With the acceleration of the construction of the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor, the cargo throughput of the Beibu Gulf ports have increased significantly. The picture shows the busy scene of Qinzhou Port. [Photo/gxnews.com.cn]

The trans-ocean route between Qinzhou, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region and the east of South America has recently become operational, providing a more efficient, convenient, and economical maritime logistics channel for the import and export of South American goods in Guangxi and Southwest China.

The National Development and Reform Commission unveiled the development plan of the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor in western China in August. Since then, all departments and related enterprises at all levels in Guangxi have worked hard on it.

As an important sea port in West China, Beibu Gulf ports have opened five regular routes to Chongqing, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Gansu, as well as two regular shifts per week to Singapore and daily shifts to Hong Kong. On June 30, Qinzhou Railway Container Center Station was put into use to provide sea-rail combined transportation. The annual loading and unloading capacity of the container station reaches 1.05 million TEUs, while the daily loading and unloading capacity reaches 20 columns.

As a key node of the sea-rail transportation of the land-sea trade corridor, Guangxi is striving to promote port opening and customs clearance. A customs interconnection information platform was officially launched in April this year, initially achieving customs supervision, as well as logistics and customs clearance in Nanning, Chongqing, Guiyang, Lanzhou, and Chengdu.

The Land-Sea Trade Corridor is the shortest, best-serving, and most efficient international trade channel connecting China's western regions. It not only provides great opportunities for the development of countries and regions along the route, but also brings unlimited business opportunities for the cooperation and development of enterprises.