Guangxi rising as efficient global trade portal

The Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, a key crossroads providing western China with full access to global markets, will help expand the Belt and Road Initiative and support China’s opening-up in the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25) period, said Lan Tianli, chairman of the region and a deputy to the National People’s Congress. Early this month, 40…

Foreign trade rises 32.2% in first 2 months

China’s foreign trade soared by 32.2 percent on a yearly basis to 5.44 trillion yuan ($837.3 billion) in the first two months of the year, creating more confidence in the prospects of export growth and economic recovery for the rest of the year, officials and experts said on Sunday. They said outstanding new trade figures…

International hub in Shanghai’s Hongqiao expected to connect domestic, world markets

Shanghai will implement the country’s new plan for an international hub in Hongqiao with 75 concrete measures to boost connectivity in the Yangtze River Delta and link domestic and global markets. Chen Yin, executive vice-mayor of Shanghai, said on Wednesday that the development of the hub will focus primarily on transportation, exhibitions and conventions, and…

Nation rolls out blueprint for transport

Regulators envision network of roads, railways, waterways and air routes China’s transport regulators introduced the prospects of a nearly 700,000-kilometer network on Monday as they rolled out a comprehensive transport blueprint. “The network, which will connect all county-level administrative regions, borders, major facilities and tourism spots, will be comprised of roads, railways, air routes and…

‘Slow trains’ linking villagers to outside world

XI’AN-Although China has entered a high-speed railway era, there still exist “slow trains” in several less-developed areas. Such trains provide villagers with a track to the outside world and prosperity. When train No 6064 stopped in Yangpingguan station, 51-year-old Xue Qing’e was trying to board with 30 kilograms of vegetables on her back. Xue was…

Nation ready for transport expansion

China has unveiled a high-profile guideline to build a more convenient and high-quality transportation network by 2035, allowing most residents to have access to a national highway within 15 minutes, a freeway in half an hour and a railway in an hour. The plan, which was jointly released on Wednesday by the Communist Party of…

Guangzhou targets transport hub role

Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province, is promoting the construction of a global transportation hub by increasing investment in the building or expansion of its airport, ports, high-speed railway lines and expressways. It will also enhance infrastructure connectivity with Hong Kong and Macao and other major cities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area to speed…

New maglev lines to cut travel time to Guangzhou

Territorial space has been reserved in Guangdong province to build two high-speed maglev lines, according to a local territorial spatial plan. The plan, issued in early February by the Guangdong Provincial Department of Natural Resources, outlines land use arrangement for the next 15 years in Guangdong, an economic powerhouse in South China. The space will…