• Window of Opportunity for Consolidation in the Pet Food Industry: How Mid-Tier Players Can Leverage the Supply Chain to Overtake Competitors
  • On March 13, the Director of the Department of Foreign Investment and Economic Cooperation of the Ministry of Commerce, Zhao Chunfeng, and his delegation conducted a study on the "Xianfeng Qihang" comprehensive service for going abroad at Zhongguancun Fengtai Park. The research team first visited IBI, where they were warmly received by IBI's director, senior vice president, and board secretary Pan Yong, among other leaders. The delegation visited the IBI digital economy exhibition hall, and both parties exchanged views on cross-border industry-related content, gaining an in-depth understanding of IBI's practices in the field of cross-border industries. Pan Yong, using cases, data, and application scenarios displayed in the exhibition hall, focused on introducing the company's core layout in cross-border industrial zones, digital service models, and cross-border activities.
  • Continued fighting in the Middle East has severely disrupted the Strait of Hormuz, a key global shipping channel, triggering shipping disruptions, soaring costs and supply chain adjustments. Shipping giants were forced to suspend routes or detour the Cape of Good Hope, extend their voyages by 10-14 days, and increase freight, war insurance premiums and fuel prices. This not only impacts the global transportation of energy and raw materials, but also poses a threat to high-precision industries such as automobile manufacturing, forcing some goods to turn to air transportation, highlighting the far-reaching impact of geopolitics on the global economic and trade "artery.
  • In 2026, the railway Spring Festival was successfully completed, and a number of transportation indicators reached a record high. Railways across the country sent a total of 0.538 billion passengers, an increase of 4.8 percent over the same period last year, and 0.424 billion tons of goods, an increase of 2.1 percent over the same period last year. During the Spring Festival, the railway department gave full play to the advantages of the road network, operating more than 12000 passenger trains per day, and the transportation capacity increased by 8.3 year-on-year. At the same time, it launched convenient measures such as free refund and fare discount for wrong purchase, and made every effort to ensure the transportation of key materials such as electricity, coal and grain. The number of China Europe trains increased by 15.5 year on year, effectively serving the national economy and international supply chain.
  • Analysis of global feed markets in March 2026: soybean meal price stabilization, China's import shifts, corn policy impacts, and rising alternative protein adoption for sustainable animal nutrition.
  • Pre-registration for the 2026 Feed Expo is now open and gaining strong momentum!
  • Policy Setting the Standard, Industry Giants Rush Ahead: Prescription Pet Food to Enter a Regulated Era in 2026
  • The outline of the 10th five-year Plan makes key arrangements for the construction of a modern comprehensive transportation system, emphasizes adhering to the principle of moderate advance, and strengthens overall planning and layout optimization. The plan proposes to promote the improvement of the strong chain of the supplementary network, improve the main framework of the national comprehensive three-dimensional transportation network, build high-quality strategic backbone channels, and basically build the "eight vertical and eight horizontal" high-speed railway network and the national highway network. At the same time, strengthen traffic coverage in weak areas, build world-class port clusters and airport clusters, improve the international transport corridor system, and coordinate the development of green safety and intelligence, deepen the reform of the transport system, and comprehensively enhance the comprehensive efficiency and resilience of transport infrastructure.
  • Li Qiang, premier of the State Council, presided over the executive meeting of the State Council to discuss and adopt the plan for the division of key work of the State Council in 2026. He stressed the need to thoroughly implement the decision-making and deployment of the Party Central Committee, focus on the primary task of high-quality development, and coordinate the key work of promoting scientific and technological innovation, expanding domestic demand, deepening reform and ensuring people's livelihood. The meeting required all departments to clarify their responsibilities, refine measures, and strengthen coordination to ensure that various tasks are effective, promote the continuous improvement of economic operations, and achieve the annual economic and social development goals.
  • From January to February 2026, China's industrial energy production above designated size showed a steady and progressive trend. The decline in raw coal production narrowed, crude oil production turned from decline to increase, natural gas production grew steadily, and the growth rate of electricity production accelerated significantly. Among them, the processing volume of crude oil has maintained growth, the thermal power has changed from decline to increase, the growth rate of hydropower has accelerated, while the growth rate of nuclear power, wind power and solar power has slowed down.
  • Since the "14th Five-Year Plan", Huainan City has relied on the "one vertical and one horizontal" golden waterway of the Huaihe River and the Jianghuai Canal to build a Jianghuai shipping hub. By consolidating the hardware foundation, optimizing the port layout of "one port and seven districts", speeding up the construction of water transportation projects, strengthening safety and environmental protection, and promoting green and intelligent development, Huainan Port has become an important hub port in northern Anhui and southeastern Henan, with an annual throughput ranking first among the ports along the Huaihe River in the province, and actively laying out the new energy shipping industry to promote the high-quality transformation of the regional economy.
  • Analysis of 2026 dairy sector trends: EU-China tariffs reshape trade, AI-driven smart farming rises, and sustainability drives innovation. Explore key market dynamics.
  • Recently, the "Yingkou-Shouguang-Gaoqing" container sea-river intermodal transport channel was officially opened, marking the Shandong Port Bohai Bay Port has made important progress in expanding multimodal transport. The channel adopts the seamless connection mode of "maritime inland river". After the goods arrive at Shouguang port area by sea from Yingkou port, they are transferred to Gaoqing port by Xiaoqing river inland river ships, forming an efficient logistics closed loop. This move not only reduces the comprehensive logistics costs of enterprises along the route, but also promotes the regional material circulation and green transportation transformation, and injects new impetus into the development of shipping in the Xiaoqing River Basin.
  • The article reported the progress of Sichuan Luzhou water transport construction in the first quarter to grab a "good start. This paper focuses on the construction of the first phase of the big foot stone operation area in Longjiang port area of Luzhou port. the project plans to build four multi-functional berths, aiming at building a modern intelligent wharf, strengthening the port energy level and promoting the integrated development of port, industry and city. At the same time, the article mentions that the local green shipbuilding industry is working together to depict a new picture of the development of modern water transport in Tongjiang and Dahai, Luzhou.