CHINA remains one of the most important markets for DHL Express, and the company will pursue long-term development in the world’s second largest economy, John Pearson, global CEO of DHL Express, said in a recent interview.

“DHL Global Forwarding, Freight embarked on laying plans and exploring the rail freight market in China in 2008 and joined the BRI (the Belt and Road Initiative) in 2013, having conducted in-depth cooperation with a number of railway operators, such as the China-Europe Railway Express with a service network fully covering Eurasia,” said Pearson.

DHL Express, as well as DHL Global Forwarding, Freight, are subsidiaries of the Bonn-based Deutsche Post DHL Group, which Pearson said is the first major international express company that entered the Chinese market.

“In the past 35 years, DHL has made an investment of over 10 billion yuan (US$1.57 billion) and built up a vast logistics network in China,” he said.

Referring to China’s continued efforts to provide more extensive market opportunities to foreign companies, he said, “This further strengthens our confidence and determination to pursue long-term development in China.”

Moreover, the Chinese Government has made commitments to peaking carbon dioxide emissions by 2030 and realizing carbon neutrality by 2060, which meshed with the Deutsche Post DHL Group’s pledge to reach “zero emission logistics by 2050,” said Pearson.

“The group further announced to invest 7 billion euros (US$7.91 billion) in the next 10 years to accelerate decarbonization,” he added.

The CEO said that as of year to date, DHL Express has invested nearly 200 million yuan in China to improve the infrastructure of ground networks and services.(Xinhua)