EconomicWatch:Land-seacorridorfacilitatesfruittradebetweenChina,ASEAN_GuangmingOnlineOfficersofQinzhouPortCustomscheckimportedmangosteensattheQinzhouPortinQinzhouCity,southChina'sGuangxiZhuangAutonomousRegion,March25,2024.(PhotobyLiFuyang/Xinhua)NANNING,April6(Xinhua)--Afteraneight-dayvoyage,acargoshiploadedwith68tonnesofmangosteensdockedattheportofQinzhouinsouthChina'sGuangxiZhuangAutonomousRegion.Havingclearedcustomsswiftly,thefruitsimportedfromIndonesiaweretransportedtonearbyprovinces,aswellastheGuangdong-HongKong-MacaoGreaterBayAreaandtheYangtzeRiverDelta.AsapivotalhubalongtheNewInternationalLand-SeaTradeCorridor,theportofQinzhouwitnessesadailyhustleandbustleofrail-seaintermodaltrainsdeliveringcargofromtheAssociationofSoutheastAsianNations(ASEAN)countriestoChina'sinlandregions.Launchedin2017,theNewInternationalLand-SeaTradeCorridorisatradeandlogisticspassagejointlybuiltbyprovincial-levelregionsinwesternChinaandASEANmembers.Today,thankstothecorridor,moreandmorefruitsfromSoutheastAsiacanreachtheChinesemarketandmeetthegrowinganddiversifiedneedsofChineseconsumers."Inthepast,ourimportedfruitsweredisembarkedatNanshaDistrictofGuangzhou,"saidHuangLiangsong,astaffmemberofGuangxiZhengfanInternationalLogisticsCo.,Ltd.,addingthatnowadaystheimportlogisticsoftheportofQinzhouarefasterandmorecost-effectivethankstothecontinuousexpansionofforeigntraderoutes."Withthearrivalofthefruitseason,anassortmentofASEANfruitswillbeshippedtotheportthisyear,"hesaid.TofurtherspurtheflowofagriculturalproductsfromASEANcountriestotheChinesemarket,theportofQinzhouhasestablishedseveraltropicalfruitexpresslinesaswellasoptimizedcoldchain,coldstorage,andothersupportinginfrastructure."WelaunchedanexpresslinefromLaemChabangofThailandtoQinzhouwhichrunsfourtimesaweek,andthefruitscanreachChinawithinthreedays,"saidZuoKongtian,anofficialwiththeQinzhouPortareaoftheGuangxiFreeTradeZone.Accordingtocustomsstatistics,fromJanuarytoFebruarythisyear,fruitimportsthroughQinzhouPort--mostlylongan,coconut,mangoandmangosteen--totaledmorethan3,300tonnes,withatotalvalueof25.43millionyuan(about3.51millionU.S.dollars),up178.4percentand292.5percentyearonyear,respectively.Inaddition,theestablishmentofafruittradecenterincollaborationwithASEANcountriesinQinzhouhasalsocontributedtotheefficiencycustomsclearance."Wehavesetupaninboundfruit'greenchannel'tolargelyreducethewaitingtimeandtoensurestreamlinedcustomsclearanceprocesses,"saidCaoTeng,anofficeratQinzhouPortCustoms.YouyiPass,over200kilometersfromQinzhouPort,isnestledontheChina-VietnamborderinGuangxi.Itsaw23.88billionyuanworthoffruitsimportedin2023,reflectinga262.3percentyear-on-yearincrease,accordingtolocalcustomsstatistics.EarlyAprilmarksthefirstpeakofthemassiveinfluxoftropicalfruitsviaYouyiPass,China'smajorlandroutetoVietnamandSoutheastAsia,wheretrucksloadedwithripeduriansandjackfruitformqueuesforcustomsclearanceatthistimeofyear.AccordingtoWangZhengbo,presidentofaGuangxi-basedsupplychainmanagementcompany,businesscollaborationopportunitiesbetweenChinaandASEANhavecontinuedtogrowinrecentyears,boostingthedemandforandthequantityandvarietyofgoodsincross-bordertrade,aswellasseeingcontinuousincreasesinfreightvolume.TheNewInternationalLand-SeaTradeCorridorisalsoaneconomiccorridorfeaturingin-depthintegrationoftransportation,logistics,commerceandindustry,therebycreatingsignificantopportunitiesforindustrialcooperationamongcountries."WiththeeffectiveimplementationoftheRegionalComprehensiveEconomicPartnershipandtheaccelerationoftheconstructionoftheland-seatradecorridor,economicandtradecooperationbetweenChinaandtheASEANwillbringaboutnewopportunities,"saidZuo.■VendorstransportpackagedduriansatHaijixingMarket,alargewholesalefruitmarket,inNanning,southChina'sGuangxiZhuangAutonomousRegion,April25,2023.(Xinhua/ZhaoHuan)Editor:DisclaimerTheviewsandopinionsexpressedinthisarticlearethoseoftheauthor's,GMW.cnmakesnorepresentationsastoaccuracy,suitability,orvalidityofanyinformationonthissiteandwillnotbeliableforanyerrors,omissions,ordelaysinthisinformation.