all, the total growth of social logistics is obvious, reflecting the continuous advancement of the resilience and high-quality development of China's economy. Then, judging from the composition of the total social logistics, an important supporting point in the first quarter is that the development of international logistics is relatively fast, especially the growth rate of imported logistics in intermediate products and bulk commodities. This is a core growth area that drives the growth of the overall social logistics."
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FILE: China - Exact Date and Location Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
7. Various of parcels on convey belt, workers
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FILE: Jiangxi Province, east China - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland) 8. Interior of warehouse
9. Various of parcels on conveyor belts
FILE: Hubei Province, central China - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
10. Aerial shot of warehouse
11. Various of machine running in warehouse
FILE: China - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
12. Various of containers in railway port
13. Various of containers, ships at seaport
China's total social logistics value rose 6.2 percent year on year to 96.4 trillion yuan (about 14.1 trillion U.S. dollars) in the first quarter of 2026, data from the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing showed Wednesday.
Industrial logistics, the main driver of the overall growth, rose by 5.8 percent, 0.5 percentage points higher than that of the previous year. High-end manufacturing fields such as railway, ship, aerospace and other transportation equipment manufacturing, computer, telecommunication and other electronic equipment manufacturing reported a logistics volume growth exceeding 10 percent.
Driven by the recovery of spring market consumption and pro-consumption policies, the total logistics volume for enterprises and residents' goods rose by 6.5 percent year on year, 1.4 percentage points higher than the full-year level of the previous year. New business formats such as on-demand retail and livestream e-commerce have continued to grow, effectively driving the expansion and upgrading of new types of consumer logistics demand. In addition, benefiting from the simultaneous recovery of domestic production supply and end-consumer demand, the total logistics volume of imported goods increased by 9.1 percent year on year.
The import logistics volume of energy resources, basic raw materials, and industrial intermediate products has fully rebounded. In the first quarter, the combined import logistics volume of bulk commodities such as energy products and metal ores increased by 9.4 percent year on year. As the digital and intelligent transformation of industries across various sectors continues to accelerate, imports of categories such as computer parts and electronic components have maintained rapid growth.
"In the first quarter of this year, logistics operations have had a good start. First of all, the total growth of social logistics is obvious, reflecting the continuous advancement of the resilience and high-quality development of China's economy. Then, judging from the composition of the total social logistics, an important supporting point in the first quarter is that the development of international logistics is relatively fast, especially the growth rate of imported logistics in intermediate products and bulk commodities. This is a core growth area that drives the growth of the overall social logistics," said Liu Yuhang, director of the China Logistics Information Center.