RONGQING Group, a major Chinese cold chain logistics provider, plans to invest US$156 million (CNY1 billion) in building a high-end cold chain logistics base in east China's Shandong province, reports Xinhua.

    The project's first phase will cost CNY500 million and have a site of 27 hectares. Some 13 hectares will be used to build warehouse facility for distribution centre, including 80,000 square metres of automated warehouse, 50,000 square metres of low temperature storeroom, constant temperature storeroom and atmosphere controlled storeroom.

    The distribution centre will be composed of cargo receive area, cargo depart area and cargo recycle area. It will operate with computer managing system and bar code and RFID technology.

    The second phase will be launched in two to three years time with an investment of CNY500 million. Currently, the group has warehousing facilities over 200,000 square metres and a cold storage transport fleet of over 1,000 trucks.

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