Road transport is greatly reduced
The action plan pointed out that the bulk cargo transportation "transfer iron, public water" became the main direction of the operation.
According to the planning of the State Council, through three years of concentrated attack, China's railway freight volume increased by 1.1 billion tons compared with 2017, and waterway freight volume increased by 500 million tons compared with 2017.
At the same time, the volume of bulk cargo road transport in coastal ports decreased by 440 million tons.
The reduction in road transport means that trucks transporting bulk materials over medium and long distances have suffered a huge impact in this round of reforms.
A practitioner said that the sales of truck tires may be more difficult as the fleet's mileage is reduced.
He said: "From the perspective of global megatrends, the market demand for all-steel heavy-duty tires has finally shrunk, which is the path that many developed countries around the world have traveled."
Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei and surrounding areas are under pressure
The "Action Plan" shows that the areas such as Gyeonggi and surrounding areas, the Yangtze River Delta, and the Plains of the Plains have become the main battlefields for the adjustment of the transportation structure.
Among them, in 2020, Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and surrounding areas will be established as a demonstration zone for China's transport structure adjustment.
The provincial administrative divisions involved include Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Henan, Shandong, Shanxi, Liaoning, and Inner Mongolia.
A practitioner complained to Tire World Network: "According to the plan, some reform measures are likely to be implemented soon."
It is understood that before the end of 2018, the major ports along the Bohai Sea, Shandong Province, and the Yangtze River Delta, as well as the coal-port transportation of Tangshan Port and Huanghua Port, will be changed to railways or waterways.
This means that in the past, heavy trucks relying heavily on heavy-duty trucks will have a big change this year.