Refrigerated Transportation, Energy Consumption and Food supply in China
Having become the largest food production and consumption country in the world, China has a great demand for refrigerated transportation. This paper describes the general situation of refrigerated transportation, and discusses the problems of energy consumption and saving, food safety and food supply chain. The paper also summarizes current research and the developing trend of refrigerated transportation, emphasising that energy saving and food safety are the two important problems and study fi elds at present and in future.