Green Logistics – Sustainable Transport in China

Articles 3. November 2020

CHINA ISSUES THE BLUEPRINT FOR ITS ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND INTELLIGENT CONNECTED VEHICLE INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT FOR THE NEXT 15 YEARS!

Policy Briefing by Sebastian Ibold, Xia Yun and Xiao Shuyue On 02 November 2020, the New Energy Vehicle Industry Development Plan (2021-2035) was published by the State Council Office of the People’s Republic of China. The New Energy Vehicle Industry Development Plan (2021-2035) is a strategic top-level policy guiding the development of a comprehensive and fully integrated New Energy Vehicle (NEV) and Intelligent Connected Vehicle (ICV) eco-system in China over the course of the next 15 years and is part of the comprehensive roadmap to develop China into a global automotive powerhouse. The plan follows the Energy Conservation and New Energy Vehicle Industry Development Plan (2012-2020)[1], which was issued by the State Council in 2012. The New Energy Vehicle Industry Development Plan (2021-2035) in eight chapters lays out the future trends and key fields for the NEV and ICV industry and market development in China, aiming to systematically: promote and…

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Articles 28. October 2020

Kick-off Workshop – Study on the Promotion and Application of New Energy Vehicles (NEVs) in the Field of Urban Logistics Distribution

With a share of about 28 percent of global CO2-emissions, China is the world’s biggest emitter. With a total of 1.04 billion tons of CO2 in 2018[1], the…

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Green Logistics 27. July 2020

Analysis of the Chinese Truck Market and Assessment of Future Power Technologies

Road transport, which currently accounts for around 75% of the total Chinese transport volume, is the second largest air-polluting sector in China. According to the Chinese Ministry of…

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Articles 20. March 2020

Intermodal Transport: The key to decarbonize freight transport

Freight transport in China accounts for about 700Mt of CO2 emissions. This is about 67 percent of the country’s total transport-related CO2 emissions, with road freight transport accounting…

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Green Logistics 24. May 2019

The Future of CO2 Emissions Accounting in China’s Transport and Logistics Sector

With the fast-paced development of the Chinese logistics sector and the booming Chinese freight industry, road and highway freight volume have been growing 5.9% (to 8.19 billion tonnes)…

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Green Logistics 7. January 2019

New era of urban freight in China: Workshop with 22 pilot cities on green urban delivery in Chengdu

China has been struggling to meet the growing demands of urban delivery. With urban population continuously growing at about 15 million people per year, 58.52% of Chinese citizens…

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Green Logistics 10. December 2018

Singles Day in China, the biggest shopping festival in the world: a challenge for the environment

On 11 November 2018 Chinese e-commerce volume reached more than 27 billion EUR, on a single day by a single retailer – Alibaba. This is more than half…

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Green Shipping 12. October 2018

Green Ports: Environmental Incentive Policies in Europe

Freight ship enters harbour Within the framework of the project “Mobility and Fuels Strategy (MFS) as a Contribution to the Transport Transition in China – Pilot in the…

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Events 30. May 2018

Report from the 7th Sino-German Logistics Conference in Beijing, 2018

The 7th Sino-German logistic conference was held on 14th May, 2018 in Beijng. The theme of this year`s conference was “Technological Innovation and Green Logistic”. The conference was…

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Urban Transport 18. April 2018

Electric 3-wheelers in urban delivery in China and Germany – a bumpy road ahead?

Co-authored with Dr. Dominika Kalinowska. Chinese e-tailing revenues have grown from about EUR 33 billion in 2009 to more than EUR 500 billion in 2017, while Germany´s revenues…

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