On March 22, a train of the New Land-Sea Corridor full of Seres new energy vehicles departed from the station of the special railway line of Orchard Port in Liangjiang New District. Two days later, the special train will arrive at Qinzhou Port, where it will be shipped to the European market after completion of loading. This is the first railway-sea intermodal train for new energy vehicles in the new western land-sea channel opened by Chongqing, which will add a new channel for the export of new energy vehicles in Chongqing.
This year's government work report proposes that greater efforts should be made to attract and utilize foreign capital and steadily expand institutional opening-up. As the first national-level development and opening-up new area in the inland area, Liangjiang New Area is an important platform for Chongqing to take the lead in opening up and promote opening-up in the western region. It is further promoting the construction of open channels, improving the energy level of open carriers, developing an open economy, and creating a first-class open environment. , Deepen international exchanges and cooperation, help Chongqing accelerate the construction of an inland highland for opening up, and better take the lead in opening up in the western region and drive opening up.
Promote the construction of open channels from a high starting point
Orchard Port, located in Liangjiang New District, is a hub port for Chongqing to build an inland open highland. On March 17, at Orchard Port, a Western Land-Sea New Corridor train loaded with auto and motorcycle parts, daily necessities and other goods was waiting to depart. Two days later, the train will arrive at Qinzhou Port in Guangxi.
Xiao Jinyong, deputy general manager of Chongqing Orchard Port Co., Ltd., said that with the promotion of Liangjiang New Area, the Orchard Port trains in the western land-sea new channel have achieved normal delivery. In the first two months of this year, nearly 80 freight trains to the Orchard Port of the Western Land-Sea New Corridor were dispatched, a year-on-year increase of more than 2 times, which effectively promoted Chongqing's integration into the new development pattern of the dual cycle.
A 15-minute drive away from Orchard Port, Chongqing Meilian International Storage and Transportation (Group) Co., Ltd. started busy early in the morning. Local auto parts from Chongqing and bulk commodities from overseas are stacked in an orderly manner, and large trucks are shuttling among them. Chen Yanxi, deputy general manager of the company, made the calculations: after the normal operation of the Orchard Port train in the western land-sea new channel, the time for the company to reach Southeast Asia has been cut by more than half, which can save the company about 1 million yuan in logistics costs every year. Thanks to this, Midland Logistics exported 3,000 tons of goods through the Western Land-Sea New Corridor in the first two months.
At the same time, with the successive commissioning of the Orchard Port railway line and the Yuzui Railway Freight Station North Station, the connection between the railway network in the western region and the Orchard Port has become closer. Korla in Xinjiang, Lincang in Yunnan, Jiuquan in Gansu... rail-water combined transport lines have sprung up like mushrooms after rain. Up to now, the Orchard Port rail-water combined transport line has radiated more than 50 nodes in 7 provinces and regions in Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Xinqing, Shaanxi and Gansu.
Orchard Port is also the gateway for the construction of the twin-city economic circle in the Chengdu-Chongqing area. In order to improve the shipping efficiency in the Sichuan-Chongqing region, Orchard Port makes full use of the water depth advantage of the channel to develop water-to-water transfers, and transfer the goods loaded by small freighters upstream to large ships at Orchard Port and transport them downstream. This move has been positively responded by ports in the upstream region. Yunnan Shuifu Port, 100% of the containers in Guangyuan Port and Guang'an Port in Sichuan, and 90% of the containers in Yibin Port are transferred at Orchard Port.
From January to February this year, Orchard Port completed a cargo throughput of 4.168 million tons, completed a container volume of 156,000 TEUs, and delivered 59,000 commercial vehicles, achieving a "good start".
Increase the energy level of open carriers at a high level
The establishment of the China (Chongqing) Pilot Free Trade Zone will soon be six years old. As the core carrying area, Liangjiang New District, how effective is it?
A set of data witnesses the development: Since the establishment of the free trade zone, more than 37,000 new market entities have been added, with a registered capital of more than 570 billion yuan, accounting for more than 50% and 72% of the city. In 2022, the contract value of the investment promotion projects in Liangjiang New Area will be 71.2 billion yuan, accounting for 25% of the Chongqing Free Trade Zone; the foreign trade import and export volume will be 212.1 billion yuan, accounting for 41% of the Chongqing Free Trade Zone; the actual use of foreign capital will be 400 million US dollars, accounting for 25% of the Chongqing Free Trade Zone. District 44%.
