International trucking: Chinese trucking execs visit Con-way trucking terminal on fact-finding mission

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Chinese delegates are in the US for two weeks to understand the transportation network of freight carriers in hopes to bring best practices back to China.

Delegates from the China Road Transportation Association are on a two week trip around the <country-region w:st="on" /><place w:st="on" />United States</place /></country-region /> to learn more about the trucking industry. Each delegate is from a different province. They are looking into how to improve their road network by learning from the <place w:st="on" /><country-region w:st="on" />US</country-region /></place />. Warren Hoemann, senior vice president of the American Trucking Association stated “The Chinese trucking industry is still in its infancy.” He also stated that the industry is “moving very fast, though.”  Mi Wenju, the deputy manager of Beijing Xianglong Assets Management Co. Ltd. stated “First we have to learn from the outside world.” He continued to state that what they learn from everyone else can help them improve the <place w:st="on" /><country-region w:st="on" />China</country-region /></place /> network. The <country-region w:st="on" /><place w:st="on" />China</place /></country-region /> road network has been built up in the past 5 years. They are currently spending over $100 billion on transportation infrastructures.<country-region w:st="on" /><place w:st="on" />China</place /></country-region /> is currently the leader in Ocean ports. With an improved road network, manufacturing could move further inland.  9 application/xml false China China Road Transportation Association transportation infrastructure International trucking: Chinese trucking execs visit Con-way trucking terminal on fact-finding mission The Sentinel http://www.cumberlink.com/articles/2008/01/21/news/news386.txt Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506) 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 Establish 208.105.4.154 false true false false true 187565 false false true false false false true 94086 blog blogsite/ChinaSupplyChain/web