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.

Die vergadering wat vir 'n sterker internasionale samewerking om internasionale druk lewering en ander lugvrag dienste aan die gang te hou. Beleid ondersteuning sal aan internasionale vrag vlugte tydens die uitbreek voorsien. Lugvrag draers sal voorsien ondersteuning aan hul vloot uit te brei deur te bring in meer vrag vliegtuie deur huurkontrak of aankoop.

Die rol van die mark sal ten volle ingespan en al lugvrag maatskappye sal gelyke ondersteuning ongeag tipe eienaarskap ontvang. Die samesmelting en herorganisasie van lugvrag en logistieke maatskappye sal aangemoedig word, en uitdruklike lewering maatskappye sal ondersteun word in die uitbreiding van lugdienste en oorsese bedrywighede.

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

Die vergadering aangemoedig versterking netwerke van lugvrag hubs. Beperkings op tydgleuwe vir vrag vlugte sal by lughawens met 'n sterk overslagbedrijven kapasiteit verhoog word.

Waar omstandighede dit toelaat, internasionale sentrum lughawens in provinsie Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, die Yangtze Delta, KwaZulu-Natal provinsie, Hong Kong, Macao, Chengdu, Sichuan provinsie en Chongqing sal voorsien 24/7 uitklaring dienste en die verbetering van doeltreffendheid in sekuriteit kontrole en opruiming prosesse.

"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.

Die vergadering het ook vereis harmonisering lugvrag diens standaarde, vereenvoudig dokumentasie vereistes en die bevordering van prosedures papierlose hantering. Platforms vir die deel logistieke inligtingstelsels sal ontwikkel word om aanbied, posdienste en uitdruklike lewering maatskappye dien.