# logistics
Latest news and articles about logistics
Total: 10 articles found
Delivery Repackages the Reunion: Chinese New Year ‘Family Dinner’ Goes Digital
Search interest in delivered and takeaway reunion dinners spiked sharply ahead of this year’s Spring Festival, prompting restaurants and platforms to scale delivery services into urban and rural areas. The shift points to a significant reconfiguration of a core cultural ritual, with implications for restaurants, logistics providers and environmental and labour concerns.
Frontline Fixes: PLA Military Representatives Run to the Troops to Root Out Equipment Faults
A PLA Army Equipment Department military representative office has been proactively visiting front-line units to diagnose equipment faults, supervise digital-simulation repairs, and deliver targeted maintenance training. Its work — formalizing feedback loops between users and manufacturers and tightening quality controls — strengthens sustainment and operational readiness across China’s armed forces.
When the Army Kitchen Goes Viral: What a Viral PLA Cook-Unit Post Reveals About China's Military Messaging and Logistics
A viral post from China Military Vision highlighting a professional PLA cook unit does more than astonish internet users: it signals the Chinese military's emphasis on logistics, soldier welfare and image management. Such human-centred content both reassures domestic audiences and points to broader modernization priorities.
A Cookhouse Goes Viral: What a PLA Kitchen Clip Says About China’s Military Messaging
An official PLA video highlighting the professionalism of a military cook squad has gone viral, drawing praise and attention not for combat capability but for troop welfare and logistical competence. The clip is a deliberate public-relations move that underscores the PLA’s modernization beyond hardware, with implications for recruitment, domestic legitimacy and strategic messaging.
From Badge to Bankbook: What JD’s First Courier Reveals About Labour, Welfare and Brand Strategy in China’s E‑commerce Boom
JD Logistics’ first courier, Jin Yicai, has retired with property, savings of over RMB1 million and a monthly pension of about RMB4,000, a profile JD has publicised to highlight its direct‑hire, welfare‑oriented logistics model. The story underscores JD’s strategy of higher labour costs in exchange for employee stability and brand advantage, contrasting with the outsourced, gig‑style labour common elsewhere in China’s parcel industry.
JD Pumps More Than ¥1.3bn into Frontline Pay as E‑commerce Faces Cost and Reputation Pressures
JD.com has allocated over ¥1.3 billion in subsidies for frontline employees, a move that supports delivery and warehouse staff amid weak consumer demand and reputational pressure. The measure protects service capacity and signals responsibility, but it also raises questions about margin impact and whether the boost will be temporary or structural.
China's Forces Put Realism to the Test: Drills Hard‑wire High‑altitude, Extreme‑weather and Logistics Capabilities
Several Chinese military and paramilitary units have conducted closely observed, realism‑oriented exercises covering field engineering, UAV operation, high‑altitude reconnaissance, extreme‑cold logistics and jungle mobility. The training indicates a systemic emphasis on sustainment, terrain‑specific tactics and inter‑unit coordination designed to improve readiness across diverse operating environments.
U.S. Flies Dozens of Heavy Transports to Middle East in Largest Short-Term Airlift This Year
Open‑source data show the U.S. moved at least 42 heavy transport aircraft into the Middle East between January 18–26, with flights delivering matériel to hubs across the region. The operation, paired with a carrier strike group entry, is a significant logistics surge intended to preposition capabilities and signal deterrence amid heightened tensions with Iran.
Under the Wings: How China's Ground Technicians Keep Army Helicopters Ready for War
A feature from the PLA’s Army Aviation Academy highlights the often-overlooked role of aviation repair crews in keeping Chinese army helicopters mission-capable. Through a mix of meticulous routine, multi-disciplinary training and local innovation, these ground technicians reduce downtime and increase operational resilience, underscoring that maintenance and human capital are central to China’s military effectiveness.
China’s Rear Forces Relearn How to Fight: The Guangdong Unit Turning Logistics into a Combat Capability
A unit of the People’s Armed Police in Guangdong has recast its logistical and medical detachments as combat-capable sustainment forces, integrating them into a ‘train‑sustain‑fight’ model. Practical reforms — tougher standards, mission‑embedded micro‑training, VR simulation and instructor competition — have improved readiness, though operational tempo and dispersed tasks remain constraints.