Opening up and activating force to seek development towards the sea

　　Nickel mines from the Philippines, soybeans from Argentina, and wood pulp from Chile were unloaded from the ship.

Soybean meal exported to Japan, electronic equipment from Europe, and coiled steel from Southeast Asia are shipped in order.

In the mid-winter season, I came to Tieshan Port, Beihai City, Guangxi, and there was a bustling scene in front of me.

　　"In the past, people were waiting for goods, but now they are waiting for people." Said Cai Shijun, the driver of the portal crane in the Tieshan Port operation area.

　　Yu Xingguo, Secretary of the Tieshan Port District Committee, introduced that Tieshan Port has trade relations with 218 ports in 98 countries and regions.

In the past five years, the cargo throughput of Tieshan Port has increased from 13.1 million tons to 20.6 million tons, an increase of 57.25%; the container throughput has risen from more than 20,000 TEUs to 300,000 TEUs.

The planned total industrial output value of Tieshan Port Linhai Industrial Zone increased from 62.9 billion yuan to 94 billion yuan.

　　Tieshan Port wrote the great article about developing Xianghai economy with heart.

　　In April 2017, General Secretary Xi Jinping inspected the operation of the Tieshan Port public terminal during an inspection in Guangxi.

"The General Secretary encouraged us to'love our jobs, strive to be first-class, and establish and display a good image of the contemporary working class.' The general secretary's enthusiastic words deeply infected everyone present." Cai Shijun remembered the scene at the time.

　　On December 30, 2009, Tieshan Port announced the opening of the port, when there were still fishing rafts in the sea.

In 2010, the annual cargo throughput of Tieshan Port was approximately 1.2 million tons.

In recent years, port construction has accelerated.

In September 2017, two 150,000-ton berths were accepted and opened, and the existing 6 berths reached the scale of the annual design throughput of 19.64 million tons.

At the end of December 2020, two more 100,000-ton berths will be built.

　　The "last mile" of sea-rail combined transport was opened.

On April 16, 2020, Tieshan Port's special railway line for access to Hong Kong was opened, and Tieshan Port Railway was officially integrated into the national railway network.

After opening to traffic, the cost of cargo logistics can save 6 yuan per ton.

Nowadays, the eight-lane Xianghai Avenue is a direct train line to Tieshan Port, which has become a traffic artery for goods entering and leaving the port. Press the "fast forward button" for the development of Tieshan Port.

　　The port hardware has been improved and the business environment has been continuously improved.

　　Guangxi Chuanhua Tianhe Potash Co., Ltd. has an annual output of 480,000 tons of high-quality potash fertilizer. It only takes 3 days from investigation and negotiation to completion of project site selection; from investigation to construction, it only takes 40 days.

　　"I want to praise the business environment here!" Xiao Bin, general manager of the company, introduced that during construction, a gully with a length of 500 meters, a width of 10 meters, and a depth of 8 meters ran across the site. The rainy season is coming. Increasing the risk of upstream flooding, the project faces the dilemma of suspension for a time.

Liao Yuan, a staff member of the Tieshan Port District Project Assistant Service Center, immediately went to the site to coordinate, and all parties actively cooperated.

"The entrance of the gully is connected to the main drainage road not far away, so the gully can be safely backfilled." Liao Yuan said.

　　The Tieshangang District Project Assistant Service Center was established in 2018 to provide "one-to-one" services for enterprises stationed there.

From site selection to land supply to reporting for construction, the project assistant service center will contact relevant functional departments to open a green channel, refine the "one form" of project construction, and use the online processing system to simplify the approval process.

Liao Yuan said: "In Tieshan Port, the registration, seal engraving, invoice application and other matters required to start a business have all been handled through one network, and the settlement time has been accelerated from 0.5 working days to one-click approval."

　　Over the past five years, the overall customs clearance time for exports at Tieshan Port has been reduced from 18.2 hours to 1.36 hours, and the overall customs clearance time for imports has been reduced from 125.1 hours to 32.02 hours.

　　A good business environment has stimulated the vitality of market players.

In the past five years, Tieshan Port District has newly opened 805 enterprises and 178 new contracted projects, with a total investment of 518.846 billion yuan.

　　"In March 2020, the first batch of stainless steel coils were successfully exported overseas from Tieshan Port; in July, the single-month export orders exceeded 1,000 tons, and the types of export products were also increasing." Beibu Bay New District, Guangxi, located in Tieshan Port Linhai Industrial Zone Chen Chaoqun, a salesperson of Material Co., Ltd., expects that in the future, the company will have more and more products going abroad and into the world.

　　Our reporter Zhang Yunhe