SHIPMENT VOLUME RISES, DEZHOU BRAISED CHICKEN ENTERS PEAK DELIVERY SEASON

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SHIPMENT VOLUME RISES, DEZHOU BRAISED CHICKEN ENTERS PEAK DELIVERY SEASON

Recently, in the factory of Shandong Dezhou Braised Chicken Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Shandong Dezhou Braised Chicken”), SF Express courier Zhang Dianchao from the University Road Business Department has been so busy that he can barely lift his head. “During the Mid-Autumn Festival, the daily shipment volume of Shandong Dezhou Braised Chicken has been rising, nearly tripling in one day,” Zhang Dianchao said happily while busy packing Dezhou Braised Chicken gift boxes for delivery. “In addition to braised chicken, our outlet has also received and sent many mooncakes, tea, and other gifts recently.”

Every year during the “Double Festival” period, the volume of courier packages sees a significant increase, and this year is no exception. According to the Dezhou Postal Administration Bureau, since September, the postal and courier industry in Dezhou has entered its peak season. “Monitoring data shows that the delivery volume of Dezhou Braised Chicken has been rapidly increasing in recent years. As the ‘Double Festival’ approaches, the delivery volume of various postal and courier companies has reached new highs,” said Liu Wenyong, a member of the party group and deputy director of the Dezhou Postal Administration Bureau. In recent years, the Dezhou Bureau has deeply explored local specialty agricultural product resources, promoting the integration of courier companies with e-commerce and specialty agricultural product processing enterprises, helping local specialties transition from “able to go out” to “able to go out well,” thereby aiding local economic development.

Preparing for the Delivery Peak

Dezhou Braised Chicken is a classic dish in Shandong cuisine, and its preparation technique is a national intangible cultural heritage. In Dezhou, there are several braised chicken brand enterprises, including Shandong Dezhou Braised Chicken, Xiangsheng, Yongshengzhai, Shaxiaoer, and Liji. Shandong Dezhou Braised Chicken is a well-known traditional Chinese brand and the first braised chicken production company to move its livestreaming room into the production workshop.

On the afternoon of September 19, in the logistics workshop of Shandong Dezhou Braised Chicken, staff were busy packing various braised chicken products and attaching courier labels to the outer packaging.

“Currently, we have official flagship stores on e-commerce platforms such as Taobao, Douyin, and Pinduoduo. Our sales peak during e-commerce promotions like ’618,’ ‘Double 11,’ and traditional holidays such as Spring Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, and Mid-Autumn Festival. Every year, we send out 700,000 to 750,000 packages of braised chicken through major courier companies like China Post, SF Express, STO Express, YTO Express, and ZTO Express,” said Zhang Shanshan, manager of the e-commerce department at Shandong Dezhou Braised Chicken. During peak seasons, the company processes and produces 100,000 chickens daily, sending out 5,000 packages per day via courier.

Reflecting on the development of their e-commerce journey, Zhang Shanshan mentioned that the requirements for express delivery services on major e-commerce platforms have been increasing in recent years. “Previously, as long as the delivery was received, it was fine. Now, every step from placing the order to receiving it is time-sensitive,” she explained. “Initially, with small online sales volumes, couriers would package the products themselves and send them from their outlets. Now, with increasing online business, our partner courier companies have gradually improved their services. Since we started on-site courier collection, couriers visit our factory once a day, and during peak seasons, they are stationed here around the clock, with delivery trucks directly connected to the production line for continuous shipping. Currently, STO Express and YTO Express handle the majority of our shipments.”

Liu Wenyong stated that Dezhou Braised Chicken is a gold-standard project for modern agricultural courier services. To ensure service quality, the Dezhou Bureau promotes various service models and products from courier companies like SF Express, JD Logistics, and the “Tongda System” to meet different product delivery needs. Additionally, the Dezhou Bureau actively encourages courier companies to deeply explore local industry resources and innovate in integrated development. “Recently, SF Express and Shandong Dezhou Braised Chicken jointly held an online direct sales competition, which has accelerated the promotion of excellent products from Dezhou,” he added.

