About 40% year-on-year growth! Western Land Sea New Channel Reveals Half Year "Transcript" Channel | Land Sea | YoY

Chongqing, July 31 (Xinhua) - As a new international land and sea trade channel jointly developed by western provinces of China and ASEAN countries, the western land and sea new channel of China has shown its latest "performance report" - in the first half of this year, the import and export value of provinces, regions, and cities along the route increased by about 40% year-on-year, showing a strong development momentum.

The Western Land Sea New Corridor operates in Chongqing, China, with key nodes in various western provinces, regions, and cities. It utilizes transportation methods such as railways, sea freight, and highways to travel south through coastal ports such as Guangxi and Yunnan, reaching various parts of the world. This significantly shortens the time required to set sail through the eastern region.

On April 3rd, the first cross-border rail public transportation train of the Land Sea New Channel departed from the Jiangjin Xiaonanya Railway Logistics Center in Chongqing. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Tang Yi

The latest data released by Chongqing Customs shows that in the first half of this year, the import and export value of provinces, regions, and cities along the western land sea new channel reached 350 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of about 40%; 4510 cross-border rail sea intermodal trains were launched, a year-on-year increase of 9%; Cross border road transportation reached 1.2027 million vehicles, a year-on-year increase of 84.18%; 4091 international railway trains were operated, an increase of 18.51%.

The relevant person in charge of Chongqing Customs said that the scope of data statistics covers China's provinces, regions, and cities that have joined the "13+2" cooperation mechanism of the Western Land Sea New Corridor, namely the 12 provinces, regions, and cities in the west and Hainan Province, as well as Zhanjiang City in Guangdong and Huaihua City in Hunan.

Industry insiders and experts said that behind the excellent "report card" of the new land and sea channel in the west, it is highly consistent with the opening and development needs of western China and countries and regions along the "the Belt and Road".

On July 11, four container trucks loaded with pomelo juice, canned pork, dried tofu and other prefabricated vegetables set out from Liangping District, Chongqing, passed through Qinzhou Port, Guangxi, and arrived in Singapore in only five days, which saved about 15 days compared with the logistics time of traditional river sea intermodal routes.

On May 30, 2021, at the factory of Chongqing Hongjiu Fruit Co., Ltd. located in Tsim Chumphon, Thailand, staff were loading durians that were about to be sold to China. Shen Jizhong

"The western land sea new channel effectively solves the international logistics problems in western China. More and more characteristic products such as automotive parts in Liuzhou, Guangxi, cross-border e-commerce products in Chengdu, Sichuan, and goji berry pulp in Ningxia are being developed more quickly along this new channel, allowing western enterprises to integrate more deeply into the global industrial landscape." said Wang Yupei, Chairman of Land Sea New Channel Operation Co., Ltd.

Countries and regions along the "the Belt and Road" are also sharing new development opportunities developed by the new land and sea channel in the west. Southeast Asian specialty products such as glutinous rice from Laos, durian from Thailand, Pasha fish from Vietnam, and bananas from Cambodia have also entered the Chinese market more quickly along the western land sea new channel.

Peng He, the general manager of Chongqing Hongjiu Fruit Co., Ltd., calculated an account: "Previously, it took an average of more than 20 days for fruits from Southeast Asian countries such as Thailand to be transported to Chongqing, Sichuan, and other places. Now, taking the western land sea new channel train can reach the Sichuan Chongqing region as quickly as 4 days."

"Domestically, it drives the opening up and development of the western region; externally, it makes China's development dividends better benefit the people of countries along the line. The new land and sea corridor in the west has become a vivid example of the principle of" the the Belt and Road "to jointly discuss, build and share," said Zhai Kun, a professor at the School of International Relations of Peking University.