July 21 — Cai Tuanjie, director-general of Transport Services and safety chief at the Ministry of Transport, said at a State Council press briefing that transport-sector measures have helped cut logistics costs, bringing the ratio of total social logistics costs to GDP down to 13.9%. Over the 15th Five-Year Plan period the ministry will speed construction of the logistics network, advance backbone logistics corridors, deepen interconnectivity at key hubs, address urban–rural logistics facility shortfalls and strengthen international logistics facility layout.(金十数据)