(Observation of the two sessions) Chongqing promotes the construction of a new land-sea channel in the west: linking overseas ports and improving the transportation network
China News Service, Chongqing, March 8th: Chongqing promotes the construction of a new land-sea corridor in the west: linking overseas ports and improving transportation network
Author Liang Qinqing
This year's government work report proposes to promote the construction of the new western land-sea passage.
At the National Two Sessions held in Beijing, how Chongqing, as the logistics and operation organization center of the new western land-sea channel, can activate the new kinetic energy in the western region and help it become a bridge and link for the linkage between land and sea and the two-way mutual aid between the east and the west, which has attracted attention.
Strengthen joint development with key ports in Southeast Asia
"Chongqing plays an important role in promoting the high-quality construction of the new land-sea corridor in the west. It must be multi-pronged and comprehensively implemented." Wang Jiguang, member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and deputy secretary-general of the Chongqing Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, believes that Chongqing should strengthen its partnership with Singapore. The joint development of key ports in Southeast Asia, cooperation to build overseas container return points, and joint construction of overseas cargo collection and distribution network.
He said that around the main stops of international trains and cross-border highway shuttles in Southeast Asia, Chongqing can cooperate to build an overseas distribution base and expand the logistics service network in the hinterland of Southeast Asia.
As the only district and county in the main urban area of Chongqing that has the conditions to build a multimodal transport hub system of "air-railway, public-water rail", Yubei District provides a hub logistics guarantee for the high-level development of the new land-sea corridor in the west.
Yu Huiwen, deputy to the National People's Congress and secretary of the CPC Chongqing Yubei District Committee, introduced that Yubei District will focus on aviation logistics services for high value-added manufacturing industries such as biopharmaceuticals and high-end electronic consumer goods, and explore the establishment of a "China-Singapore Air-Land Combined Transportation Class". , enhance the cargo collection capacity of provinces, regions and cities along the new western land-sea corridor, realize the two-way round-trip of airworthy goods between central and western cities and ASEAN countries, and open up the "airline + western land-sea new corridor air corridor".
Start the construction of "2-hour Chongqing" to improve the traffic capacity of the channel
With the continuous expansion of the "Circle of Friends" of the new western land-sea corridor, higher requirements are also placed on the level of transportation in Chongqing.
Xu Ren'an, deputy to the National People's Congress, secretary of the party committee and director of the Chongqing Municipal Transportation Bureau, said on the 7th that Chongqing Transportation will fully start a new journey of "2-hour Chongqing" construction, accelerate the improvement of the comprehensive three-dimensional transportation network, improve the traffic capacity and connection level of the new land-sea passage in the west, and promote Chongqing. Accelerate to become a strategic hub and an international comprehensive transportation hub city for the joint development of the "Belt and Road" initiative, the Yangtze River Economic Belt, and the new western land-sea corridor.
He said that Chongqing will speed up the preliminary work of the Chongqing-Guizhou high-speed railway, study and demonstrate projects such as the reconstruction of the Sichuan-Guizhou railway; speed up the construction of expressways such as the Chongqing-Chixu and Yulu North lines; Line transportation capacity, speed up the capacity expansion and reconstruction of stations along the line, and promote the coordination of point-line connection.
In addition, Chongqing will accelerate the reconstruction and expansion of Jiangbei Airport and the preliminary work of the new airport to enhance the capacity of international hubs; accelerate the construction of railways for collection and distribution of important ports such as Wanzhou Xintian and Fuling Longtou, and strengthen the smooth connection between hubs.
Xu Ren'an said, "Chongqing should seize the strategic opportunity of the construction of a transportation powerhouse and the construction of a twin-city economic circle in the Chengdu-Chongqing region, and actively promote the inclusion of projects such as the Lanzhou-Chongqing high-speed railway and the Wanzhou-Qianjiang high-speed railway into relevant national plans, and strive for the country to start the new airport in Chongqing and Chongqing as soon as possible. Projects such as the first section of the Hunan High-speed Railway from Qianjiang to Jiji.” (End)