Wuhan Yangluo Port Railway-Water Intermodal Station, containers are stacked into a "mountain". Photo by Li Bo, an all-media reporter from Henan Daily
Henan continues to make efforts in the construction of transportation infrastructure projects to create an interconnected, efficient and convenient road network system. Picture of this newspaper
"Strengthen the construction of a modern transportation infrastructure system and strengthen the large corridor pattern in the central region. ——Xi Jinping emphasized at the symposium on promoting the rise of the central region in the new era
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The mountains "pull" the two provinces, and the rivers nourish the two places. Henan Daily linked the report "The Rise of Central China is Full of New" to the "Front" reporting team came to Hubei to view the port, enter the airport, and visit the railway, to explore how Hubei can accelerate the construction of the "Kyushu thoroughfare" in the new era by improving the function of an open hub, and looking forward to Henan and Hubei working together to strengthen the interconnection of transportation facilities and promote the hub economy to raise the energy level and reach a higher level.
□ reporter Song Min, Guo Beichen, Hubei Daily reporter Hu Yi
Only then did he drink the water of the Yellow River and climb the Yellow Crane Tower.
Henan and Hubei belong to the central region, and the mountains and rivers are connected by humanities. One is located in the "waist of the Yangtze River", which is an important hub connecting the east and the west of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, and the other is located in the "south of the great river", which will accelerate the transformation of geographical advantages into development advantages in the ecological protection and high-quality development of the Yellow River Basin.
The golden waterway, thousands of sails are competing, the blue sky is like washing, the plane roars, the steel rails stretch, and the train is speeding. In the past few days, a reporter from Henan Daily has walked into the land of Jingchu and visited the innovative practice of Hubei Province, the "thoroughfare of Kyushu", to strengthen and optimize the comprehensive transportation hub and create a new highland for inland opening.
Stand in the middle and look at the middle. The "rise" of the central region has stood at a higher starting point. From the "three major freight hubs" in Hubei to the "four Silk Roads" in Henan, the mobile transportation corridor is full of vitality, and the strategic fulcrum of the "backbone" of the central part is constantly rising.
Jump out of the middle to see the middle. Actively connect with the construction of large corridors in the central region, make full use of location and transportation advantages, allocate resources in a wider range, expand space and contribute to the domestic and international dual circulation, and the future of the hub economy of Henan and Hubei can be expected.
The golden waterway is strong towards the sea
Standing in Wuhan Yangluo Port and looking out, the river is mighty, and the boat is like weaving. Gantry cranes and bridge cranes rise and fall non-stop, containers are stacked into "mountains", and heavy-duty container trucks shuttle between them.
"The Yangtze River basin should strengthen cooperation, give full play to the role of inland waterway shipping, develop river-sea combined transport, and build the whole basin into a golden waterway. "In July 2013, General Secretary Xi Jinping inspected Hubei and came to Wuhan Xingang Yangluo Container Port Area for the first time. In the pouring rain, he rolled up his trouser legs, held an umbrella, and left his earnest entrustment.
In the past, Wuhan Yangluo Port, container trains had to depart from the Hukou Railway Freight Station 20 kilometers away, or transfer to the Wujiashan Container Railway Central Station more than 60 kilometers away.
Today, the railway has been paved into the Yangluo port area, where the container throughput has exceeded 2 million TEUs, becoming the largest iron-water intermodal transport hub in the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River.
Shipping goes east to the sea, and trains go west to Europe. The liner laden with cargo is ready to set sail and sail east to South Korea. Not far away, at the iron-water intermodal station, the China-Europe Express (Wuhan), full of electronic products, whistled and set off for Europe.
Traditional ports and wharves are typical labor-intensive industries, but in the Yangluo port area, workers are rarely seen moving around. Chen Xiaomian, Manager of the Production and Operation Department of Wuhan COSCO SHIPPING Port Terminal Co., Ltd., led us to the smart control room of the terminal and unveiled the secret of the smart port.
