High-level joint construction of a new land-sea channel in the west (new economic orientation)

  President Xi Jinping delivered a keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the Second United Nations Global Sustainable Transport Conference on October 14. Strong country.

We insist on transportation first, and have built the world's largest high-speed railway network, highway network, and world-class port clusters, with aviation and navigation reaching the world.

  In the western part of China, a huge transportation artery is becoming stronger and stronger-the new land-sea corridor in the west, connecting the Silk Road Economic Belt in the north, and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road in the south, coordinating the Yangtze River Economic Belt, and has an important strategic position in the coordinated regional development pattern. .

The two-way mutual aid between the east and the west, and the linkage between the land and the sea inside and outside, it is not a simple logistics channel, but an economic corridor, helping the western region to accelerate the construction of a new "dual cycle" development pattern.

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  "The new policy is like a road map, detailed, meticulous, and enforceable!" Li Wei was very excited after receiving the company's emergency meeting to learn. The exhaustion of uninterrupted business trips in the past 4 years seemed to disappear instantly.

  The new policy that makes Li Wei difficult to hide his excitement is the "Fourteenth Five-Year Plan Implementation Plan for Promoting the High-Quality Construction of the Western Land-Sea New Passage" (hereinafter referred to as the "Plan") announced by the National Development and Reform Commission in early September.

  As the Deputy Director of the Marketing Department of the Land-Sea New Corridor Operation Co., Ltd., Li Wei witnessed the growth of the Western Land-Sea New Corridor from nothing, and the freight volume of the rail-sea intermodal train from Chongqing to Guangxi Beibu Gulf from zero to 65,000 TEUs.

  In the Beibu Gulf, Yu Zhaokai, general manager of Guangxi Xintiande Energy Co., Ltd., is also studying this new policy.

By leveraging the new western land-sea channel, Yu Zhaokai's output value this year is expected to double that of 2019. "The new plan for the new western land-sea channel will open up a new world for us to start business."

  For thousands of miles, the iron dragon gallops and the goods flow smoothly.

Riding on the east wind of the policy, the high-level co-construction of a new land-sea corridor in the west is entering the fast lane.

Why build

Strong support for regional coordinated development, deepening of the golden tie of two-way opening

  Blue sea and blue sky, boats and cars converge.

  "Woo-" In the sound of the whistle, the giant ship "Tianli" slowly docked at the Qinzhou Port Wharf of Guangxi Beibu Gulf Port.

After the gantry was hoisted, Yu Zhaokai pointed to the hull and amplified his voice: "This ship contains 30,000 tons of cassava shipped from Thailand."

  Every year, Xintiande imports 400,000 tons of cassava from Southeast Asian countries such as Thailand and Vietnam for the production of alcohol. After deep processing, the products are sold to other regions at home and abroad.

  "In the past, the transportation capacity of Qinzhou Port was limited. We had to rely on Guangzhou Nansha Port, which was time-consuming and costly. The cost of land transportation for exporting a container was 12,000 yuan higher than it is now." The construction of international gateway ports has been accelerated, voyages have increased, and customs clearance has become more convenient.

"From last year, we can connect to the world through the Beibu Gulf Port."

  The new land-sea channel in the west at the mouth of Yu Zhaokai is not only a physical channel, but also a road of interconnection, mutual benefit and win-win.

  In November 2015, the third intergovernmental cooperation project between China and Singapore settled in Chongqing. The China-Singapore (Chongqing) strategic interconnection project was officially launched, and the new land-sea channel became a key demonstration project in the field of logistics cooperation between the two parties.

  Today, the "circle of friends" of the new land-sea channel is constantly expanding.

With the help of this new channel, supported by the four important hubs of Chengdu, Chongqing, Beibu Gulf Port and Yangpu Port, more than 10 provinces in the west including Sichuan, Chongqing, Yunnan, Guizhou and Gansu have opened up faster access to the sea; Qiong and Gui, who rely on the sea and eat the sea, have a broader economic hinterland.

ASEAN's products not only have a direct "fast road" to China's inland, but can also take the China-Europe Express train directly to Europe.

  "The new land and sea passage in the west, the Silk Road Economic Belt in the north, the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road in the south, and the Yangtze River Economic Belt in coordination with the Yangtze River Economic Belt, have an important strategic position in the coordinated regional development pattern," said Zhou Xiaoqi, deputy director of the Basic Department of the National Development and Reform Commission.

  -The east and west are mutually beneficial, and the regional development is coordinated. The new channel is a strong support.

  "The train full of cars and accessories departs from Chongqing and goes to Vietnam through Qinzhou, a new land-sea channel in the west. It can reach Vietnam in as fast as 4 days. If you go from the Yangtze River to Shanghai by a combined river-sea transport, it will take more than 20 days." Li Wei gave an example and produced motors. Chongqing Runtong Technology Co., Ltd., a motorcycle company, can save tens of millions of yuan a year because of its transfer to the new western land-sea channel.

