[New ideas lead a new journey] High-level joint construction of a new land-sea corridor in the west

　　CCTV News (News Network): Accelerating the construction of the new land-sea corridor in the west is a major strategic task proposed by the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. General Secretary Xi Jinping called for high-level joint construction of the New Western Land-Sea Corridor. Bearing in mind the General Secretary’s instructions, various places along the route have continued to innovate operational and organizational models, promote infrastructure construction, and promote high-level openness and high-quality development. Today, in my country's vast western region, a new international logistics channel is accelerating its expansion, spanning mountains and seas, and connecting the world.

　　At Qinzhou Port in Guangxi, the land-sea connection point of the New Western Land-Sea Corridor, the rail-sea combined transport trains are very busy. The latest data shows that the rail-sea combined transport trains of the Western Land-Sea Corridor have transported more than 200,000 TEUs this year, setting a new high for the same period in previous years, with an average daily delivery of 2,251 TEUs, a year-on-year increase of 7.2%.

　　The busy port witnesses the increasing activity of this high-level international channel for opening up to the outside world in western my country. The construction of the New Western Land-Sea Corridor is a major strategic plan made by the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core. The general secretary pointed out that it is necessary to jointly build a new land-sea corridor in the west, implement a number of major transportation infrastructure projects, build the Pinglu Canal with high standards and high quality, build an international gateway port in the Beibu Gulf at a high level, and improve the multimodal transport capabilities and automation levels of rivers, railways and seas.

　　Following the direction guided by the General Secretary, the construction of the New Western Land-Sea Corridor is progressing rapidly and steadily.

　　With the mechanism leading the cohesion, the New Western Land-Sea Corridor has been jointly built by the four provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities of Chongqing, Guangxi, Guizhou and Gansu, and now includes 12 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities in the western region and Hainan Province, as well as Zhanjiang City in Guangdong Province and Huaihua City in Hunan Province. “13+2” cooperation mechanism within the country. The main channel runs from Chongqing and Chengdu in three directions: east, middle and west to the estuary of Beibu Gulf. It connects the Silk Road Economic Belt to the north and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road to the south. It coordinates with the Yangtze River Economic Belt and becomes the western region. An important channel connecting the world.

　　Improve facilities to improve quality and efficiency. Roads, railways, and waterways along the New Western Land-Sea Corridor will further open up chokepoints and weave “lines” into a “network.” At present, the capacity expansion and reconstruction of the Longxu section of the Sichuan Longchang-Guizhou Huangtong Railway and the construction of the Huangtong-Baise Railway are accelerating. After completion, Sichuan, Guizhou and other places will be able to go to the Beibu Gulf to sea at a much faster speed. The construction of the Pinglu Canal, the backbone project of the New Western Land-Sea Corridor, is also accelerating. When completed, it will become the shortest and most economical sea channel in southwest my country.

　　Through openness, collaboration, co-construction and sharing, various places along the route continue to improve their logistics operations and service guarantee levels. In Ningxia, the international trade "single window" has launched 845 service functions in 23 categories, and 38 types of import and export regulatory documents are all accepted through the "single window"; Chongqing has fully implemented the railway rapid customs clearance model, with multi-department coordination and linkage, and significant transportation efficiency. improve. In Jiangjin, Chongqing, this container train went to Thailand through rail-sea combined transport. For the first time, the train adopted the "one container to the end" transportation mode, "no changing of containers midway" and "no unpacking during the entire journey."

　　At present, the New Western Land-Sea Corridor has reached 71 cities in 18 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities in China. Rail-sea combined transport trains, cross-border highway shuttle trains and international railway combined transport trains are operating along the route. Among them, the railway trains that play a backbone role in the channel are running back and forth. Sea combined transport trains have been expanded to 17 regular routes.

　　According to the plan, by 2025, the New Western Land-Sea Corridor will basically form a comprehensive transportation system that connects the north and the south, is connected with the land and sea, is open and shared, has strong radiation, and is coordinated and integrated, further driving various places along the route to participate in international competition and cooperation at a higher level and in a wider field. .