The reporter noticed that the computer screen placed in front of the staff displayed the real-time operation in the port area and related technical indicators. The staff can operate the handle in the dispatch center to realize the automatic remote control of unmanned container trucks, railways and yard rail cranes.
"With the support of new technologies such as 5G and Beidou, Yangluo Port is not only the first railway loading and unloading automated terminal in mainland China, but also the first smart container terminal in the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River. Chen Xiaomian said, "The same port station, the same transportation, the same customs inspection, and the same information have truly opened up the 'last mile' between railway and waterway transportation." ”
Two 1,050-meter-long railway loading and unloading lines in the port area extend from the Xianglushan Station of China Railway Wuhan Bureau Group Co., Ltd. "We are mainly responsible for the arrival, pick-up and emptying of containers for the rail-water intermodal project in Yangluo Port. Tang Guangping, a safety officer at Xianglushan Station, said that as of April 21 this year, the station had sent a total of 73 rail-water intermodal trains, a year-on-year increase of 450%.
Connecting the "golden waterway" and realizing the dream of connecting the river to the sea has always been remembered by the people of Henan who are inland. In the past year, Henan has raised the development of inland waterway shipping to an unprecedented height, expanded the shipping article, strengthened the hub economy, and carried the idea of the "11246" project at a steady pace. In 2024, Henan plans to complete an investment of 20 billion yuan and promote the implementation of 23 inland waterway shipping projects. With the successive completion of key port and shipping projects, the "Central Plains New Passage to the Sea" will be further unblocked, which will gather strong momentum for the high-quality development of Henan's inland waterway shipping.
The sky of road construction is taking off
In April, Ezhou, Huama Lake was shining. On the shore of the lake, Ezhou Huahu Airport, the largest in Asia and the first air cargo hub in China, is located.
But when I walked into the airport during the day, it was not as lively as I imagined, and the surroundings were "quiet".
"That's what makes Huahu Airport different, it's a 'city that never sleeps'. Yue Bin, deputy general manager of the enterprise management department of Hubei International Logistics Airport Co., Ltd., said.
In the middle of the night, planes will pass through the clouds and land on the east and west runways. Unloading, sorting, dismantling, forwarding...... Between the apron and the transfer center, shuttle buses shuttle back and forth. When the earth woke up from the morning light again, nearly 90 all-cargo planes left the port full of cargo.
The "group rise and fall" and "night solstice" between the open space and the "night solstice" will be staged at Huahu Airport every day. "From the first plane landing to the last plane departing, there is an average of one take-off and landing every two minutes. Yue Bin said.
Why did Asia's first and the world's fourth professional cargo hub airport settle in Ezhou? This is inextricably linked with SF Group.
With the expansion of SF Cargo's fleet, there are obvious drawbacks in decentralized point-to-point transportation, and the cargo carrying rate in the belly compartment of the aircraft and the utilization rate of cargo aircraft have not been fully released. It has become SF's strategic decision to build a professional cargo airport to support its core business and development strategy.
Ezhou, located in the Wuhan urban circle, is only one hour's drive from Wuhan, with a dense road network, and the mileage of highways and railways is second to none in China in terms of unit area.
"Taking off from Ezhou, a 1.5-hour flight circle can reach national urban agglomerations such as Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, Yangtze River Delta, and Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, radiating 90% of the country's total economy and 80% of the population. Yue Bin introduced.
Enterprises and cities "go both ways". In March this year, the State Council approved the opening of Hubei Ezhou Huahu Airport to the outside world, and a new "air outlet to the sea" was opened in the central inland.
It is worth mentioning that the cargo and mail throughput of Huahu Airport took 7 months from 0 to 10,000 tons, from 10,000 tons to 100,000 tons, and from 100,000 tons to 300,000 tons. At present, Huahu Airport has 120 highest-day cargo flights and nearly 3,000 tons of cargo and mail throughput.
Transportation is an important force for urban transformation. As Dai Jinsong, a senior reporter of Hubei Daily, said in the book "Building the Road and the Sky", Zhengzhou continues to make efforts around "opening up to the blue sky", and a three-dimensional traffic pattern has been formed.