Increasing Parcel Collection Points

On the afternoon of September 20, in Dezhou Braised Chicken Food City, piles of Dezhou Braised Chicken gift boxes formed small mountains, and four SF Express couriers were busy packing, loading, and transporting the parcels back to their outlets. This temporary collection point was set up by SF Express in Dezhou specifically for the peak delivery season during the “Double Festival,” with four couriers collecting parcels throughout the day.

“During holidays, customers who buy braised chicken from our store often want to send it to other places. This year, these SF Express couriers came to provide door-to-door service. Customers buy and leave the packages at the door, and the couriers take care of the packing and shipping, saving us a lot of trouble,” said a staff member at Dezhou Braised Chicken Food City.

Dezhou has many direct-operated or specialty stores selling braised chicken and local specialties. In the three weeks leading up to the Mid-Autumn Festival, SF Express in Dezhou upgraded its services to meet shipping and delivery demands by setting up fixed collection points and mobile operations personnel at braised chicken direct-operated or specialty stores, providing on-site packing and collection services to facilitate store deliveries. Zhang Caiwang, business manager for the Lingcheng area of SF Express, said, “This year, we established 32 collection points in the area. In regions with a high concentration of direct-operated or specialty stores, braised chicken accounts for at least 30% of the parcels in the local outlet. Compared to the off-season, the delivery volume has increased nearly tenfold.” He also mentioned that the couriers use special packaging materials, including boxes, bubble wrap, and ice packs, to prevent damage and spoilage of the products.

Holiday gift deliveries require high efficiency, raising the demands for instant delivery and end-to-end fulfillment capabilities. Tan Yingying, head of SF Express Jinan District in Shandong, said that SF Express, leveraging its efficient flexible network and transportation capacity, uses a “forward warehouse + instant home delivery” service model to ensure the “last mile” in cities, achieving “half-day delivery” and even “hourly delivery” to get holiday gifts like braised chicken to consumers as quickly as possible.

“In addition to the ‘Double Festival,’ we are also well-prepared for major promotions like ‘Double 11′ and ‘Double 12,’ and we look forward to doing a great job,” Zhang Caiwang added.

From September 18 to 22, the fourth plenary meeting and related working group meetings of ISO/TC 315 Cold Chain Logistics were held online and offline in Paris. Huang Zhenghong, Executive Director of Yuhu Cold Chain and ISO/TC 315 working group expert, and Luo Bizhuang, Director of Yuhu Cold Chain, Vice Chairman of the Cold Chain Committee of China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing (CFLP), and ISO/TC 315 Chinese delegation expert, participated in the meetings in person and online, respectively. More than 60 experts from 10 countries including China, Singapore, Germany, France, South Korea, and Japan attended the meeting, with 29 experts from China participating.

On September 18, ISO/TC 315 organized the third CAG meeting. As the head of the WG6 working group, Huang Zhenghong attended the meeting along with the ISO/TC 315 chairman, secretary manager, and leaders of various working groups. The secretary manager and working group leaders reported to the chairman on the progress of standard formulation and future work plans.

On September 20, the ISO/TC 315 WG6 working group held its first meeting. As the project leader, Huang Zhenghong organized experts from various countries to discuss the 34 comments received during the voting phase of ISO/AWI TS 31514 “Requirements and Guidelines for Traceability in Cold Chain Logistics of Food” and reached consensus on modifications. The advancement of this standard received attention and support from experts worldwide, with the Singapore Standards Council applying to appoint a special person to join the WG6 working group as a joint leader to co-promote the writing of the standard with China. Liu Fei, Executive Deputy Secretary-General of the CFLP Cold Chain Committee, delivered speeches at the beginning and end of the meeting as the convener.

