CCTV News: On April 3, the China Federation of Logistics and Procurement announced the China logistics industry prosperity index in March. Driven by the general rebound in demand, the prosperity level of the logistics industry has improved significantly, and the index has returned to the expansion range.

In March, China's logistics industry prosperity index was 51.5%, up 2.2 percentage points from the previous month. The main sub-indexes have risen across the board, and logistics demand in some industries has a good momentum of recovery. Among them, the railway transportation industry, water transportation industry, air transportation industry and postal express industry have rebounded significantly.

From the perspective of consumption, physical and online consumption has recovered steadily, and the demand for urban distribution logistics has grown rapidly. The total business index of the postal and express industry was 68.2%, an increase of 1.9 percentage points month-on-month. The air transport industry maintained a recovery trend, and the utilization rate of passenger airliner abdomen warehouses was good. The total business index of the air transport industry increased by 2.3 percentage points month-on-month.

From corporate expectations, the business activity expectations index in March was 55.2%, up 0.8 percentage points from the previous month, among which the business activity expectations index of the air transportation industry and postal express industry was in a relatively high prosperity range.

Liu Yuhang, director of the China Logistics Information Center, said that judging from the reflection of the logistics industry's prosperity index, since March, the domestic economy has continued to recover and positive trend, and production in various industrial fields has recovered in an orderly manner. The coordination between upstream and downstream of the supply chain has been further smooth, and the logistics operation efficiency has rebounded.

The momentum of logistics investment in the central and western regions has rebounded and regional coordinated development

By region, the total business index of the three major regions in the east, central and western regions is in the expansion range, and the trend of regional coordinated development is good.

From the total business volume index, the three major regions in the east, central and western regions were in the expansion range in March, among which the total business volume index in the western region rose by 2.4 percentage points from the previous month, with a significant increase.

From the new demand, the central region's new order index has the largest increase; the western region's new order index has reached 52.9%, ranking first in the index level.

In addition, in order to effectively adapt to regional economic and industrial changes and improve the level of balanced development of hub networks, the National Development and Reform Commission issued the "National Logistics Hub Layout Optimization and Adjustment Plan" this year. Among them, new hubs in the central and western regions accounted for 60% of the increase, which effectively promoted the recovery of logistics investment momentum in the central and western regions. The fixed asset investment completion index rebounded by 2.3 percentage points month-on-month in March. By region, the fixed asset investment completion index in the eastern, central and western regions has both rebounded compared with the previous month. Among them, the recovery in the central and western regions is relatively large.