CCTV News: The China Federation of Logistics and Procurement announced the China logistics industry prosperity index in April on May 7. The overall demand for logistics business has maintained an expansion trend, and the upstream and downstream of the supply chain has maintained a coordinated recovery.

The index remained in the expansion range and the western region rebounded significantly.

In April, China's logistics industry prosperity index was 51.1%, down 0.4 percentage points month-on-month. In the sub-item index, the total business volume index, new order index, inventory turnover index, etc. are all maintained in the expansion range of more than 50%.

Affected by factors such as the slowdown in supply and demand in bulk markets and the decline in the export-rush effect of international trade, the growth of coal, ore, grain and some outward-oriented commodity logistics businesses in the eastern coastal areas slowed down. In April, the total business indexes in the eastern and central regions were 50.2% and 51.8%, respectively, down 1.2 and 0.5 percentage points month-on-month respectively. The total business index in the western region rebounded significantly, with an increase of 2.3 percentage points.

The investment and employment situation of the logistics industry is good, and the industry expectation is optimistic.

In April, China's logistics industry has a good fixed asset investment and employment situation, and enterprises are optimistic about aftermarket expectations.

In April, the fixed asset investment completion index was 53.6%, a month-on-month rebound of 1.2 percentage points, the highest in the past three years. The average index of fixed asset investment completion in January-April was 51.6%, an increase of 1.9 percentage points from the same period last year.

According to data released by the Ministry of Transport, 675.2 billion yuan of fixed assets of transportation were completed in the first quarter, and railway and waterway investments maintained a rapid growth rate, with year-on-year growth of 5.2% and 10.2% respectively. Transportation and logistics fixed asset investment continues to play an important role in stabilizing expectations, promoting development and improving supply.

Experts said that with the acceleration of investment in logistics infrastructure, the supply and demand situation of logistics positions has also achieved a steady increase. In April, the employee index rebounded by 0.2 percentage points month-on-month, and the employee index of the air transportation industry and postal express industry was in the expansion range.

From the growth expectations, the business activity expectations index in April was 56.4%, a month-on-month rebound of 1.2 percentage points. The average business activity expectations index from January to April this year was 55%, an increase of 0.7 percentage points from the same period last year.