On September 21, the ISO/TC 315 WG2 working group held its seventh meeting. As a core member and main drafting unit of the WG2 working group, Yuhu Cold Chain deeply participated in the drafting of the international standard ISO/CD 31511 “Requirements for Contactless Delivery Services in Cold Chain Logistics.” This standard has successfully entered the DIS (Draft International Standard) stage, marking a milestone for Yuhu Cold Chain’s deep participation in international standards, representing international recognition of Yuhu’s intelligence. The Chinese delegation actively explained the actual situation of the Chinese industry at the meeting and engaged in friendly exchanges with other countries.

On September 22, the fourth plenary meeting of TC315 was held, attended by Yuhu Cold Chain. The conveners of WG2, WG3, WG4, WG5, and WG6 reported on the progress of their respective working groups. The annual meeting reached 11 resolutions.

The annual meeting was led by Qin Yuming, Secretary-General of the CFLP Cold Chain Logistics Professional Committee, and attended by Xiao Shuhuai, Director of the International Department of CFLP, Jin Lei, Deputy Director of the Standards Work Department of CFLP, Liu Fei, Executive Deputy Secretary-General of the CFLP Cold Chain Logistics Professional Committee, Wang Xiaoxiao, Assistant Secretary-General, Han Rui, Deputy Director of the Standards and Evaluation Center, and Zhao Yining, Deputy Director of the International Department.

This is the second year that Yuhu Cold Chain has participated in various major meetings of ISO/TC 315. Yuhu Cold Chain not only actively participates in the formulation of international standards but is also committed to promoting the transformation of local standards and actively participating in the creation of standards for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (referred to as “Greater Bay Area Standards”).

While the Paris meeting was being held, relevant departments of the Guangdong Provincial Government frequently visited Yuhu Cold Chain to investigate standardization work and had in-depth discussions with Jiang Wensheng, Vice Chairman of Hong Kong Yuhu Group and Director of Yuhu Cold Chain, and the team responsible for standardization promotion.

The relevant departments fully affirmed Yuhu Cold Chain’s deep participation in the formulation of international standards from the construction stage, considering it a demonstration of the strength and vision of Guangdong enterprises and Greater Bay Area enterprises in standardization. They hope that Yuhu Cold Chain will play a greater role in the work of local standards and Greater Bay Area standards, leveraging its industrial advantages domestically and internationally to contribute more to the promotion of local standards and Greater Bay Area standards.

Jiang Wensheng expressed that in the future, communication and collaboration with relevant government departments should be strengthened. Under the guidance of the government, Yuhu Cold Chain’s standardization work should be organically integrated into the overall framework of local standards and Greater Bay Area standards, actively voicing support for Guangdong and the Greater Bay Area.

Yuhu Group is a multinational industrial investment group headquartered in Hong Kong with over 20 years of history. It was founded by Mr. Huang Xiangmo, an entrepreneur of Guangdong origin and a well-known patriotic leader. Mr. Huang Xiangmo currently serves as an executive director of the China Peaceful Reunification Promotion Association, an executive director of the Chinese Overseas Friendship Association, a member of the Hong Kong Election Committee, and a member of the Hong Kong National People’s Congress election conference.

Yuhu Cold Chain is a cold chain food supply chain enterprise under Yuhu Group, providing one-stop domestic and international procurement, warehousing, logistics, and distribution solutions, full-chain innovative financial support, and high-quality living and office services through its international high-standard smart cold chain park industrial cluster. It has been honored with the “2022 Social Value Enterprise” award.

Currently, Yuhu Cold Chain’s projects in Guangzhou, Chengdu, Meishan, Wuhan, and Jieyang are all under construction, each listed as a provincial key project in Guangdong, Sichuan, and Hubei provinces. These projects constitute the largest cold chain project group under construction in China. Additionally, the Guangzhou project is a collaboration development project between Guangdong Province and multinational enterprises during the “14th Five-Year Plan” period; the Chengdu project is an important part of the “National Backbone Cold Chain Logistics Base” in Chengdu; the Meishan project is included in the pilot projects of large regional commodity distribution centers in Sichuan Province; and the Wuhan project is listed in the major construction projects of the “14th Five-Year Plan” for comprehensive transportation development and the “14th Five-Year Plan” for the development of the modern logistics industry in Wuhan.

