A logistics engineer training base was launched by the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing on Saturday. The training base is located in Huzhou City, east China's Zhejiang Province, the largest smart logistics equipment production base of the country. It aims to enhance the training of logistics engineers, technology transfer and cooperation between schools and businesses, and support the development of industrial clusters. As smart logistics equipment becomes more widely used, labor demand in the logistics sector continues to show sustained growth. It is estimated that there will be a shortage of 437,000 professionals in emerging roles such as intelligent scheduling algorithm engineers as well as a gap of 453,000 drone pilots in 2025. It is reported that China's logistics sector employs over 55 million people, accounting for over 6.5 percent of the national workforce, making it one of the main channels for employment in the service industry. Shotlist: Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province, east China - Recent: 1. Aerial shots of buildings, river; Beijing, China - Recent 2. Logo of China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing; Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province, east China - Recent 3. Exterior of Taihu Laboratory; 4. Various of robots; 5. Various of driving simulator; 6. Various of robots, warehouse, engineer getting on tractor; 7. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Ren Haoxiang, president, China Society of Logistics (partially overlaid with shot 8): "With the deep integration of 'AI plus' and the logistics sector, there is a growing need for a large number of technicians who understand both equipment technology application and management."; [SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE] 8. Various of warehouse, workers, packages; [SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE] 9. Aerial shots of port, warehouse, containers, traffic. [Restriction - No access Chinese mainland]