Unmanned techs boost growth of China's logistics sector

Intelligent unmanned equipment and technologies are helping the Chinese express delivery industry to progress continuously and efficiently.

The automation rate of large-scale logistics and express delivery centers in the country has surpassed 90 percent, which effectively assists the industry in reducing costs and increasing efficiency, data released by the State Post Bureau (SPB) showed.

Meanwhile, according to the SPB, by the end of last year, China had established 1,300 large-scale logistics and express delivery processing centers above the designated size (with an annual revenue above 20 million yuan, or about 2.74 million U.S. dollars).

At a sorting center in Wujiang, east China's Jiangsu Province, parcels from across the country are sorted by unmanned forklifts and delivered to various smart sorting lines based on their categories, such as documents, small parcels, and large packages.

With smart technologies like visual recognition and artificial intelligence, an average of over 30 packages are quickly sorted and processed every second.

At the same time, unmanned devices are also transforming express delivery operations.

In a workshop in Anyang City, central China's Henan Province, workers are assembling unmanned delivery vehicles, with the production process for each vehicle completed in just 10 minutes.

"We've received orders for more than 20,000 vehicles since the beginning of this year, a tenfold increase compared to last year. They will be primarily operating in over 100 cities including Beijing and Shanghai, with 90 percent used in the express delivery sector," said Zuo Zan, production director of the workshop.

As order volumes increase, the pursuit of higher efficiency and lower costs has become the core demand in logistics and delivery sectors, prompting unmanned vehicle producers to continuously enhance technological innovation.

Unmanned techs boost growth of China's logistics sector

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said on Wednesday that Seoul firmly adheres to the one-China principle, in comments made ahead of his upcoming state visit to China.

The remarks were made in an interview with China Media Group (CMG). The visit is scheduled for Jan 4–7.

"The consensus reached between governments of the Republic of Korea and China when diplomatic relations were established continues to be the fundamental principle governing our relations, and its effectiveness remains steadfast. I want to clearly state that the ROK has always adhered to the one-China principle. Maintaining peace and stability in regional matters, including in Northeast Asia and concerning the Taiwan issue, holds significant importance to us," said Lee.

"The foundational relationship between the ROK and China was established on a very principled and fundamental basis from the beginning. It is clear that the ROK government has always adhered to this position and has never wavered from it. I believe that the sound development of ROK-China relations depends on both sides fully respecting each other's core interests and being mutually tolerant of each other's positions. In this context, we will, as always, uphold the one-China principle as the Taiwan issue is China's most fundamental concern," he said.

ROK president reiterates firm adherence to one-China principle