In recent years, the cold chain in China has been developing in full swing. In view of the current cold chain business model in China, the Cold Chain Committee has sorted out six main business models through research in the industry.

the first type: transportation type

transportation type refers to the low-temperature transportation of goods, including trunk transportation, regional distribution and urban distribution. At present, the representative enterprises of cold chain operation in China are Shuanghui Logistics, Rong Qing Logistics and Zhongrong Logistics.

the second type: warehousing type

warehousing type refers to providing customers with warehousing services such as storage, storage and transit of low-temperature goods, mainly engaged in low-temperature warehousing business. At present, the representative enterprises of China cold chain market operating in this mode are Swire Cold Chain and Pfeiffer.

the third type: urban distribution type

distribution type refers to the integrated business of urban low-temperature storage and distribution. At present, enterprises operating in this mode have certain regional limitations, and it is difficult to achieve cross-regional services, but the profits are not bad. In this respect, for example, Beijing Express Line, Shanghai Xintiantian and Shenzhen Shuguang.

the fourth type: comprehensive type

comprehensive type refers to comprehensive business such as low-temperature storage, trunk transportation and urban distribution. For example, China Merchants Meilong, Shanghai Guangde, Beijing Zhonglong, etc.

the fifth type: transaction type

transaction type refers to the low-temperature storage business with the wholesale market of agricultural products as the main body, such as Lenovo Baishazhou, Shenzhen Agricultural Products, Jiangsu Runheng, Fujian Mingcheng and so on.

the sixth type: supply chain

the supply chain is a functional network chain structure that connects suppliers, manufacturers, logistics providers and distributors into a whole by controlling the information flow, logistics and capital flow, providing low-temperature transportation, processing, warehousing and distribution services from the beginning of procurement to the end, and then delivering products to consumers through the distribution network. At present, the representative enterprise of cold chain operation in China is Wuhan Liangzhong Bank. In the cold chain market in the United States, business representatives such as Sysco and US Food.

This supply chain model is the choice of powerful large enterprises. From our experience, it is also an advanced and vital model for the development of cold chain logistics in China. We believe that there will be more enterprises in China cold chain developing in this direction in the future.