On October 2, in the pleasant season of golden autumn, the Agricultural Products Cold Chain Storage Center project, with a total investment of 40 million yuan, officially broke ground in Tongling National Agricultural Science and Technology Park.

The Agricultural Products Cold Chain Logistics Center project is located on the east side of the intersection of Jiaojia Village and Gaoling Branch Road, covering an area of 7,753.99 square meters, with a total building area of 16,448.72 square meters. The construction includes the main structure, decoration works, equipment and installation works, supporting outdoor roads, and rain and sewage pipelines. The project officially started construction on October 2 and is expected to be completed and delivered by December 2024.

The Agricultural Products Cold Chain Logistics Center project is a significant supporting project for the innovation base of the Food Industry Park. It holds great importance for the construction of the innovation base of the Food Industry Park. Upon completion, it will further enhance the park’s infrastructure, improve the business environment, and provide significant resource support and guarantees for attracting enterprises and investment, as well as strengthening and extending the industrial chain.

Currently, the Great Silk Road Cold Chain Logistics Digital Industrial Park project, located within the Sanyi Agricultural Products Logistics Park, is progressing in an orderly manner. One of the main construction projects, a 40,000-square-meter cold storage facility, is undergoing the installation and inspection of fire protection facilities. “Once the project is fully completed, Anqing residents will enjoy a greater variety of high-quality and affordable fruits, vegetables, meat, and seafood from surrounding countries and regions across China,” said Fang Longzhong, General Manager of Great Silk Road Logistics (Anhui) Co., Ltd.

On the morning of September 29, passing north through the vegetable wholesale market in Sanyi Agricultural Products Logistics Park, several new buildings come into view, with trucks bustling and merchants busy. “This is the newly completed 10,000-square-meter trading center of the Great Silk Road Cold Chain Logistics Digital Industrial Park project, which is now in use, with fruit and vegetable vendors gradually moving in. Below ground is a 40,000-square-meter cold storage facility, currently the largest in Anqing, using the most advanced domestic storage and preservation technology and capable of storing 5,000 tons of goods. The second phase of the project will include the construction of a 100,000-square-meter cold storage facility, capable of storing 15,000 tons of goods,” said Fang Longzhong.

The “Sanyi Vegetable Wholesale Market” is a well-known “vegetable basket” for the people of Anqing, with an annual vegetable transaction volume of 200,000 tons, supplying more than 90% of the daily needs of Anqing residents. However, as times change, the disadvantages of traditional agricultural and sideline product wholesale markets have become increasingly apparent, making transformation and upgrading an urgent necessity.

To reduce logistics costs, diversify product types, and upgrade market quality, Great Silk Road Logistics (Anhui) Co., Ltd. is leading the implementation of the Cold Chain Logistics Digital Industrial Park Multimodal Transport Demonstration Project. The project aims to comprehensively transform the Sanyi Agricultural Products Logistics Park, focusing on the Great Silk Road Cold Chain Logistics Digital Industrial Park as the core and utilizing “road-to-rail” multimodal transport. This will establish a major logistics transit hub for agricultural and sideline products for Anhui, Jiangxi, Hubei provinces, and the Yangtze River Economic Belt.

Once the cold storage and other hardware facilities are completed, the project will focus on developing four “rail + road” multimodal transport routes to provide Anqing residents with more high-quality and affordable vegetables, fruits, seafood, and beef and lamb products. These routes include the “Imported Fruits” route from Southeast Asia (Laos) – (China-Laos Railway) – (Chengdu Railway) – Anqing North Station – (short-distance road) – Cold Chain Logistics Digital Industrial Park.

