Recently, another piece of good news has emerged from the cold chain logistics industry. Yuhu Cold Chain (Guangzhou) Trading Centre, with its outstanding strength in full-process transparent management and smart and digital innovation, has successfully been recognized as a Pilot Unit for the National Standard "GB/T 28843-2024 Management requirement for traceability in food cold chain logistics". This honor is not only a national-level certification of the centre's operational management capabilities but also an affirmation of Yuhu Cold Chain's core competence in long-term dedication to standardization and promoting Chinese practices to the international stage.

It is understood that the implementation of "Management requirement for traceability in food cold chain logistics" aims to promote the application of national standards, gain in-depth understanding of the standards' scientificity and applicability, establish industry service benchmarks, comprehensively improve the standardization level of the cold chain industry, and foster the healthy development of the cold chain logistics sector. Being a pilot unit means an enterprise must reach the top industry level in terms of facilities and equipment, temperature control, enterprise management, and operational specifications. The key to Yuhu Cold Chain (Guangzhou) Trading Centre's selection lies in its successful transformation of a mature, smart and digital engine-driven full-link visualization system into daily operations.

Warehousing Transparency

Through a digital warehousing platform, unified and efficient management across trading centres and multiple shippers is achieved. Warehouse locations, inventory levels, and operation progress are clearly visible. Intelligent algorithms automatically optimize picking paths and vehicle scheduling, increasing customer order response efficiency by 30% compared with traditional models.

Transportation Controllability

Cold chain transport vehicles integrated with IoT devices enable real-time monitoring of trajectories, temperature, and humidity, as well as risk prediction. Taking orders from the Guangzhou Trading Centre as an example, the entire process from order placement to receipt is traceable, improving customers' overall fulfillment efficiency by 10%.

Operational Intelligence

In digital cold storage and fully automated AS/RS (Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems), algorithms drive automatic scheduling of in-warehouse operations. Combined with an intelligent loading dock management system, precise traceability and efficient circulation of goods throughout the entire lifecycle from warehousing to outbound are realized.

In recent years, Yuhu Cold Chain has achieved leapfrog breakthroughs in international standardization, leading the drafting and release of three landmark international standards. Previously, Yuhu Cold Chain directly led the upgrade of the national standard "Management requirement for traceability in food cold chain logistics" to an international standard, successfully promoting the issuance of ISO/TS 31514:2025 "Requirements and Recommendations for Traceability of Food in Cold Chain Logistics". As the world's first international standard systematically regulating the full-chain traceability of cold chain food, it fills the global gap in this field, making the practices at Yuhu Cold Chain (Guangzhou) Trading Centre simultaneously a pioneering testbed for international standards.

To date, Yuhu Cold Chain has built an international standard matrix covering three core scenarios: "contactless delivery, B2B services, and food traceability." In addition to the food traceability standard, ISO 31511:2024 "Technical Specifications for Contactless Cold Chain Logistics", which it led the development of, provides a Chinese solution for cold chain safety amid the global pandemic. Meanwhile, ISO 31512:2024 "Requirements for B2B Cold Chain Logistics Services", in which it participated deeply in drafting, contributes a mature "Chinese case" to global cold chain services.

From leading the drafting of gap-filling international standards to becoming an excellent practice pilot for the National Standard "GB/T 28843-2024 Management requirement for traceability in food cold chain logistics", Yuhu Cold Chain has completed a perfect "standard closed-loop." The pilot experience of the Guangzhou Trading Centre will serve as the best model for refining and verifying international standards. Looking ahead, Yuhu Cold Chain will continue to deepen the two-wheel drive of "national standard piloting" and "international standard formulation," constantly translating innovative explorations from frontline operations into universal industry norms and languages. It will continue to inject "Chinese wisdom" into the high-quality development of the global cold chain industry and drive "Chinese standards" to become a new engine leading the upgrading of the global cold chain industry.