"Striving for a New Journey and Building a New Era of Meritorious Service" actively enhance the capacity of land and sea corridors and promote interconnection with the international market

Beijing, January 16 (CNBC) -- According to the "News and Newspaper Summary" of the Voice of China of the Central Radio and Television Corporation, all localities have actively improved the ability of land and sea passages, promoted interconnection with the international market, and added impetus to China's economic development.

As the east-west starting point of the Longhai Railway, on the afternoon of the 15th, the first rail-sea intermodal train from Lanzhou to Lianyungang was launched, which opened up a new international trade channel for the integration of the overland Silk Road and the Maritime Silk Road. The opening of the lanzhou and Lianyungang trains has effectively realized the integration and sharing of logistics resources between the two ports and the cross-complementarity of the advantages of the two places, which is conducive to expanding the container transportation business in Gansu and encrypting the container routes between Lianyungang and Japan and South Korea.

Zou Jun, deputy director of the Department of Commerce of Gansu Province: In the next step, Lianyungang will be built into an outlet for Gansu and even the western region to open to the east, and Lanzhou will be built into a front port for Jiangsu and even the central and eastern regions to open to the west.

Jiangxi's first "China-Laos International Train" recently departed from Ganzhou International Dry Port, full of daily necessities, household appliances, shoes and other goods, bound for Vientiane, Laos, this train is the old area of Gannan and even south China to provide a new fast channel for goods to be transported to Southeast Asia.

Liu Liping, head of the operation and management department of Ganzhou International Dry Port: "The opening of the China-Laos International Train" will build a golden channel for our province to connect with ASEAN. Continuously increase the development of the Southeast Asian market, providing a strong momentum for Ganzhou to build a new highland for opening up to the outside world, service and integration into the new development pattern.

Just after the New Year, the value of the first train issued by the Hefei China-Europe Express has exceeded 10 million US dollars, achieving a good start in 2022. In 2021, the Hefei China-Europe Express has achieved the full line of five major ports such as Erenhot and Alashankou. The Hefei China-Europe Express has reached 61 international node cities such as Hamburg, Germany and Helsinki, Finland, point-to-point, which has effectively promoted the sustainable development of the local economy.

Chen Feng, deputy general manager of Hefei International Inland Port Development Co., Ltd.: We have opened a city orientation train called Huangshan + Hefei with Huangshan City to do some customized services for Huangshan tea and Huangshan enterprises, and basically achieved full coverage of 16 prefectures and cities in the province.