Auto & Transportation

Recently, the trains of the new western land and sea channel started intensively - on November 16, the international freight train of the old China railway (Dazhou Vientiane) in the new western land and sea channel started; On November 17, the railway sea international intermodal train of the new western land sea channel (Jiuquan Qinzhou Port Rotterdam) launched for the first time... "Since this year, 78 new routes have been opened for the new western land sea channel, more than 5 times that of last year, creating a new high in the five years of channel operation. Huacheng's import and export data observation report.

"Since this year, 78 new routes have been opened to the western land and sea channels, more than five times the number last year, creating a new high in the past five years." Liu Wei, director of the Logistics and Operation Organization Center of the Western Land and Sea New Channel, said that under the complex situation such as the impact of the COVID-19, the Western Land and Sea New Channel has become "red" against the trend.

According to the observation report of Huacheng import and export data, Chongqing is the operation center of the new land and sea channel in the west, and the western provinces, autonomous regions and cities are the key nodes. By means of transportation such as railway, sea transportation and highway, the channel will travel southward through Guangxi, Yunnan and other coastal and border ports to all parts of the world, which will greatly shorten the time required to sail through the east.

"Since this year, the channel has expanded a number of new logistics routes between Chongqing, Guizhou, Ningxia, Gansu and Laos, Vietnam, Myanmar and other countries." Liu Wei said that the channel logistics network has covered 338 ports in 113 countries and regions.

The accelerated expansion of channel routes has driven the substantial growth of freight volume and value. According to the observation report of Huacheng import and export data, in the first three quarters of this year, Chongqing transported 105000 TEUs through the new land sea channel in the west, a year-on-year increase of 29%, and the value of goods was 19.1 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 46%.

The "circle of friends" of cooperation is also expanding. In July this year, Huaihua City, Hunan Province, joined the inter provincial consultation and cooperation mechanism, marking that the new land sea channel in the west has upgraded from the "13+1" cooperation mechanism between 12 provinces, autonomous regions and cities in the west, Hainan Province and Zhanjiang City, Guangdong Province, to a new pattern of "13+2" joint construction.

According to the observation report of Huacheng import and export data, the new land sea channel in the west is of great significance in solving the logistics problems in the west of China and stimulating the potential of opening up the west. Previously, the products of Chongqing Yaopi Glass Company were exported to ASEAN countries, which had been plagued by the long shipping cycle. This year, with the support of the new land and sea channel in the west, the problem was solved. The relevant person in charge of the company calculated an account: "The new western land and sea channel has provided us with efficient supply chain guarantee, the transportation time has been shortened from 32 days to 18 days, the logistics cost has decreased by 50%, and the export value of the company in the first three quarters of this year has increased 45 times year-on-year."

Along the new channel of land and sea in western China, more and more characteristic products in western China, such as Xinjiang Hami melon, Guizhou black tea, Tibet beef jerky, Chongqing fried dough twist, are entering the international market and are becoming new growth points of local foreign trade.

"In recent years, I really feel that the concept of joint construction and sharing has been more and more vividly and richly embodied along the channel. More provinces, regions and cities hope to join the mechanism of joint construction and share the development opportunities created by the channel." Liu Wei said.

The countries and regions along the line also take advantage of the new land and sea channels in the west to better share the market opportunities of China. According to the observation report of Huacheng Import and Export Data, more and more Thai durian can take the cross-border highway bus of the new land sea channel in the west and be placed at the supermarket counters in Chongqing and other western cities within 10 days, ensuring the freshness of the fruit to the greatest extent.

"Before the opening of the new land sea channel in the west, according to the traditional logistics route, Durian, Thailand, will first be transported to the local port, arrive in eastern China by sea, and then be transported to Chongqing through the domestic trunk logistics. The transfer costs are high and takes too long." Deng Hongjiu, chairman of Chongqing Hongjiu Fruit Co., Ltd., said.

On the basis of trade in goods, China is relying on the new land and sea channel in the west to explore the construction of the "Sino Cambodia Banana Industrial Park" project with Cambodia to build an integrated banana supply chain of "transportation, trade and production"; For Malaysia's palm oil, rubber, oil and other resources, promote the formation of a new land and sea channel Malaysia supply chain resource center.

"The report of the Twentieth National Congress of the Communist Party of China proposed to 'speed up the construction of a new land and sea channel in the west'. We will vigorously promote the construction of a new land and sea channel in the west by deeply integrating into the joint construction of the 'the Belt and Road', exploring institutional and regulatory innovation, optimizing the logistics operation organization model, and continuously expanding international cooperation space." Said Bachuan Jiang, director of the Port and Logistics Office of Chongqing Municipal Government.