  The new land-sea channel in the west not only improves the logistics level in the west, but also promotes the smooth transfer of advanced production capacity in the east to the west.

"Corning Glass has decided to build a western raw material distribution center in Chongqing, and the production capacity of Great Wall Motors and Haier plants are also shifting to Chongqing." Li Wei introduced that the current source of foreign goods in the new western land-sea channel has exceeded 60%.

  ——The land and sea are linked internally and externally to deepen the two-way opening. The new channel is a golden link.

  "The products that are pulled out are electromechanical and spare parts, and the ones that are pulled back are fruits and seafood. The new channel is like a link connecting land and sea." Li Cheng, a loading and unloading worker at Chengdu International Railway Port, discovered that among the goods returned by the train, There are more and more specialties in Southeast Asia. "These imported specialties will soon be put on supermarket shelves, and many of us have bought them."

  With the continuous improvement of infrastructure and the continuous improvement of service levels, the logistics scale of the new western land-sea channel has been significantly expanded.

Up to now, the new western land-sea channel destination has radiated 308 ports in 106 countries and regions, with 640 cargo categories.

In 2020 alone, rail-sea intermodal trains and China-Vietnam cross-border trains have increased by 105% and 23.2% respectively year-on-year. Asean specialties such as fruits and seafood are on the table of ordinary people in western China in the freshest state, while PVC in western China ( Products such as polyvinyl chloride) and potatoes also arrived in ASEAN as soon as possible.

  “The new channel has become the main artery of economic exchanges between China and ASEAN countries.” Fan Yijiang, a member of the Guangxi Development and Reform Commission, said that in the first eight months of this year, 14 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities along the Western Land-Sea New Corridor had US$81.22 billion in imports and exports to ASEAN, a year-on-year increase of 28.7%. Promote the growth of China's imports and exports to ASEAN by 4.4%.

What's the effect

Promote the further opening and integration of the western region

  According to the "Plan", by 2025, a new economic, efficient, convenient, green and safe western land-sea channel will be basically completed.

This new channel is not only a logistics channel, but also an economic corridor.

  As the channel's radiation capability continues to increase, more and more companies are investing and developing businesses along the new western land-sea channel.

In the Beibu Gulf area alone, there are more than 20 upstream and downstream enterprises associated with Xintiande.

  "Relying on cassava, we have created three industrial chains for the deep processing of alcohol." Yu Zhaokai said that the products have been sold to the Yangtze River basin through the new channel, and the wineries in Sichuan, Chongqing, Yunnan, Guizhou and other places have established stable cooperative relations with them. Over 400.

  It is not only Xintiande that benefits.

Three Lingang Industrial Parks, including Beihai, Fangchenggang, and Qinzhou, achieved an industrial output value exceeding 100 billion yuan; the construction of China-Malaysia Qinzhou Industrial Park and China-Singapore Nanning International Logistics Park was accelerated, and the first phase of the Sichuan-Guizhou International Capacity Cooperation Park was about to be completed...Western The industrial agglomeration capacity of the new land-sea channel is accelerating.

  With the acceleration of the construction of the new land-sea corridor in the west, the level of Guangxi's opening up and cooperation with ASEAN continues to rise to a new level.

Fan Yijiang introduced that during the "13th Five-Year Plan" period, the total trade volume between Guangxi and ASEAN reached 1050.1 billion yuan, an increase of 80% over the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" period.

In the first eight months of this year, Guangxi's import and export to ASEAN was 189.16 billion yuan, an increase of 32.4%.

  As the center of channel logistics and operation organization, Chongqing also enjoys the effect of gathering customers.

In 2020, the corporate revenue of Chongqing International Logistics Hub Park will exceed 100 billion yuan, and the services will cover 16 100 billion-level industrial parks within 150 kilometers.

This year, Chongqing also launched the country's first cross-border financial blockchain western land-sea new channel financing settlement application scenario, financing logistics companies more than 400 million US dollars.

"The vitality of the channel is constantly being released." said Xiao Wenjun, deputy director of the Chongqing Port Logistics Office.

  Looking to the future, according to the "Plan", it will accelerate the cultivation of channel economic growth poles, accelerate the accumulation of resource elements in the metropolitan area, expand the service format, and attract the development of industrial clusters.

At the same time, pay full attention to exploring the two-way logistics demand for consumer goods along the corridor, and in accordance with the resource endowments and comparative advantages of each region, and with the development of the corridor economy as the guide, establish upstream and downstream links of industries along the corridor, and cultivate the channel's incremental supply.

  "These measures have turned the channel's future expansion and opening, co-construction and sharing of the bull nose." Zhou Xiaoqi said.

