"Sea shipping is the main channel for international cargo transportation. After the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the Ministry of Transport conscientiously implemented the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important instructions to "ensure that exported goods can go out and imported goods can come in." The following three aspects of work are mainly carried out..." On July 10, at the press conference of the 2020 China Navigation Day, Yi Jiyong, deputy director of the Water Transport Bureau of the Ministry of Transport, gave an introduction to ensuring the smooth flow of international logistics during the epidemic.

According to Yi Jiyong, the Ministry of Transport led the establishment of a special class for international logistics under the State Council's work resumption mechanism. Give full play to the advantages of shipping's service network covering the world, strengthen the docking of demand, and ensure the transportation of foreign aid and anti-epidemic materials, import and export goods and international mail. Coordinated with COSCO SHIPPING Group to carry the medical and anti-epidemic materials that I assisted in Syria, Nigeria, Kenya and other countries, all of which have been shipped and some of them have arrived. Focusing on guaranteeing transportation, strengthening the connection with the needs of major manufacturing enterprises and import and export enterprises, adhering to "one case, one case, one case", coordinating and dispatching key international shipping companies, targeting China Post Group's civil aviation passenger transport during the epidemic In view of the problem of mail backlog caused by the significant reduction of flights, COSCO SHIPPING Group and other shipping companies have been actively coordinated to open up multiple shipping and mail routes by investing in express shipping. From January to June, a total of 13,292 tons of international mails have been shipped to the United States, Brazil, Israel, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and other countries by sea, and new international mail shipping channels have been added.

The Ministry of Transport has also cooperated with various departments to provide services and stabilize foreign trade. Recently, the Ministry of Transport, together with the Ministry of Commerce, the General Administration of Customs, the National Railway Administration, the Civil Aviation Administration, the Post Office, and the National Railway Group jointly issued the "Notice on the Current Work to Better Serve and Stabilize Foreign Trade", giving full play to the combined efficiency of comprehensive transportation and shipping. , aviation, railway, highway, postal comparative advantages, provide a reliable guarantee for my country's foreign trade transportation. "We will speed up the implementation of the requirements of the notice, and do a good job in stabilizing foreign trade in terms of promoting the facilitation of foreign trade transportation, reducing the logistics cost of import and export, and creating a good external environment." Yi Jiyong said.

At the same time, the Ministry of Transport actively took measures to reduce the cost of shipping logistics. In conjunction with the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Finance, a policy of reducing and exempting port import and export charges has been issued in stages. "On the basis of exempting port construction fees for import and export goods from March to June this year, halving the collection of oil pollution damage compensation funds from ships, reducing cargo port fees and port facility security fees by 20%, we have continued the relevant reduction and exemption policies to this day. By the end of the year, it is expected that two government funds will be reduced or exempted by 14.8 billion yuan, and the two government-priced port operation service charges will be reduced by 960 million yuan." Yi Jiyong said.