Deputy Director of the National Development and Reform Commission, Li Chunlin, chaired a on-site meeting in Guangzhou to promote the development of container multimodal transport by rail and sea.

On December 23, Li Chunlin, Deputy Director of the National Development and Reform Commission, chaired a meeting in Guangzhou to promote the development of container rail-sea intermodal transport. The meeting summarized the development of container rail-sea intermodal transport, promoted typical experiences and practices, and deployed key tasks for the next stage. Zhang Hu, member of the Standing Committee of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee and Deputy Governor, Sun Zhiyang, Mayor of Guangzhou, and Wu Xinhong, Deputy General Manager of China Railway Corporation, attended the meeting. The meeting pointed out that the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China attaches great importance to reducing the logistics costs of the entire society, and promoting high-quality development of rail-sea intermodal transport is of great significance in reducing the logistics costs of the entire society and improving the efficiency of economic operation. It is necessary to give full play to the advantages of railways and water transportation, adhere to problem-oriented approach, and focus on solving the bottlenecks in the efficient connection of rail-sea intermodal transport. We should accelerate the improvement of the port collection and distribution system and the construction of rail-sea intermodal transport facilities, promote the standardization of container transport, closely follow market demand, optimize transport organization, explore the direct collection of vehicles and ships, strengthen information exchange and sharing, and continuously promote the "one container to the end" and "one bill to the end" initiatives, comprehensively enhance the integrated level of container rail-sea intermodal transport.