On June 22, 2024, during the 4th China International Supply Chain Promotion Expo, Youhe Group officially launched the global partner plan. Shantou Commercial Group, as the 16 first batch of city state-owned assets platforms and industry leading representatives to sign contracts, signed with Youhe Group
A cooperation framework agreement was signed to jointly build an integrated domestic and foreign trade service platform in Shantou City. Representatives of state-owned assets platforms and industry practitioners from across the country witnessed the signing, which also marked another new achievement in the construction of a new global circulation pattern of my country’s temperature-controlled agricultural products.
As the core participant in this cooperation, Youhe Group is a nationally recognized 5A-level logistics enterprise and a leading enterprise in the field of domestic frozen food imports. It is also the only group company in China that has opened up the entire industrial chain of imported frozen food. Its import procurement, agency and sales business in the fields of meat and aquatic products account for nearly one-fifth of the country’s total imports. It has ranked first in the industry for more than ten consecutive years and has been selected into the top 500 Chinese enterprises and the top 500 Chinese service industries many times.
Relying on the self-built Youdingte industrial Internet platform and a down-to-earth service team covering all provinces across the country, Youhe Group can provide efficient full-chain services for import, export and domestic agricultural product circulation, which also provides sufficient capacity support for the implementation of this cooperation with Shantou.
At this chain expo, Youhe Group officially released a new strategic goal of “linking 200+ countries and deeply exploring 35 domestic cities” with the theme of “Global Chain, Global Sharing”. The cooperation with Shantou Commercial Group is an important step in the implementation of this strategy.
This signing also marks that the cooperation between the two parties has entered a substantial stage, which means that Shantou has taken a crucial step in linking the global supply chain of temperature-controlled agricultural products and building a two-way circulation hub for domestic and foreign trade.
According to the cooperation plan, the two parties will follow up on five core directions: first, promoting the construction of the entire regional smart cold chain, second, opening up two-way circulation channels for domestic and foreign trade, third, improving the full chain empowerment system of agricultural products, fourth, exploring new model innovations for cross-border trade in the comprehensive bonded area, and fifth, improving the regional people’s livelihood and supply capabilities. The two parties will accelerate the implementation of various demonstration projects and strive to build Shantou into a model city for the integration of domestic and foreign trade in the country.
During the cooperation process, Shantou City Trading Group will rely on the Shantou City Smart Cold Chain Logistics and Trade Center project platform, supporting smart cold chain facilities and rich localized operation experience to fully participate in project advancement to ensure the efficient implementation and sustainable operation of all cooperation projects.
The two parties will take this signing as a new starting point, seize the important opportunity of global supply chain adjustment, continue to promote the business layout of “buying globally, selling globally”, continuously deepening pragmatic cooperation with partners in various fields, and ultimately create a full-chain service system integrating capital, trade, cold chain, centralized procurement, and industrial integration, helping Shantou accelerate the construction of a modern supply chain ecosystem, comprehensively enhance regional industrial competitiveness, and provide replicable and promoteable “Shantou experience” for the country to explore new models of integrated domestic and foreign trade development.