The “Cold Chain Logistics” route runs from Tianjin Port – (railway) – Anqing North Station – (short-distance road) – Cold Chain Logistics Digital Industrial Park, mainly transporting frozen goods, seafood products, fresh produce, and vegetables. The “Guangdong Direct” route runs from Guangzhou – (railway) – Anqing North Station – (short-distance road) – Cold Chain Logistics Digital Industrial Park, mainly transporting frozen goods and seafood products. The “Inner Mongolia Agricultural and Livestock Products” route runs from Inner Mongolia – (railway) – Anqing North Station – (short-distance road) – Cold Chain Logistics Digital Industrial Park, mainly transporting meat and dairy products.

At the same time, the project will comprehensively develop a “warehouse-distribution integrated system + multimodal transport system” to accelerate the establishment of a smooth, efficient, safe, green, smart, convenient, and well-supported modern cold chain logistics system. This will create a network for agricultural product wholesale markets and destination agricultural product cold chain logistics. The “warehouse-distribution integrated system” will provide process node control and coordination for goods warehousing, warehouse supervision, outbound dispatch, outbound loading, transport supervision, warehouse settlement, and transport settlement, promoting improved transportation efficiency and reduced costs. The “multimodal transport system” will offer comprehensive information services for multimodal transport logistics service providers, making agricultural product circulation more efficient and benefiting both farmers and citizens.

As we all know, technology is the primary productive force. In various fields, technological prowess is a crucial weapon for the long-term development of any enterprise. As people’s consumption concepts continue to upgrade, the fresh food industry, which is closely related to daily life, must keep pace with the times by deeply integrating technology with fresh food to unleash greater development vitality and better meet people’s daily needs.

In the process of technological development in the fresh food industry, several community fresh food brands have provided templates for the industry with their foresight, vision, and advanced operational models. One such brand is Qian Da Ma, which has been deeply involved in the fresh food sector for over a decade.

Since its establishment in 2012, Qian Da Ma has been committed to enhancing its technological strength and integrating technology into fresh food operations, truly using technology to safeguard the “fresh essence of life.” Besides ensuring daily freshness and selling out products through the “daily clearance” model and “timed discounts,” Qian Da Ma also uses data and technology to achieve regional control, effectively addressing the need to upgrade its operational model as it scales up.

Additionally, regarding the future direction of its digital system construction, Qian Da Ma has expressed its focus on refined management and price digitalization. In refined management, Qian Da Ma will collect information on stores, inventory, competitor product prices, and marketing strategies. This data will be analyzed by the data center to provide professional analyses and final recommendation plans, helping stores promptly adjust prices and marketing strategies, thereby further enhancing operational efficiency. In price digitalization, Qian Da Ma will gather big data on the planting scale and market conditions of major fresh produce areas across the country to conduct professional data analysis and trend forecasting. This will digitalize procurement price management and achieve transparency in supply chain information, thus effectively improving procurement efficiency and making Qian Da Ma’s fresh products fresher, safer, and more competitively priced.

It is evident that Qian Da Ma has always maintained a proactive attitude towards technological innovation and continuous exploration and innovation. Upholding the mission of “making every meal fresh,” Qian Da Ma’s future development is bound to be positive and significant in terms of technological advancement.

In October 2023, news emerged that Meituan Maicai would open a new hub in Hangzhou, marking a significant move since Zhang Jing’s promotion to Vice President of Meituan.

Amidst the prevailing industry trend of “surviving,” Meituan Maicai remains one of the few companies in the fresh food front warehouse track maintaining nationwide expansion.

It is reported that this year, Meituan Maicai has already entered two new cities, Suzhou and the soon-to-be-opened Hangzhou, both located in East China.

To date, Meituan Maicai has established operations in eight cities, including Beijing, Langfang, Shanghai, Suzhou, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Foshan, and Wuhan. This indicates that Meituan Maicai’s layout covers various regions including East China, South China, North China, and Central China.

Notably, the replication speed of Meituan Maicai is not particularly fast and is relatively slow compared to internet companies. Over several years of development, Meituan Maicai has expanded to fewer than ten cities, with Foshan and Guangzhou effectively considered one city.

