On November 4, the National Development and Reform Commission held the Endeavour “15th Five-Year Plan” series of press conferences to introduce the situation related to consolidating development support. Kou Rong, deputy director of the Economic and Trade Department of the National Development and Reform Commission, said that in recent years, China's commodity circulation efficiency has improved markedly; melons, fruits and vegetables take less and less time from field to table; there are more and more “same-day” and “next day delivery” of products purchased online. The key to further improving the efficiency of commodity circulation is “cost reduction”. Specifically, we will start by reducing logistics costs and transaction costs. In terms of reducing logistics costs. The Development and Reform Commission will work with relevant departments to further implement tasks to effectively reduce logistics costs for the whole society, focusing on logistics network construction, coordinating “major arteries” and “microcirculation”, “hard construction” and “soft connectivity”, “internal circulation” and “external connectivity” to solidly promote the construction and interconnection of logistics hubs, enhance the carrying capacity of logistics channels, make up for shortcomings in urban and rural logistics facilities, and tighten the international logistics facility network to systematically reduce logistics costs for the whole society. In addition, relevant departments will also introduce specific policies and measures for the circulation of some key commodities. Taking fresh agricultural products as an example, it will further strengthen the market system and inspection capacity building for fresh agricultural products, speed up the completion of shortcomings in field precooling and cold chain distribution centers, build a number of wholesale markets for key agricultural products, strive to reduce the circulation loss of fresh agricultural products, and promote the circulation of fresh agricultural products to accelerate modernization, transformation and upgrading.

On November 4, the National Development and Reform Commission held the Endeavour “15th Five-Year Plan” series of press conferences to introduce the situation related to consolidating development support. Kou Rong, deputy director of the Economic and Trade Department of the National Development and Reform Commission, said that in recent years, China's commodity circulation efficiency has improved markedly; melons, fruits and vegetables take less and less time from field to table; there are more and more “same-day” and “next day delivery” of products purchased online. The key to further improving the efficiency of commodity circulation is “cost reduction”. Specifically, we will start by reducing logistics costs and transaction costs. In terms of reducing logistics costs. The Development and Reform Commission will work with relevant departments to further implement tasks to effectively reduce logistics costs for the whole society, focusing on logistics network construction, coordinating “major arteries” and “microcirculation”, “hard construction” and “soft connectivity”, “internal circulation” and “external connectivity” to solidly promote the construction and interconnection of logistics hubs, enhance the carrying capacity of logistics channels, make up for shortcomings in urban and rural logistics facilities, and tighten the international logistics facility network to systematically reduce logistics costs for the whole society. In addition, relevant departments will also introduce specific policies and measures for the circulation of some key commodities. Taking fresh agricultural products as an example, it will further strengthen the market system and inspection capacity building for fresh agricultural products, speed up the completion of shortcomings in field precooling and cold chain distribution centers, build a number of wholesale markets for key agricultural products, strive to reduce the circulation loss of fresh agricultural products, and promote the circulation of fresh agricultural products to accelerate modernization, transformation and upgrading.