China will take further steps to boost international airfreight capacity to stabilize supply chains, the State Council's executive meeting chaired by Premier Li Keqiang said on Tuesday.

"With the (COVID-19) pandemic rampaging across the world and air passenger services dwindling worldwide due to the outbreak, cargo volume carried by passenger planes has plummeted and shipping costs have risen significantly," Li said.

"In the course of the outbreak response, weak links in our air transport capacity have been exposed. We must facilitate both international and domestic air transport services and keep up our international airfreight capacity to avert potential shocks to supply chains and facilitate resumption of business operations," he said.

Pertemuan menyerukan kerjasama internasional yang lebih kuat untuk menjaga pengiriman ekspres internasional dan layanan pengiriman barang lainnya dan berjalan. dukungan kebijakan akan diberikan ke kargo internasional selama wabah. operator Udara akan memberikan dukungan untuk memperluas armada mereka dengan membawa jet kargo lebih melalui sewa atau pembelian.

Peran pasar akan sepenuhnya dimanfaatkan dan semua perusahaan pengiriman barang akan menerima dukungan yang sama terlepas dari jenis kepemilikan. Merger dan reorganisasi pengiriman barang dan logistik perusahaan akan didorong, dan perusahaan pengiriman ekspres akan didukung dalam memperluas layanan udara dan operasi di luar negeri.

"We must plan ahead and harness the initiative of logistics firms in developing an international air transport network," Li said.

Pertemuan mendesak penguatan jaringan hub kargo udara. Pembatasan slot waktu penerbangan kargo akan diangkat di bandara dengan kapasitas penanganan kargo yang kuat.

Dimana kondisi mengizinkan, bandara hub internasional di provinsi Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Delta Sungai Yangtze, provinsi Guangdong, Hong Kong, Makau, Chengdu, provinsi Sichuan dan Chongqing akan memberikan 24/7 layanan bea cukai dan meningkatkan efisiensi dalam pemeriksaan keamanan dan izin proses.

"The manufacturing sector has been the first to resume operations, and experience has been gained in this process. The major challenge is clogged supply chains. To date, micro, small and medium-sized enterprises have yet to resume full-capacity production, and this has affected the entire industry chain. It is thus critical that all supportive policies for smaller firms be promptly and fully delivered," Li said.

Pertemuan ini juga diperlukan harmonisasi standar layanan pengiriman barang, menyederhanakan persyaratan dokumentasi dan mempromosikan prosedur penanganan paperless. Platform untuk berbagi informasi logistik akan dikembangkan untuk melayani penerbangan, layanan pos dan perusahaan pengiriman ekspres.