Thus, some observers believe that Meituan Maicai’s expansion into the Hangzhou market is not surprising.

However, they also point out that Meituan Maicai is unlikely to rapidly expand nationwide in the short term, unless the industry undergoes significant changes, such as the downfall of other major competitors like Dingdong Maicai and Pupu Supermarket, which would accelerate Meituan Maicai’s expansion.

Additionally, Meituan Maicai’s approach to opening the new Hangzhou hub is similar to its strategy in the Suzhou market, both led by the Shenzhen team rather than the Shanghai team (the Shenzhen market is currently one of the best-performing among the eight cities).

Despite this, it remains challenging for Meituan Maicai to displace Dingdong Maicai in East China. Dingdong Maicai is particularly strong in East China, especially in Shanghai and Suzhou, and has established certain local barriers in fresh food operations. On the product level, particularly with its own brand products, Dingdong Maicai has shown relatively good performance in East China.

Market observers note, “It doesn’t seem easy to push out Dingdong Maicai at the moment. Although there are rumors from the Guangzhou and Shenzhen markets that Dingdong Maicai is considering withdrawing, the team remains very strong in East China, especially with a gross margin of 35%.”

Unwilling to be passively attacked, Dingdong Maicai has also recently intensified its efforts in the Beijing market. Beijing is not only the headquarters of Meituan Maicai but also of JD.com.

Dingdong Maicai already has over 100 front warehouses in Beijing and has appointed Yan Xianfu, who performed well in the Jiangsu market, as the head of the Beijing market.

Meituan Maicai’s new openings in Hangzhou and Suzhou demonstrate its accelerating strategy to “encroach” on Dingdong Maicai.

At the same time, another giant, JD.com, has also entered the front warehouse track, testing the waters in the Beijing market. Market observers say, “As of the end of September, JD.com’s warehouse opening speed in Beijing was slower than expected, far behind Meituan Maicai, possibly encountering some issues. So far, JD.com has opened fewer than 20 front warehouses in the Beijing market.”

In today’s market, whether in fresh food or other industries, development generally requires a combination of online and offline integration, leveraging the advantages of both to upgrade business operations and expand the industry.

In summary, Meituan Maicai is accelerating its national layout by opening a new hub in Hangzhou. However, defeating Dingdong Maicai in East China is challenging due to the latter’s strong performance and local advantages. Additionally, JD.com’s foray into the Beijing market with front warehouses intensifies the competition. As the industry evolves and competition intensifies, the fresh food e-commerce market will continue to develop and transform.

On October 8, Shanghai’s renowned snack brand “Lao Sheng Xing Tang Bao Guan” officially opened its first offline store in Beijing, located in the Gucheng area.

In recent years, the influence of Shanghai-style (Haipai) cuisine has been steadily increasing, attracting a large number of new consumers. At the recently concluded Shanghai Snack Festival, Haipai cuisine, represented by Lao Sheng Xing Tang Bao Guan, received widespread acclaim from consumers.

Coincidentally, the Beijing International Food Festival started in mid-September and will continue until the end of October. The festival, themed “Chinese Trends, International Style, Everyday Charm,” promotes the exchange of Chinese and foreign culinary cultures, creating a buzz around food and vibrant market activities in Beijing. The opening of Lao Sheng Xing Tang Bao Guan’s first Beijing store at this pivotal time demonstrates thorough preparation, quickly entering the Beijing dining market to help establish Beijing as an international food capital and a major consumption hub.

Striving for Innovation and Enhancing Consumer Experience

Lao Sheng Xing Tang Bao Guan’s Gucheng store is located on Gucheng South Road, surrounded by residential communities, making it very convenient for local residents.

The operations manager of Lao Sheng Xing Tang Bao Guan explained, “The choice of Gucheng South Road is mainly based on our brand’s mission. We have always served residents, addressing their daily meal needs. In Shanghai, we mainly operate community and supermarket stores, and we will continue this strategy in Beijing.”