According to Zheng Hang, director of the Liangjiang New Area Free Trade Office (China New Office), the construction of the free trade zone is of great significance to the adjustment of the industrial structure, deepening reform, and acceleration of technological innovation in the Liangjiang New Area, and has a significant effect on economic development. For example, in terms of promoting trade facilitation, Liangjiang New Area took the lead in piloting the Chongqing Customs' "one guarantee and multiple uses" management model. The total amount of guarantees handled by the Lianglu Orchard Port Comprehensive Bonded Zone alone exceeded 132 million yuan, which was recycled 72 times, and more than 53 million yuan in tax-paid goods were guaranteed, which greatly saved guarantee costs for enterprises.
In addition, not long ago, the designated supervision site for imported grain at Orchard Port also passed the inspection and acceptance of the General Administration of Customs, marking that Orchard Port has become the first port in Chongqing that is qualified to directly import grain.
"The successful approval of the designated supervision site for inbound grain at Orchard Port will further enhance the opening level of the national logistics hub of Orchard Port, help Orchard Port become an important port for import and export grain transshipment, accelerate the agglomeration of the grain industry, and promote Chongqing's integration into the new double cycle. development pattern.” said Li Li, head of the Channel Logistics Department of Chongqing Orchard Port International Logistics Hub Construction and Development Co., Ltd.
In recent years, in Chongqing Lianglu Orchard Port Comprehensive Bonded Zone (Orchard Port area), several designated supervision sites for imported meat and grain have successively passed the inspection and acceptance. Relying on the increasingly mature multimodal transport system and more complete infrastructure, Orchard Port is increasingly becoming an important window for transportation and outward radiation in the western region.
High-quality development of an open economy
In the Chang'an Minsheng logistics base located in Liangjiang New District, various types of "Made in Chongqing" cars are being loaded in an orderly manner, and then shipped to overseas markets along the "Belt and Road". The person in charge of the enterprise said that the competitiveness of "Made in Chongqing" automobiles in the international market has been significantly improved, which directly drives the growth of Changan Minsheng Logistics' complete vehicle and parts export business.
At the Orchard Port National Logistics Hub, Zheng Yijun, general manager of Zhaotai Trading (Chongqing) Co., Ltd., is busy with delivery matters with Vietnamese customers. The company has been cultivating in the subdivisions of motorcycle parts, general machinery, and micro-agricultural machinery exported from Chongqing to Vietnam for many years. The trade volume in 2022 will reach 25.93 million US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 170%.
The continuous expansion of Chongqing's external channels has given Zheng Yijun the confidence to increase investment in Southeast Asia. He said that especially the China-Vietnam trains opened in the new land-sea corridor in the west, not only the transportation timeliness is stable, but also the transportation cost is only 1/2 of the cross-border highway and 2/3 of the rail-sea combined transportation.
In the face of positive market trends, how should policies "escort" enterprises? Zheng Hang said that in 2023, Liangjiang New District will rely on the advantages of Orchard Port as an important node of the Western New Land-Sea Corridor, do a good job in the construction of a demonstration area for promoting innovation in import trade, actively expand the scale of imports of high-tech products and bulk commodities to help the development of advantageous industries, and promote import consumption. Expand capacity and improve quality, while implementing market diversification measures, seizing the opportunity of RCEP to take effect, constantly improving the economic and trade cooperation network system with ASEAN, and cultivating new growth points for international economic and trade cooperation.
Among them, the Liangjiang New Area will speed up the improvement of the multimodal transport system, improve the capacity of water-rail combined transport and water-to-water transfer, vigorously develop logistics warehousing, bulk transactions, international trade and other businesses, and promote the further improvement of the quality and efficiency of the Orchard Port trains in the Western Land-Sea Corridor.
It is worth noting that at present, the proportion of general trade import and export in Liangjiang New Area has further increased. "This shows that the foreign trade structure of Liangjiang New Area is being optimized at an accelerated rate." Zheng Hang said that the increase in the proportion of general trade shows that the localization of products in Liangjiang New Area and the competitiveness of foreign trade are improving, and the role of stimulating the local economy is gradually increasing.
Among them, the China-Singapore (Chongqing) Multimodal Transport Demonstration base, located in the national logistics hub of Orchard Port, is a logistics and trade distribution center built by China and Singapore in the Liangjiang New Area. Local enterprises have reached cooperation to promote "Made in Chongqing" products going abroad.
