DHL forwarding unit opens China offices

   DHL Global Forwarding has opened five offices in China, the company said Wednesday.
   Two of the new branches are in major inland cities Zhengzhou (Henan province) and Taiyuan (Shanxi province), while the other three are in “tier three” cities Wenzhou (Zhejiang province), Xuzhou (Jiangsu province) and Huizhou (Guangdo province).
   “The move is aimed at better meeting the fast growing demand in central and western China for logistics services of international standards,” DHL said.
   The company said it plans to open five more branch offices and 20 sales offices in tier three cities by 2015.
   “With the development of central and western China becoming one of the Chinese government’s priorities as part its 12th five-year plan to speed up the industrial transfer to inland areas, DHL has benefited from a rapid buildup of infrastructure in these regions,” said Roger Crook, chief executive officer of freight for DHL Global Forwarding. “This has in turn, facilitated the provision of DHL’s scheduled, reliable and flexible door-to-door services multimodal transport solutions. Foreign investment into the central and western regions is being strongly encouraged by central and provincial governments.”