While maintaining the same operational strategy, Lao Sheng Xing Tang Bao Guan has introduced new innovations and breakthroughs in Beijing. The Gucheng store features the latest 5.0 interior design, with an open kitchen, front dining area, deli section, and self-service fast food area. This setup retains the Haipai cultural style while catering to various dining preferences, providing a comfortable and clean environment.

“The Gucheng store is a crucial part of Lao Sheng Xing’s expansion into the northern market and a significant foundation for future nationwide expansion. Therefore, the Gucheng store will offer consumers an enhanced dining experience, with all decorations and services upgraded to Lao Sheng Xing’s latest standard service processes,” the operations manager added.

Shanghai Lao Sheng Xing Catering Management Co., Ltd. is a comprehensive catering group in Shanghai, operating various types of restaurants including tang bao (soup dumpling) shops, fast food, and Chinese cuisine outlets, serving meals throughout the day. The company is committed to being a trustworthy kitchen for the people, adhering to principles of green, healthy, and delicious food.

Currently, during the opening period of the Gucheng store, there is a 12% discount on all items, along with special promotional gifts.

Strengthening the Supply Chain for Healthy Food

The opening of Lao Sheng Xing’s Gucheng store is not just a traditional market expansion but also signifies an upgrade in Lao Sheng Xing’s food supply chain, gradually expanding the scope of its cold chain supply and laying a solid foundation for nationwide cold chain food distribution in the future.

In terms of raw material supply, Lao Sheng Xing has established a 22,000-square-meter central kitchen focused on developing rice and noodle products, seasoned foods, meat products, and condiments. The company is dedicated to standardized production, using cold chain logistics to ensure the freshness and quality of all ingredients. Lao Sheng Xing has built 15 cold storage facilities and 5,000 square meters of ambient temperature warehouses, with over 20 logistics vehicles serving main sales markets and procurement areas in Shanghai, Zhejiang, and Jiangsu. This detailed distribution system supports the development of customer terminal channels.

“The opening of the Gucheng store represents an upgrade in Lao Sheng Xing’s food supply chain. In the future, we will not only enhance the speed and quality of cold chain transportation but also actively establish raw material supply bases in key cities across the country,” said the operations manager.

Additionally, to amplify its raw material supply and cold chain transportation efficiency, Lao Sheng Xing Tang Bao Guan is actively developing online e-commerce channels, enabling more consumers to enjoy the same quality of dining as in offline retail stores.

Clearly, the opening of the Lao Sheng Xing Tang Bao Guan Gucheng store is backed by more strategic initiatives, all centered around the company’s mission: to provide consumers with green, delicious, nutritious, and healthy food, maintaining the role of a trustworthy kitchen for the people.

It is reported that Dingdang Kuaiyao, the instant home delivery service platform under Dingdang Health, has leveraged its offline smart pharmacies, professional pharmaceutical delivery teams, and innovations in digital technology to offer instant home delivery health services. These services include insulin, hypoglycemic injections, and intestinal probiotic preparations, which require cold chain delivery, available 24/7 with an average delivery time of 28 minutes.

Dingdang Kuaiyao’s secure temperature-controlled smart medicine box ensures that these products are transported under strict cold chain conditions. With an average delivery time of 28 minutes, it provides users with a more convenient and efficient health service experience.

The products launched in Shenzhen include insulin and hypoglycemic drugs from brands such as Novo Nordisk, Sanofi, and United Laboratories. Additionally, triple live bacterial preparations such as Golden Bifid and Bifico, and domestically produced liraglutide injection (Liruping) are now available. Patients can place orders not only through the Dingdang Kuaiyao app and mini-programs but also on food delivery platforms like Meituan and Ele.me.

