The total number of A-level logistics companies is close to 10,000 in China, according to data released by the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing on Sunday.
The federation's data show that there are 9,995 A-level logistics companies in China now, including 203 star-rated cold chain logistics companies, and 73 A-level online freight platform companies.
The federation is responsible for the evaluation of A-level logistics enterprise following relevant standard procedures based on six major elements, namely, business operation, assets, equipment and facilities, management and services, quality of employees, and informatization level.
Since the federation launched the evaluation in 2005, it has gradually come up with a complete evaluation system and evaluation mechanism.
"It is necessary to give full play to the pacesetting role of A-level logistics enterprises in the local logistics industry and guide more logistics enterprises to move closer to national standards, so that they could play a leading role in cultivating new quality productive forces and reducing logistics costs for the whole society," said Cui Zhongfu, deputy chief of China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing.
China has nearly 10,000 A-level logistics companies
The China Coast Guard conducted a maritime rescue exercise in waters around the Huangyan Island in the South China Sea to enhance its lifesaving capabilities, especially in complex situations.
During the exercise, officers aboard the Coast Guard's Chuanshan vessel found "someone" drowning in water, and dispatched rescuers to salvage him with a life buoy and rescue ropes, and to pull him out of the water.
After approaching the “drowning person”, rescuers managed to cover him with an insulation blanket and transfer him to the vessel to prevent hypothermia, and upon pulling him onto the deck, they carried out cardiopulmonary resuscitation on him.
"As the Coast Guard takes charge of maritime rescue, we conduct such drills to improve the ability of the commanding officers on the vessel to organize and direct a maritime rescue operation, improve the coordination capability of all crew, and meet the requirement for quick response to emergency situations in which fishermen have fallen into water by accident. The waters where we observe have a bad weather condition featuring strong wind and high waves, so we will properly set some dangerous and difficult courses in the training to improve our officers' ability to respond to complex maritime situations so that those drowning ones can be saved smoothly in our rescue operations," said Wu Hongri, political commissar of the Chuanshan vessel.
The Coast Guard officers and men on duty in waters around the Huangyan Island regularly receive maritime lifesaving training to optimize the process and improve their rescue preparedness in light of the actual situations at sea.
China Coast Guard conducts maritime rescue drill to enhance lifesaving capabilities
China Coast Guard conducts maritime rescue drill to enhance lifesaving capabilities
