China's cold chain logistics market expands in Q3 amid growing demand

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China's cold chain logistics market expands in Q3 amid growing demand

2025-10-27 17:15 Last Updated At：10-28 00:07

China's cold chain logistics sector continued its expansion in the third quarter of 2025, driven by the government's adoption of supporting policies and robust growth in market demand, according to data released by the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing (CFLP) on Monday.

Data from the CFLP's Cold Chain Logistics Committee showed that total demand for food cold chain logistics reached 117.3 million tonnes in the third quarter, a year-on-year increase of 4.72 percent, 0.16 percentage points higher than that in the second quarter.

For the first three quarters of this year, the total demand for the food cold chain logistics amounted to 309.3 million tonnes, up 4.49 percent year on year.

"Increases were seen in the trade volume of meat and other food products, driven by the summer consumption season and preparations for the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holidays [in early October]. The business volume of fresh food e-commerce also saw steady improvement, while cross-border trade in agricultural products, including fruit and vegetable imports and aquatic product exports, grew rapidly, which in turn boosted demand for cold chain logistics," said Qin Yuming, secretary-general of the CFLP's Cold Chain Logistics Committee.

In the third quarter, the sales volume of fresh food e-commerce increased by approximately 15 percent year on year, maintaining the momentum of double-digit growth. In particular, the sales of fruit and vegetable products through e-commerce platforms experienced the fastest increase.

In terms of revenue, the total revenue for food cold chain logistics service providers reached 144.97 billion yuan (about 20.4 billion U.S. dollars) in the third quarter, increasing 3.92 percent from the same period of last year, and up 0.2 percentage points from the growth rate in the second quarter.

The total revenue of food cold chain logistics service enterprises reached 424.91 billion yuan in the January-September period, representing a year-on-year increase of 3.85 percent, slightly faster than the first half of the year.

China's national legislature starts second plenary meeting of annual session

The fourth session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) started a plenary meeting Monday to hear work reports of the NPC Standing Committee, the Supreme People's Court, and the Supreme People's Procuratorate.

President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, and other Chinese leaders attended the second plenary meeting of the fourth session of the 14th NPC at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

Zhao Leji, chairman of the NPC Standing Committee, delivered a report on the work of the NPC Standing Committee to the meeting.

NPC deputies will also deliberate on a report of the NPC Standing Committee on the work of the overhaul of laws and the proposed handling of certain laws and decisions.

In the afternoon, they will hold group meetings to review the NPC Standing Committee's work report and its report on the work of the overhaul of laws and the proposed handling of certain laws and decisions.