(Look at China along the highway) North to South, Fujian’s "High Speed" docks with the Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta

  China News Service, Quanzhou, May 31 (Reporter Yan Xu) Two kilometers from the Jinjiang exit of Shenhai Expressway, Quanzhou Chuanhua Highway Port is busy.

  On the electronic screen, various sources of goods and vehicle sources are scrolled in real time; trucks enter and exit the park, loaded with clothing, shoes, hats, snack foods from Jinjiang, agricultural and sideline products from Yongchun, plumbing and sanitary products from Nan'an, and ceramics from Dehua , Will be shipped to the Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta.

  "According to the load of the truck, the speed is different, but basically it can arrive the next day." Wang Tao, deputy general manager of Quanzhou Chuanhua Highway Port Logistics Company, told reporters.

  According to Wang Tao, Quanzhou Chuanhua Highway Port is committed to building a large Quanzhou urban logistics center and a comprehensive logistics hub for the Haixi Economic Circle. It is based in Quanzhou, a large manufacturing city and the "Haisi" pioneer area, and relies on the Shenhai Expressway that runs through the southeast coast of China. , The north and south wings "high-speed" docking the Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Delta, helping manufacturing companies reduce costs and increase efficiency.

  “At present, the average daily traffic volume of highway ports has reached 6,000 vehicles. Thanks to the connectivity of the expressway network, it can radiate the entire Haixi economic circle and play a role as a transit and offline logistics comprehensive park.” Wang Tao said, cargo passing through the expressway The transportation time is shortened by half compared with ordinary roads, which improves the capital turnover rate and production turnover rate for enterprises, which is very important for manufacturing enterprises.

  The Shenhai Expressway has a total length of 3,710 kilometers. It is numbered G15 by China's National Expressway Network. It starts at Shenyang, Liaoning Province, and passes through 8 provinces and cities including Liaoning, Shandong, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong and Hainan, and finally Haikou, Hainan city.

  In Fujian, the Shenhai Expressway connects the large and small arteries of Bamin, passing through major coastal cities such as Ningde, Fuzhou, Putian, Quanzhou, Xiamen, and Zhangzhou, with a total length of 649 kilometers.

While promoting the integrated development of Fujian and the Yangtze River Delta, the Pearl River Delta and the central and western regions, and promoting the efficient flow of people, logistics, and information, the deep-sea expressway has also given wings to the construction of the new Fujian.

  Quanxia Expressway is the first expressway constructed in the Fujian section of Shenhai Expressway and the first expressway in Fujian Province. It was opened to traffic on December 15, 1997 and is known as the "First Road in Bamin".

According to Shen Jinhong, Secretary of the Party Committee and Executive Director of Fujian Quanxia Expressway Management Co., Ltd., Quanxia Expressway is a rear collection and transportation highway that connects the Fujian coastal economic belt and strengthens the main north-south sea lanes, and plays an important role in promoting the development of the national economy.

  "Quanzhou and Xiamen are well-known hometowns of overseas Chinese. Overseas Chinese are very enthusiastic about investing in the construction of their hometowns. The construction of the Quanzhou-Xiamen Expressway and improving traffic conditions are important factors in gaining foreign investment." Shen Jinhong said that the construction of the Quanxia Expressway has improved southern Fujian. The investment environment of the region has promoted the development of an export-oriented economy.

  The Chidian Collection and Management Office is the largest interchange hub in Quanzhou. The director Chu Liping believes that the completion of the Quanxia Expressway will bring the most obvious changes along the way to the acceleration of the flow of people and logistics, and the economy is more active.

  According to statistics, from 1998 to 2020, the total traffic flow at the entrance and exit of the whole line has increased from 21,000 vehicles per day to 240,200 vehicles, an increase of 12 times.

"The current average daily traffic volume of Chidian Collection Management Office is 38,400 vehicles, and the average daily toll is 939,000 yuan." Chu Liping said that after the completion of the highway, the smooth flow of things in the Golden Triangle of southern Fujian will promote the high-quality development of the industry; Development has also promoted more frequent exchanges between Quanzhou and Xiamen. Transportation and economic development have promoted each other. Jinjiang, Nan'an and Xiamen have formed industrial clusters such as shoes and clothing, ceramics, and furniture.

  On June 28, 2003, the entire Ningde section of the Shenhai Expressway was opened for trial operation, rewriting the history of Ningde’s unreachable expressway. The formerly blocked and poorly trafficked areas began to enter the "fast lane" of economic development.

  Get off the expressway from the Ningde Automobile City toll station, and you will find the SAIC Ningde base.

High-speed entrances and exits with an average daily traffic flow of nearly 3,000 vehicles, trucks account for nearly 30%, providing transportation support for the efficient transportation of parts and finished vehicles, and promoting SAIC Ningde base to become the largest in Fujian and the leading "auto city" in China .

  "Shenhai Expressway is known as the'Golden Passage', and it forms a developed transportation network with the surrounding expressways, facilitating people's travel while supporting huge economic flows." Chu Liping believes that Shenhai Expressway has witnessed the rise of the Golden Triangle in southern Fujian. Quanxiazhang and surrounding towns are also moving towards integrated development, which has greatly promoted the process of economic internationalization.

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