International Freight Forwarding Business Strategy Analysis and Development Forecasts International freight forwarding is a service industry type, May 31, 1926 in Vienna was established International Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA) as the United Nations a permanent advisory body and in the worlds largest non-government and non-profit institutions, its international freight forwarding is defined as according to the customers instructions, and for the benefit of our customers cargo doors to take people who are not their own carrier, freight forwarders can under these conditions, to engage in transportation contract-related activities, such as set cargo, customs clearance, inspection, collection. promulgated in 1995 in China The Peoples Republic of China International Freight Forwarding industry regulations, its definition of consignee of import and export of goods, delivery people entrusted to his clients name or the name for the client to handle international cargo transportation and related business and industry to collect service remuneration. shows that the traditional international freight forwarding business is international freight forwarding company to handle international clients cargo transportation and related business and industry to collect service remuneration. International freight forwarding use its own advantage, proficient, familiar with international freight market, supply and demand, seasonal tariff route familiar with a variety of transportation means and the relevant legal provisions, and transportation enterprises, trade side, as well as insurance, banking, customs , commodity inspection, port has extensive contacts and close relations, which in a large range for the client to handle international cargo transport business to provide better services and transport development in international trade plays a very important role. Although the international freight forwarding industry has been more than a hundred years of history, but as the societys development, particularly the Internet-based rapid development of information technology and the development of modern logistics industry and gradually, the traditional international freight forwarding industries are huge in Le challenges. As an international service industry, Chinas young, like international freight forwarding industry is inevitable to face this challenge and impact. In fact, Chinas international freight forwarding industry in 2000 has been to divide, in 2001 we will see the division already brought about a more significant effect, the traditional freight forwarding industry will feel even greater pressure on the survival and development. In this context, must be analyzed from a strategic point of view of the Chinese freight forwarding industry in the formation, structure, trends and prospects. Freight forwarding companies have to rethink their position and destination. 1, China International Freight Forwarders formation and evolution of the industry Looking at Chinas freight forwarding industry in the development of a few years, several phases to reflect the freight forwarding industry, The Rise and Decline stage: * State monopoly stage, before 1993, by the China Foreign Trade Transportation Corporation, the industry often talk about cum-Sinotrans (SINOTRANS) in the State monopoly of foreign trade policy under the protection of high transport. * 1993-2000 phase of the carrier control the freight market. Previous: freight forwarding market from a monopoly to an open operation (but still strict limits on foreign-funded enterprises), the majority of domestic freight forwarding companies are setting up and development of this period, the total number has now more than in 2000, the market unprecedented prosperity. As the shipping market during this period did not fully open, but the reform and opening up the economic growth to surge in import and export trade, the Chinese shipping market, demand is greater than supply, in accordance with the laws of economics, supply-side account for the negotiation of more favorable position control of the market transfer of cargo to the carrier side, some of the basic phenomenon can be shown above, such as the current route of the freight from China to the European level of the mid-level no 90; then the rejection due to lack of accommodation for cargo ship The phenomenon also occurs so. At this stage, the shipping market supply shortage, tariff information opaque, due to policies of protection and little foreign competition, imperfect carrier freight network dependent on the freight forwarding and other reasons, to make loans on behalf of domestic enterprises with a simple business means it earned excess profits and enjoy a brief golden age, to complete a certain amount of capital accumulation, the formation of the initial size of the industry. Later stage: This stage is the freight division of the leading market, the domestic Chines