Shenzhen Qinghu Cold Chain Co., Ltd. is a company focused on cold chain logistics, with a core mission of creating a first-class cold chain logistics warehousing system in China. It is a comprehensive logistics company that includes cold chain transportation, city distribution, LTL (less-than-truckload), and long-haul transportation. The company’s headquarters is located in Longhua District, Shenzhen, just 500 meters from the Huawei exit of the Meiguan Expressway, providing convenient transportation. It is also the closest large-scale professional cold storage facility to downtown Shenzhen.

The cold storage facility was designed and constructed by an international professional agency, using the most advanced refrigeration technology and equipment from the United States. The warehouse covers an area of 50,000 square meters, including areas for freezing, refrigeration, constant temperature, and high-end dry goods. The company is equipped with sufficient backup power to ensure continuous refrigeration. The facility uses a front-and-back temperature-controlled passage mode to achieve rapid circulation, making it suitable for the cold storage needs of supermarket distribution centers, e-commerce, new retail, and other new business formats. It combines high-bay racking for storage and city distribution center functions, alongside the company’s transportation team and intelligent information systems, to provide customers with one-stop services, perfectly solving all issues at the urban supply chain end.

The company owns 100 refrigerated trucks of various tonnages, covering the distribution range of the Pearl River Delta. Over nearly 15 years of development in the low-temperature cold chain logistics business, the company has gradually improved, starting from small steps, to provide customers with comprehensive supply chain solutions, integrated logistics services, and specialized cold chain logistics services.

Currently, with Shenzhen headquarters as the core, the company has established subsidiaries in Shanghai, Wuhan, Guangzhou, and Fuzhou. In the future, the company plans to set up 10 subsidiaries in major cities across the country, including Chengdu and Hangzhou.

Based on a shared understanding of the development trends in the cold chain industry internet, Shenzhen Qinghu Cold Chain Co., Ltd. and LianKu have officially reached a strategic cooperation. They will adopt a professional, standardized, and systematic management model, leveraging modern information technologies such as the internet and big data to provide customers with high-efficiency, high-quality, and safer cold chain services, thereby enhancing the company’s market competitiveness.

LianKu will leverage its platform’s advantages in internet and big data technology to provide precise resource matching, operation planning, comprehensive informatization solutions for the cold chain supply chain, and extended services such as supply chain finance and asset evaluation transactions. Moreover, LianKu will utilize digital technology to offer enterprises digital cold storage services. This will be based on the construction of a digital operation management system for cold storage and cold chain logistics parks, providing a range of services for the cold chain supply chain upstream and downstream, including intelligent cold chain logistics management systems, inventory management systems, B2B e-commerce platforms, AI digital cold storage construction, intelligent elevator control, cold storage energy-saving supervision, and new energy applications.

This strategic cooperation will comprehensively apply modern technologies such as internet technology, IoT technology, big data cloud computing technology, and artificial intelligence technology. This will greatly promote the informatization construction pace of enterprises, comprehensively improve operational efficiency, expand operational capabilities, and help enterprises reduce costs and increase efficiency for healthy development.

Recently, workers were seen busily working on the production line at the workshop of Hubei New Dami Biotechnology Co., Ltd., located in Xianning, Hubei Province.

It is reported that the company has a total investment of 720 million RMB and is a modern agricultural technology enterprise integrating the production, research and development, and sales of edible mushrooms. Currently, some production lines have been completed and are in trial production. Once fully completed, the company is expected to produce 120 tons of edible mushrooms per day, with an annual output value of 300 million RMB.

Hubei New Dami Biotechnology Co., Ltd. was established in February 2021 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Guangdong Dami Biotechnology Co., Ltd. Guangdong Dami Biotechnology Co., Ltd. is a provincial key agricultural leading enterprise and a national high-tech enterprise engaged in the research and development, production, and cold chain sales of organic foods such as enoki mushrooms and king oyster mushrooms. To enhance product quality, the company has introduced advanced production equipment and modern production processes. The produced edible mushrooms are green, pollution-free, and highly nutritious, and they are sold nationwide.

SHIPMENT VOLUME RISES, DEZHOU BRAISED CHICKEN ENTERS PEAK DELIVERY SEASON