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The New Western Land-Sea Corridor is a new international land-sea trade channel created by cooperation between China's western provinces and ASEAN countries. With Chongqing as the operation center and various western provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities as key nodes, it uses railway, sea, road and other transportation methods to travel south through Guangxi. , Yunnan and other coastal ports can reach all over the world, which is significantly shorter than the time required to go to sea through the eastern region.
Wang Yupei, chairman of Luhai New Channel Operation Co., Ltd., said that according to preliminary estimates, it will take 10-14 days for this international intermodal train full of motorcycle accessories to arrive in Yangon, Myanmar, compared with the tradition of arriving at eastern coastal cities via the Yangtze River and then going to sea. Line, logistics time shortened by more than 20 days.
The "14th Five-Year Plan" to Promote the High-quality Construction of the New Western Land-Sea Corridor proposes that by 2025, the east, middle and west routes will be continuously strengthened, and the operation of channels, ports and logistics hubs will be more efficient, and the driving effect on the economic and industrial development along the route will be significantly enhanced. overall goal.
According to data from the Operational Organization Center of the New Western Land-Sea Corridor, as of the end of 2021, the destinations of the New Land-Sea Corridor have expanded to 315 ports in 107 countries (regions) around the world.
In 2021, the volume of rail-sea intermodal trains, cross-border highway shuttles, and international rail intermodal trains starting from Chongqing will increase by 60%, 17%, and 30% year-on-year, respectively.