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About EKUN
Development History
EKUN built its dream and set high expectations
  • 1992

    In 1992, When the Qingdao Free Trade Zone was established, Cui Qiang, the founder of EKUN resigned his position as Secretary of the President’s Office at Qingdao University and joined the first batch of pioneers in the free trade zone;

  • 1996

    In 1996, EKUN was incorporated

  • 1998

    In 1998, by means of “EKUN operation and revenue sharing”, EKUN revitalized idle warehouses and started its “zero-cost start-up”;

EKUN refined itself in a professional and attentive way
  • 2002

    In 2002, EKUN built new warehouses, and set up its development strategy of providing steward type bonded logistics services to the multinational enterprises through the collaboration with ConocoPhillips;

  • 2003

    In 2003, EKUN imported and passed the ISO9000, 14000 and OHSAS18000 system certifications, then its business management gradually standardized;

  • 2005

    Since 2005, EKUN has introduced management consulting by cooperating with practical experts for more than 5 years, initially establishing a system covering process reengineering and human resource training, as well as trained its management team;

  • 2008

    In 2008, EKUN held a 10th anniversary celebration with the theme of “Gratitude and Sharing”, which was witnessed by its customers, employees and relevant personnel of government departments;

EKUN built its brand with the method of cyclic improvement
  • 2009

    In 2009, the "more professional and more attentive" service brand of EKUN Logistics was identified as the "Famous Service Brand of Shandong Province" by Shandong Provincial Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision for the first time. The identification process of a famous brand is quite strict. The reason why EKUN's service brand won this honor was that its popularity, reputation, customer satisfaction, honest and law-abiding operation and other indicators had been recognized after comprehensive evaluation.

  • 2011

    In 2011, the business-based operation system and human-centered human resource system of EKUN were completed, forming the red blueprint of EKUN. In this way, EKUN has more clearly defined its development orientation of reliable logistics steward, built the service blueprint and improved service quality;

  • 2014

    In 2014, New EKUN Logistics Co., Ltd. was incorporated in Qingdao West Coast Export Processing Zone, and a new high-standard warehouse of 15,000 square meters was put into use subsequently, which started the cross-regional operation of EKUN. This is an important milestone in EKUN's entrepreneurial process.

  • 2015

    In 2015, New EKUN's new high-standard warehouse of 15,000 square meters was put into use, which started the cross-regional operation of EKUN. This was the second milestone in EKUN’s entrepreneurial process.

  • 2016

    In 2016, the trademark of EKUN Logistics was recognized as a “Famous Trademark of Shandong Province” by the Shandong Administration for Industry and Commerce, and EKUN’s brand awareness and reputation has continued to improve.

  • 2017

    In 2017, the 20th year of EKUN's development, it has created a record of "500,000 tons of handling capacity". In the process of serving its customers, EKUN has achieved an unprecedented self-value and written a perfect chapter of the first twenty years of entrepreneurial development;

  • 2018

    In 2018, EKUN held its 20th anniversary celebration with the theme of "All the Way Together · Trust and Win-win", looking back at the development of entrepreneurship in the past 20 years and thanking customers for their trust and support. The 20th anniversary ceremony of EKUN was a colorful prologue on its long and steady development, and also officially opened its new journey of entrepreneurial development.

EKUN accompanies customers through long term and steady development
  • 2019

    In 2019, the public bonded warehouse of EKUN was officially approved, further enriching its services and realizing the development pattern of "cross-regional development and multi-functional coexistence"; "EKUN Logistics Steward" service brand was identified as the "Famous Service Brand of Shandong Province" for the second time;

  • 2020

    In 2020, EKUN's pilot business of classifying and supervising warehoused goods according to their status was officially approved. In this way, it can operate bonded and non-bonded businesses at the same time and meet customers' storage needs to store different types of goods in the same warehouse;

    Two companies of EKUN were awarded an AEO Certified Enterprise Certificate and became the first batch of certified enterprises in China (Shandong) Pilot Free Trade Zone (Qingdao Area), thus significantly reducing the customs inspection rate;