Ministry of Commerce Speeds Up Improvement of the Agricultural Product Logistics and Distribution System

China Securities Journal Online, November 16 - Kong Lingyu, Deputy Director of the Market System Construction Department of the Ministry of Commerce, was a guest on the Chinese government website to discuss the topic of accelerating the development of rural e-commerce. Kong Lingyu stated that the Ministry of Commerce, together with relevant departments, has accelerated the establishment and improvement of theagricultural productlogistics and distribution system, supported the construction of facilities such as collection and distribution centers and cold chains at agricultural product production areas, and promoted the standardization of agricultural product circulation.

Kong Lingyu stated that in order to promote the development of agricultural product e-commerce, the Ministry of Commerce, together with relevant departments, has actively carried out related work: First, support agricultural production entities in strengthening interactive integration with e-commerce platforms, promote e-commerce platforms to open agricultural e-commerce zones, reduce platform usage fees, and provide internet financial services, so as to achieve online sales of agricultural products that hold the “three products and one label” certification, are “famous, special, excellent and new”, and follow the “one village, one product” model. Second, encourage qualified agricultural product wholesale and retail markets to conduct online distribution, build e-commerce platforms that mutually support physical markets, and explore online wholesale transactions for agricultural products with a relatively high degree of standardization. Third, encourage agricultural entities to directly connect with urban communities and carry out e-commerce business for fresh agricultural products under the “base + direct community supply” model. Fourth, starting with group users such as large production bases and wholesalers, leverage the advantages of the internet and mobile terminals, and explore the formation of an agricultural product trading model with efficient online and offline connections between major agricultural product production areas and major sales areas. At present, the Ministry of Commerce, together with relevant departments, has accelerated the establishment and improvement of the agricultural product logistics and distribution system, supported the construction of facilities such as collection and distribution centers and cold chains at agricultural product production areas, and promoted the standardization of agricultural product circulation.