The "Plan" clearly stated that the channel should play a supporting and leading role in regional coordinated development, accelerate the cultivation of channel economic growth poles, build the Chengdu-Chongqing area dual-city economic circle and the Beibu Gulf city cluster, expand the middle-level city clusters in Guizhou and Yunnan, and speed up key metropolitan circles. Construction.

"With the implementation of policies to support western provinces in the construction of'enclave parks' in the Beibu Gulf, the geographical advantages and resource endowments along the new western land-sea corridor will be better utilized, driving the further opening and integration of the western region."

How to build

Make up for shortcomings, optimize services, and enhance channel competitiveness

  "There are still some shortcomings in the construction of the new western land-sea channel." Fan Yijiang showed his family. The large-scale, deep-water, professional, and intelligent development level of the Guangxi Beibu Gulf International Gateway Port needs to be improved. It does not yet have a 300,000-ton bulk carrier. "There are only 54 container routes, which is far below the level of Shanghai Port and Shenzhen Port."

  The hardware needs to be improved and the service needs to be improved.

"The comprehensive logistics cost of the channel is higher than that of the central and eastern regions, and the multimodal transport'one-order system' needs to be promoted." Li Wei introduced.

  What is gratifying is that with the introduction of the "Plan", the high-level joint construction of the new western land-sea channel has a new path and new method to promote the implementation of tasks.

  —— Efforts to make up for the shortcomings of channel construction.

  According to the "Plan", the layout of the three main corridors of the east, middle and west of the new western land-sea corridor will be accelerated. After the completion of the construction of key railway facilities such as the Huangbai Railway and the Guinan High-speed Railway, the transportation capacity of the corridor will be increased.

In addition, the construction of Beibu Gulf Port and Yangpu Port is also speeding up, and international direct air routes will be developed. Accelerating the construction of logistics hubs and nodes along the route such as Chongqing, Chengdu, Nanchong, and Kunming will also enhance logistics carrying capacity.

  "By 2025, achieve a cargo throughput of more than 500 million tons and a container throughput of more than 10 million TEUs in the Beibu Gulf Gateway Port, and build Qinzhou Port’s 200,000-ton automated container terminal and other key projects. Capacity." Fan Yijiang said.

  ——Efforts to improve the quality and efficiency of channel logistics.

  The "Plan" requires that, combining the economic conditions and location characteristics of the hinterland, optimize the operation organization, innovate the logistics model, improve the service level of rail-sea combined transport, international liner, cross-border train shuttle, and comprehensively improve the overall operating efficiency of the channel.

We will increase the frequency of port-rail-sea combined transportation from Chongqing, Sichuan to Beibu Gulf, vigorously expand the route network of Beibu Gulf Port and Yangpu Port, continue to increase the density of international routes, and expand the coverage of container foreign trade routes.

  "'Fourteenth Five-Year Plan' strives for an average annual growth of more than 15% in the railway traffic of the new western land-sea corridor. We will also play the role of the China-Laos railway that will open to traffic at the end of this year, plan in advance the operation plan of the train, and do a good job in international intermodal freight transportation rules and transportation organization. Design." said Dong Hui, deputy director of the freight department of China Railway Group.

  ——Efforts to reduce costs and optimize services.

  The "Plan" proposes to comprehensively clean up the charging links for channel operation, promote better service, higher quality and lower fees for operating entities such as ports and railway yards, and emphasize to continue to promote the "one-to-one system", strengthen port functions, and cultivate specialization such as cold chain and bulk commodities. Logistics services have further improved the level of facilitation of customs clearance and provided guidance for continuing to improve the comprehensive service level of the channel.

  The new western land-sea channel transportation involves multiple carriers and transportation links such as shipping, railways, highways, ports, and inland storage yards. To reduce the entire transportation cost, it requires multiple capabilities and promises.

"China Railway Group will continue to give preferential tariffs to the new corridors. We also hope that relevant parties will jointly increase their support, comprehensively implement policies, reduce the entire logistics cost, and enhance the competitiveness and sustainable development capabilities of the new western land and sea corridors." Dong Hui Say.

  -Efforts to promote the integration and open development of channels.

  The "Plan" proposes to accelerate the accumulation of resource elements and industries, expand service formats, and develop industrial parks and border economic cooperation zones along the route, and create a number of hub economic zones, emphasizing the expansion of global service networks, participating in the construction of logistics hubs in neighboring countries and regions, and making full use of them. International agreements and platforms to strengthen industrial chain cooperation and expand international cooperation parks and economic cooperation zones.

  Li Wei revealed that Chongqing is building an inland dry port.

Relying on smart container yards, cold chain warehouses and other facilities, the "dry port" realizes the seven major functions of international container storage and transshipment, import and export cold chain storage and processing, and supply chain services.

"This good model hopes to be replicated to all areas along the route to promote large-scale organization of channel logistics, regional distribution, professional services, and networked operations."

  Our reporter Lu Yanan Jiang Yunlong Zhang Yunhe Zhang Wen