The Chinese logistics industry must achieve "three major transformations".

　　The 2013 China Logistics Technology and Equipment Summit, hosted by the Logistics Search Network, was held today in Beijing. Experts, scholars, and entrepreneurs at the conference discussed hot topics around the summit's theme of "Finding Positive Energy in the Industry," including whether the era of rapid growth in China's logistics technology and equipment has ended, the outlook for the market and industry trends in 2013 and beyond, how enterprise service models can adapt to future development, and how to seize future development opportunities.

　　"Transitioning from a logistics giant to a logistics powerhouse is the Chinese dream of the logistics industry." Ding Junfa, chairman of the China Logistics Technology and Equipment Summit and chief advisor of the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing, stated in his speech, "In the next 20 years, we must innovate and develop to realize our dreams, and we are fully capable of achieving this goal."

　　Ding Junfa believes that starting now, China's logistics industry needs to achieve three major transformations: first, shifting from being primarily government-driven to mainly market-driven resource optimization; second, moving from introducing, digesting, and absorbing to independent innovation; third, evolving from providing logistics services for manufacturing, circulation, agriculture, and construction industries to highly integrated development.

　　Under the dual pressure of economic downturn and high costs, logistics companies are also feeling the chill of winter, and some companies may even be eliminated. However, Dai Dingyi, executive vice president of the China Logistics Society, pointed out that "in the face of painful market pressures, some new development trends in the logistics industry are worth looking forward to, and we must strengthen our confidence in development and see the signs of spring."

　　Dai Dingyi stated that first, in the traditional basic service market characterized by small, scattered, chaotic, and poor conditions, the speed of logistics resource integration is accelerating, with more and more small enterprises discussing how to unite for development, which is an unstoppable trend; second, specialized logistics is becoming increasingly deepened, which is an important sign that the entire logistics value can be realized, and this is the most noteworthy; third, the talent structure of logistics companies is changing, with executives from multinational companies with international backgrounds or returnees joining, and the logistics industry increasingly relies on technology, knowledge, and information; fourth, investments from banks, venture capital, and other large capital sources in the logistics market are increasing, indicating that the logistics market is maturing, and this trend is conducive to accelerating the transformation and upgrading of the industry.

　　"Although the growth rate of the logistics equipment market is slowing, the speed of structural adjustment and transformation and upgrading is very fast." Dai Dingyi stated that if you remain in traditional business, relying on scale expansion to compete in the market, you may feel increasing market pressure. However, if you find some new market values and opportunities, you will feel that this space is very large and the market is very promising.

　　Dai Dingyi believes that there is still a lot of room to expand in the logistics equipment market, which needs to be nurtured and cultivated. First, for the government, there should be more focus on market rules and building a fairer market competition environment, rather than focusing more on subsidies, support, and policy bias; second, the industry needs to strengthen self-discipline and form competitive barriers in quality, energy conservation, and environmental protection, rather than administrative barriers, to guide the healthy development of the industry; third, severe penalties should be imposed on behaviors that violate market rules, laws, and customer values. As for individual enterprises, they must have a clear positioning and build their core competitiveness; they should increase investment in technology and create a path in technological innovation; they should enhance service innovation and business model innovation to expand the value system of the enterprise. (Reporter Ruan Xiuxing)