Highlights

• TieJie Logistics reports 41% revenue increase and 25% profit growth in the first half of 2025.
• Company expands logistics capabilities through innovative rail-sea transport and strategic infrastructure projects.
• Demonstrates China's emerging leadership in smart logistics technology and international trade corridors.

State-affiliated TieJie Logistics (opens in a new tab), a key infrastructure arm under Baogang Group, has delivered a record-setting first half of 2025, capitalizing on China’s push for smart, green, and modern logistics. The company announced ¥5.195 billion ($714 million) in external revenue—a 41% year-over-year jump—alongside ¥87.87 million ($12 million) in profits, up 25%. These numbers handily beat internal forecasts and position the firm to meet or exceed its full-year targets.

Behind the numbers lies a flurry of breakthrough projects. TieJie launched a new cross-regional “West-to-East coal corridor” via dedicated rail lines and initiated the first intermodal steel shipment under a single-invoice “rail-sea transport” framework—a win for regional integration. It also secured major tenders, including a ¥2.27 billion ($312 million) coal-electricity logistics contract and a separate ¥2.2 billion ($303 million) deal with Mongolian Energy Group. Meanwhile, its scrap steel recycling joint venture, JieLian, broke ground and is progressing on schedule.

In a sign of long-term ambition, the firm boosted container shipments to over 10,300 units and moved 2.37 million tons of goods through its warehousing network—both all-time highs. It improved self-owned railcar turnover by 10.2 times per month and trimmed average delivery times to two days. Road transport got smarter, too: a deepening partnership with China Logistics Cloud (中储智运) enabled real-time vehicle optimization and cost control. Scrap sourcing scaled up to 22 direct-purchase users with a 382,000-ton annual supply capacity—at prices consistently below the industry average.

Relevance to West

TieJie’s transformation from a regional carrier to a vertically integrated logistics and trade hub reflects China’s accelerated buildout of a modern circulatory system for its industrial economy. Of note to Western observers: the company is now securing copper concentrate from Russia via three dedicated trains per month, constructing an end-to-end channel that bypasses traditional Western suppliers. This undercuts efforts by the U.S. and allies to squeeze resource flows via sanctions and redirects trade through China’s own corridor networks.

TieJie also continues to advance smart logistics via digital twin warehousing, AI-based transport planning, and “data port” infrastructure—areas where American logistics giants have traditionally led. The shift signals growing parity, if not advantage, for China in supply chain tech.

Source: Baogang Daily (opens in a new tab) (包钢日报), via TieJie Logistics Company