Overlooking this national new district in the northwest from high altitude, you can easily appreciate the good intentions of a country to set up a new district in the northwest. In terms of minimum coverage area, the new area of 1.744 square kilometers first connects Lanzhou, Xining and Yinchuan. In the economic structure of the northwest of the country, the new area covers Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia, Qinghai and Xinjiang. In the broader world economic structure, whether from China to the west or from the European continent to the east of the world, as a state-level new district established five years ago, Lanzhou New District has overcome many unfavorable factors, made full use of the node advantages of the Belt and Road, and created a miracle on the wasteland.
From 6,543,800 tons to 700,000 tons? Lanzhou New District refreshes the freight figures every day.
Choose a city in the northwest of China as a national transportation hub facing the Silk Road Economic Belt, and build a cargo distribution center and marshalling center that will benefit the whole country. The country finally aimed at Lanzhou New District. Opening China's economy to the west along the ancient land and opening the international freight channel to the wider European continent is not only the function of the new district, but also an important layout of China's economic map extending to the depths of Eurasia in a more strict sense.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, the customs officers checked the goods and completed the customs declaration. Goods from Shandong will be put on the train, leaving the country through Alashankou, Xinjiang, and sent to Central Asia.
Long Hao, Deputy General Manager of Lugang Logistics in Lanzhou New District: The goods shipped are concentrated in us from all over the country.
From July 2065438 to July 2005, the China-Europe train started from Lanzhou New District. The train passes through five Central Asian countries, then Russia, Belarus and Poland, and reaches Hamburg, Germany.
Since then, the railway transportation time from Lanzhou to Europe has been shortened to 15 days. In 20 16, Lanzhou New District opened the South Asian train through road and rail transport. In the past, it took at least 40 days for goods to reach Nepal in South Asia from Lanzhou. Today, the transportation time from Lanzhou to Nepal takes only 7 days. With the opening of the high-speed channel, the logistics pattern of China-Nepal trade has changed greatly. Nepalese customers say that China's products are very popular in Nepal.
Walking on the railway line in Lanzhou New District, the increasing freight figures every second constantly remind us of the surging vitality of this national new district. In 20 15, the annual freight volume of Lanzhou New District Railway Port was only 654.38+10,000 tons; Before this year 10, the freight volume at the railway port in Lanzhou New District has exceeded 700,000 tons.
At the railway port, Jia, the general manager of Lugang Logistics Company, is a busy man. At present, the most important thing for him is to develop the freight market. Shi Lan Group is their newest customer, and he must discuss new logistics cooperation in a short time.
These huge steel ingots are the goods that Shi Lan Group needs to transport, which can be used to make forgings for machinery and equipment. Jia and the person in charge of the railway bureau measured the size of the steel ingot together to learn more about the logistics demand.
In the morning exchange, the three negotiating parties basically reached an intention of cooperation. The new logistics scheme will also be designed in the next few weeks. Goods produced by enterprises in China will be shipped abroad more quickly.
Next to the railway port in the new area, the newly completed building is preparing to start construction. A complete set of inspection equipment has been installed in the building, which will be used for the supervision of cross-border e-commerce. The logistics extended from the Internet will eventually be integrated into the railway port of Lanzhou New District and enter thousands of households in Asia and Europe.
Long Hao: Foreign direct cross-border merchants can deliver the goods directly to me by railway, and then declare to the customs through our electronic platform. Finally, the goods are shaped, arrive at the waiting area and are distributed to the whole country through this courier company.
Interconnection? Lanzhou New District Deduces the Silk Road in the New Era
In addition to the busy railway ports, Lanzhou New District also has the only international airport in Gansu-Zhongchuan International Airport. Railways and airlines send batches of overseas goods to the comprehensive bonded zone in Lanzhou New District. Dozens of enterprises that have been put into production in the Comprehensive Bonded Zone will process overseas goods and then transport them to various markets.
Jason, Director of the Management Committee of Lanzhou New Area Comprehensive Bonded Zone: This year, we imported Kazakhstan's minerals, electrolytic copper and, more importantly, Kazakhstan's high-quality agricultural products, such as grain, wheat, barley and oyster sauce, into our Lanzhou New Area for processing and distribution to the whole country and even South Asia, so we expect the whole project to start construction around 65438+February 20.
Opening to a wider area along the land is not the story of northwest China today. For thousands of years, oriental caravans have entered the Hexi Corridor from Lanzhou and transported oriental silk to distant Europe. Today, a new economic zone with higher efficiency, faster speed and higher scientific and technological content continues the story on the ancient Silk Road. Brand-new connotation, brand-new weather, brand-new actions, China economy is feeling these forces from the new district.
Jason: We have signed cooperation agreements with Gansu, Guangxi, Guizhou and Chongqing to build a southbound passage from Lanzhou-Chongqing Line to Qinzhou Port, so that we can achieve a good connection with Southeast Asia and realize a good combination of our Belt and Road. We are now organizing some high-quality agricultural products in our province, and we can go to Southeast Asia through this southbound passage. At the same time, high-quality products from Southeast Asia will enter our inland cities in the opposite direction through sea-rail combined transport, and then they can be transported from inland cities to some places in Central Asia, becoming a good trade interconnection.
Half an hour's observation: Singing the "New Silk Road Song" of the Western economy
How to effectively implement the new requirements of national economic development put forward in the report of the 19th National Congress, how to position itself in the new era, and how to find new business opportunities in the new era, there is a sentence in the report of the 19th National Congress that deserves everyone's attention. The report pointed out that China's economy has changed from a high-speed growth stage to a high-quality development stage, and it is in a critical period of changing the development mode, optimizing the economic structure and transforming the growth momentum. Building a modern economic system is an urgent requirement and development strategy of China.
At the same time, the report also pointed out that it is necessary to increase support for the accelerated development of old revolutionary base areas, ethnic minority areas, border areas and poverty-stricken areas, strengthen measures to promote the development of the western region, and form a new pattern. As a state-level new district established five years ago, Lanzhou New District has overcome many unfavorable factors, made full use of the node advantages of the Belt and Road, and created a miracle on the wasteland. However, more efforts are needed. The report of the 19th National Congress clarified the direction and tasks. The Western National New District should take the lead in implementing these requirements and tasks, and make more new achievements for China's economy in the new era on the ancient Silk Road.