China News Service, Beijing, September 2 (Zhou Ruimei Yunqiu) The reporter learned from the National Development and Reform Commission of China on the 2nd that the National Development and Reform Commission recently issued the "14th Five-Year Plan" to promote the high-quality construction of the western land-sea channel (hereinafter referred to as the "implementation plan" ), the plan proposes that by 2025, a new economic, efficient, convenient, green and safe land-sea channel in the west will be basically completed.
The "Implementation Plan" mentioned that in accelerating the construction of the main channel, it is necessary to focus on opening up the missing road sections, optimize and improve the west channel from Chengdu via Luzhou (Yibin), Baise to the Beibu Gulf outlet; focus on building a large-capacity channel, Improve the transportation capacity of the mid-way from Chongqing to the Beibu Gulf estuary (Beibu Gulf Port and Yangpu Port) from Chongqing via Guiyang and Nanning; focus on improving the existing line capacity, and improve the east passage from Chongqing via Huaihua and Liuzhou to the Beibu Gulf estuary; Promote the close connection of the core coverage area with the radial extension belt, the Yangtze River Economic Belt, and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and focus on the construction of land cross-border passages, and promote the interconnection of facilities with neighboring countries.
In terms of strengthening the functions of important hubs, the "Implementation Plan" proposes to accelerate the construction of the international gateway port in the Beibu Gulf of Guangxi and build an international container hub port in the Yangpu region of Hainan.
By 2025, the container throughput of Beibu Gulf Port and Yangpu Port will reach 10 million and 5 million TEUs respectively, of which foreign trade container throughput will reach 2 million and 1 million TEUs respectively.
The "Implementation Plan" also proposes to initially establish a unified regional market, to achieve new progress in the "one-order system" of multimodal transport, to greatly improve the level of customs clearance and logistics efficiency, to improve cooperation and joint construction along the route, and to further increase the level of openness.
Zhou Xiaoqi, deputy director of the Basic Department of the National Development and Reform Commission, said that compared with the “Master Plan for the Western Land-Sea New Corridor” (hereinafter referred to as the “Master Plan”) issued in August 2019, the “Implementation Plan” maintains continuity in structure and content, but In terms of ideas, goals, tasks, etc., “intensify efforts”, “high quality”, “co-construction and sharing” are highlighted.
He pointed out that the "Implementation Plan" proposed to focus on the main corridors and important hubs, to further accelerate the completion of the shortcomings of infrastructure in a targeted manner, and strive to comprehensively improve the efficiency and energy level of the corridors.
In terms of rail-sea combined transportation, international shuttle bus, route and flight organization, etc., the "Implementation Plan" highlights the need to strengthen cross-regional coordination of corridors and jointly build a shared corridor operation organization platform, and proposes a comprehensive clean-up of corridor operation charging links, and promotes ports and railways. Operators such as station yards and ports have improved service quality and lowered fees, and emphasized to continue to promote the "one-to-one system" in depth.
According to Zhou Xiaoqi, the "Master Plan" has achieved remarkable results in the two years since its issuance. In the first half of 2021, there will be 2,705 rail-sea trains, a year-on-year increase of 112%. China-Vietnam cross-border trains (via Pingxiang Port) opened 886 trains, a year-on-year increase of 51.2%. Beibu Gulf Port completed a container throughput of 2.61 million TEUs, a year-on-year increase of 22.3%; Yangpu Port completed a container throughput of 565,000 TEUs, a year-on-year increase of 56.7%. In the first half of this year, the "One-Order" bill of lading reached 290, with a value of 30.8 million U.S. dollars. The facilitation of customs clearance continued to deepen. The main business application rate of the “single window” in Chongqing and Sichuan reached 100%, and the overall customs clearance time for import and export at Guangxi Port was reduced to 5 hours and 28 minutes respectively. (over)