Guangxi Baise builds distribution and intermodal transport hub for new land-sea corridor in western China

China News Service, Nanning, October 14th (Chen Qiuxia, Ye Yutong) Huang Chen, acting mayor of Guangxi Baise City, introduced in Nanning on the 14th that Baise is located in the hinterland of western Guangxi, backed by Yunnan and Guizhou and facing ASEAN. It is a key node on the west line of the New Land-Sea Corridor in Western China and is also a gateway city upstream of the Pinglu Canal Economic Belt. The local area is accelerating the construction of an important distribution and intermodal transportation hub for the New Land-Sea Corridor in Western China and the construction of a logistics node connecting China's southwest hinterland and ASEAN.

The Information Office of the People's Government of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region held the ninth press conference in the series on the theme of "Starting the 15th Five-Year Plan" on the same day. Huang Chen introduced at the press conference that Baise City continues to strengthen the comprehensive three-dimensional transportation network. All 12 local counties (cities, districts) and border ports are connected to expressways, high-speed rail reaches 4 counties (districts), and Baise Bama Airport operates stable routes. The "Baise No. 1" fruit and vegetable train has made more than 2,800 trips in total, selling mangoes, sugar oranges and other specialty agricultural products to hundreds of cities in China and ASEAN markets.

After the Pinglu Canal is opened to navigation, it will establish an efficient and economical new channel for economic and trade cooperation between China and ASEAN. The "Youjiang-Pinglu Canal-Beibu Gulf Port" inland river channel to the sea is fully connected. Huang Chen introduced that around the Pinglu Canal, the local area has accelerated the advancement of three major landmark projects. After the navigation facilities of the Baise Water Conservancy Hub are completed and opened to navigation, cargo ships can go out to sea from Funing Port in Yunnan along the Youjiang River through the Pinglu Canal. After the Guizhou Huangtong to Guangxi Baise railway is completed and opened to traffic, southwest goods can go directly to Baise and follow the river to the sea. After the completion of the Youjiang Shipping Improvement Project, 2,000-ton cargo ships can directly enter the Pinglu Canal from Baise Port.

Channel construction drives industrial agglomeration. Baise promotes the integrated development of port, industry and city, deploys new ecological aluminum, new energy equipment, forest product processing and other industries; introduces leading logistics companies to improve the multimodal transport system; relies on Longbang and Pingmeng ports to strengthen mutual market processing and cross-border e-commerce, and deepen cross-border industrial cooperation with ASEAN.

Huang Caixue, deputy mayor of Baise City and chairman of the Municipal Federation of Industry and Commerce, said that Baise’s cultural tourism industry is facing new development opportunities. The channel has greatly shortened the time and space distance from southwest China, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and even the ASEAN market to Baise. Baise has become a key node for southwest regional tourism and ASEAN cross-border tourism. The scale of self-driving, study and cross-border tourists continues to expand.