Vigorously promote the construction of new land and sea channels in the West

In August 2019, the national development and Reform Commission issued the overall plan for the new land and sea channel in the west, which made the western region act quickly, actively promoted the implementation of relevant key tasks, and jointly promoted the high-quality construction of the new channel. At this year's NPC and CPPCC sessions, many members of the CPPCC actively made suggestions and suggestions on how to further promote the construction of the new land sea corridor in the West. The railway became their "high frequency vocabulary".

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 and director of the culture, culture, history and learning committee, said that in further promoting the construction of the new land sea channel in the west, the railway plays an important role. In terms of improving the infrastructure along the channel, it is necessary to start the projects such as upgrading the files of Qinzhou Port in Guangxi as soon as possible, and open up the railway to extend to the "last kilometer" of the. In terms of innovative channel cooperation mode, it is necessary to promote the development of integrated trains to Shaanxi, Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, Ningxia and other places to realize the full coverage of the western part of the rail sea intermodal transport line; strengthen the docking of new land sea channels with China Europe trains and Yangtze River shipping, and give full play to the role of the channel as a bridge linking ASEAN, Central Asia and Europe.

To promote the construction of new land and sea channels in the west, the railway has been taking action. Since 2019, as the country and relevant provinces, regions and cities continue to increase the construction of new land and sea channels in the west, more and more goods are transferred in Qinzhou port. At present, there are not only Brazilian meat and French red wine, but also Guizhou tire, phosphate fertilizer and tea. From January to the end of November last year, the cargo throughput of Qinzhou Port exceeded 100 million tons, up 17.9% year on year.

On May 14 this year, the international freight train loaded with aluminum rolls set out from the international dry port of Gansu (Lanzhou) to Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. The successful operation of the international freight train is a vivid practice for the railway to join hands with Lanzhou land port to implement the inter provincial linkage of the new western land sea channel.

"The Beibu Gulf region is not only the key node of the new land and sea channel in the west, but also the core area for the development of the sea oriented economy. I suggest that the state establish a sea oriented economic pioneer zone with the Beibu Gulf of Guangxi as the core, help the construction of the new land and sea channel in the west, and create a new pattern for the opening up and development of the West." Jiang Hesheng, member of the National Committee of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference, member of the Standing Committee of the Central Committee of the agricultural labor party, chairman of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and director of the Marine Bureau of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, said in his speech. In recent years, the Beibu Gulf area is more and more closely connected with the railway. Relying on the location advantages along the coast of Guangxi, the railway actively connects with the market, and promotes the seamless connection between port and railway transportation. As of May 7, this year, the western land sea new channel transported 77000 TEUs of rail sea intermodal container goods at Beibu Gulf port, an increase of 129.3% year on year.

In the future, the railway will play an increasingly important role in promoting the construction of the new land sea corridor in the West. Recently, the CPC Central Committee and the State Council issued guidance on promoting the development of the western region and forming a new pattern in the new era. The guiding opinions put forward in the requirements of "strengthening the construction of open channels", that is to actively develop multimodal transport, speed up the construction of railway, highway, port and park connecting lines; strengthen the construction of the transport capacity of railway channels along the river and the port collection and distribution system; rely on the golden waterway of the Yangtze River, build a combined transport service mode of land sea transport, air rail transport, China Europe train, etc. and a logistics chase Tao This will also bring more new opportunities for future railway development.