In the past 10 years, Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport, an inland airport, has ranked sixth in the country and top 40 in the world in terms of cargo volume, and has become an important node of the "Air Silk Road". In the first quarter of this year, the cargo volume of Zhengzhou Airport exceeded 140,000 tons, a year-on-year increase of 11.16%.
The Iron Camel Caravan connects the East and the West
Linking, parking, try-pulling...... At Wujiashan Station of the Wutie Hanxi Train Depot, the head of the shunting area skillfully sends the wagons to the freight line. As a new landmark of Hubei transportation hub, Wuhan Railway Container Center Station, namely Wujiashan Central Station, is the container distribution center of China-Europe freight trains and a hub connecting the "Belt and Road" and the Yangtze River Economic Belt.
Located in the hinterland of Hubei, the export of goods mainly by water to the sea: through the Yangtze River to the coastal cities, and then by sea to the rest of the world. In 2012, Wuhan opened the second China-Europe train in the country, adding a land "golden channel".
On April 19, the China-Europe Express (Wuhan) opened the third direct train to Belarus, with a group of "special passengers" in the train - 165 Dongfeng passenger cars and new energy vehicles. "Through the China-Europe train, Dongfeng's own brand passenger cars such as Fengshen and VOYAH can reach the European market more conveniently and efficiently, effectively improving brand awareness and influence. Xu Tian, director of the international logistics service department of Dongfeng Import and Export Company, said.
The "steel camel caravan" was busy with the goods, and the engines were non-stop day and night. At present, the China-Europe Express (Wuhan) has 53 stable cross-border transportation routes, radiating 40 countries and 116 cities in Eurasia. In 2023, the annual shipment volume of the China-Europe Railway Express (Wuhan) will cross the 1,000-train mark for the first time, with a year-on-year increase of 64.7%.
"Among the goods shipped, Hubei local goods accounted for about 80%, and the largest number of them were complete vehicles and auto parts, accounting for about 32%. Xia Zhijun, deputy general manager of Wuhan Hanou International Supply Chain Management Co., Ltd., said that a stable and efficient logistics service system provides a guarantee for "Hubei products to leave the country".
The hub takes the lead in setting new sails to attract customers and gather the world. Under the strong pull of the China-Europe Express (Wuhan), optoelectronics, clothing, timber and other industries have gathered and developed in Wuhan, helping a large number of international enterprises and international production capacity cooperation projects to settle in Hubei one after another, and L'Oreal and Bosch have successively established distribution centers in Wuhan.
In Henan, the China-Europe Railway Express has also maintained a good momentum of operation, with a total of more than 10,000 trains running and an operating network covering more than 140 cities in more than 40 countries in the European Union, Central Asia, ASEAN and other places. At the new site of Zhengzhou International Dry Port located in Zhengzhou Airport Area, the project construction is in full swing, and the "new home" of the China-Europe Express has taken shape, which will have the carrying capacity of "10,000,000 tons of 10,000,000 tons" per year after completion.
With each passing day, the momentum is surging. Hubei and Henan are full of momentum for high-quality development, and are working together to transform from an inland hinterland to a new frontier of opening up.
Experts from both places said
Henan's transportation is becoming more and more diversified
□ Ye Qing, professor at Zhongnan University of Economics and Law
I have three deep impressions about Henan Transportation.
The first is Henan's status as a high-speed rail hub. According to the data, there are 15 high-speed rail stations in the mainland to reach more than 50 cities within 5 hours, the first is Zhengzhou East Railway Station, 112 cities are reached in 5 hours, and the second place is Wuhan Station, Henan is also the first in the country to fully build a "m" shaped high-speed rail network.
