China News Service, Xiamen, January 10 (Yang Fushan and Bai Wenbin) The Chinese container ship "Xin Mingzhou 98" successfully berthed at Haitian Terminal on January 10. After several hours of intense work, the ship will be fully loaded for Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, Vietnam. Ports in countries under the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) such as Bangkok, Thailand, send high-quality Chinese products to the people of the countries along the "Maritime Silk Road".
"Xin Mingzhou 98" is one of the three ships on the new route, calling at RCEP countries such as China, Vietnam and Thailand along the way.
According to the relevant person in charge of Xiamen Port Holding Group, in order to improve operational efficiency, the new route will only call at Ningbo and Xiamen ports in mainland China. Destination.
On January 1, 2022, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) came into force.
With the successive implementation of many favorable measures such as tariff reduction and exemption, service investment opening, intellectual property protection, etc., coupled with the favorable policy stimulus of "Silk Road Shipping", the better business environment of the port and other comprehensive factors, Xiamen Port is the first in the new year. The new route will be welcomed in this month.
So far, Xiamen Port has reached 103 international routes, reaching 141 ports in 50 countries around the world.
RCEP is currently the world's largest free trade agreement, covering about 30% of the world's total population, economic volume and total trade volume. Its members include China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand and 10 ASEAN countries.
Li Nan, deputy general manager of Fujian Silk Road Shipping Operation Co., Ltd., said that RCEP is a comprehensive, modern, high-quality and mutually beneficial regional free trade agreement; "Silk Road Shipping" is based on the principle of extensive consultation, joint construction and shared benefits, aiming to create services A new platform for international trade and shipping services that is standardized, convenient in operation, and intelligent in management.
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