The second is Henan's efforts to build four Silk Roads: air, land, network and sea. Zhengzhou is one of the 12 highest-level international comprehensive transportation hubs in the country, the only airport-type national logistics hub in the country, and has been successfully selected as one of the first 15 cities in the country to supplement the chain and strengthen the chain. Zhengzhou Airport has formed a passenger and freight route network spanning Europe, America and Asia and covering the world's major economies; the "Land Silk Road" has been improved and increased, and the China-Europe Express (Zhengzhou) has formed an international logistics network system covering Europe, Central Asia, ASEAN and the Asia-Pacific region (Japan and South Korea, etc.), with 19 stations and seven ports; the "Online Silk Road" has made innovative breakthroughs, and the province has cultivated and identified 36 provincial-level cross-border e-commerce demonstration parks, and the first "1210 online shopping bonded import" model has been promoted around the world; and the "Maritime Silk Road" has been promoted globally It realizes the seamless connection between land and sea.
The third is that Henan is vigorously developing water transportation. Henan straddles the Yangtze River, Huai River, Yellow River and Haihe River four major water systems, and the Huai River, Shaying River, Tangbai River and Tuohu River all have good navigation conditions. In recent years, the Henan Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government have taken inland waterway shipping as the key to building a modern comprehensive transportation system, accelerated the implementation of the "11246" project of inland waterway shipping, and strived to achieve a port throughput of more than 100 million tons through 3 to 5 years of efforts, completed an investment of 100 billion yuan, and a navigable mileage of more than 2,000 kilometers, built four new channels through the river and the sea such as the Huai River, and basically completed six modern ports such as Zhoukou Port.
From the above, it can be seen that Henan's transportation has become increasingly diversified, and some breakthrough measures are worth learning from Hubei. (Compiled by reporter Song Min and Guo Beichen)
Work together to build a "motherland overpass"
Guo Wenqi, vice president of Henan Transportation Strategic Development Research Institute, □
Hubei is located at the intersection of the two main axes from Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei to Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao, and from the Yangtze River Delta to Chengdu-Chongqing, and has unique geographical advantages in the national comprehensive three-dimensional transportation network. In recent years, the province has made great efforts to promote the construction of an open and comprehensive inland transportation system, build "Hubei on the track", and accelerate the transition from "the thoroughfare of nine provinces" to "the thoroughfare of Kyushu", and has achieved fruitful results.
Today, Hubei has built a three-dimensional transportation pattern integrating water, land and air. Smooth the "nine channels", build a large network, vigorously develop multimodal transport, promote the effective connection between railways, highways, waterways, and aviation modes of transport, and the number of national multimodal transport demonstration projects ranks first in the country.
Hubei is located in central China and the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, and is the only province in the country that has a professional aviation cargo hub, a Yangtze River shipping hub and an international railway freight hub at the same time. By laying the foundation to make up for shortcomings and seek long-term development, and strengthening the construction of major infrastructure hubs, Hubei's status as a hub at the intersection of the three "Silk Road" of land, sea and air has become more prominent. The golden waterway leads to the river and the sea, and the 10,000-ton giant ship can go directly to Wuhan through the Yangtze River, and the container throughput of Wuhan Port ranks first in the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River. The "Air Silk Road" links the world, and Huahu Airport, the largest international professional cargo airport in Asia, has been built, forming an inland open "air outlet to the sea". The China-Europe freight train has been galloping unceasingly, realizing a new situation of "four-way simultaneous development" to the east, west to Europe through Central Asia, south to ASEAN, and north to Russia. The advantages of convenient location and transportation have strongly supported Hubei's deep integration into the domestic and international dual circulation, and accelerated its development into a new highland for opening up.
Henan has a prominent strategic position, and in recent years, it has accelerated the construction of a modern three-dimensional transportation system and logistics channel hub that connects domestic and foreign countries and radiates the east, the middle and the west. In order to strengthen its advantages, it can accelerate the regional transportation interconnection with Hubei, improve the level of cooperation in an all-round way, work together to build a "motherland overpass" in the new era, and jointly build an important fulcrum of the domestic cycle and a strategic link between domestic and international dual circulation. (Compiled by reporter Song Min and Guo Beichen)