China News Service, Jinhua, February 6 (Qian Chenfei and Zhou Hansheng) Recently, in the Fangxiadian operation area of ​​Lanxi, Jinhua, Zhejiang, 14 containers were ready to be shipped. These transit goods came from the Zhapu Port of Jiaxing, Zhejiang. Since the first launch of the "Lanxi-Zhapu" container liner route in September 2024, the route has completed 1,396 standard containers of Haihe intermodal containers, improving efficiency for bulk logistics in western Zhejiang.

Jinhua is located in the "Heart of Zhejiang" and has a hub position of "straight connection between sea and land, mutual assistance between east and west". It is one of the important inland sources of goods for Ningbo Zhoushan Port. As early as 70 years ago, there were more than 20 passenger routes and more than 80 cargo routes in Jinhua.

Jinhua has never stopped exploring the business world from the water. In recent years, Jinhua has carefully weaved logistics channels to form a multimodal transport pattern of "road, rail, water and air".

Looking towards the sea, the local area promotes sea-land linkage and embraces the global market.

"It takes 4 days to depart from Lanxi to Ningbo Zhoushan Port, and it takes 100% of the transfer to Jiaxing Zhapu Port. Water transportation helps customers reduce freight rates by about 20%. "Xue Guolian, general manager of Zhejiang Bohelian Logistics Co., Ltd., said that the company currently has 2 to 3 ships running full load every week. Next, as Lanxi undertakes the distribution of goods in Yiwu, the company will open 2 to 3 ships a day, significantly increasing the freight volume, and is expected to exceed 15,000 TEUs in 2025.

At the Yiwu West Railway Station, the sea-rail transport train set off and headed for Zhoushan Port in Ningbo. After the goods arrive, they will be exported to North America through the cross-border e-commerce express line of Hede Maritime. The maritime navigation time takes only 13 days, and the fastest journey is 15 days to reach the WBCT terminal in Los Angeles.

Look at the land, the Silk Road on the land connects the Eurasian continent.

On April 26, 2024, the Office of Jinhua International Land Port Hub Construction Committee was unveiled, launching a wave of international land port hub construction.

"The China-Europe Express Assemblies Center is not only a transportation infrastructure project, but also an important opportunity for regional industrial agglomeration and economic transformation and upgrading." said Ying Shaoting, deputy director of the Jinhua International Land Port Hub Construction Management Center.

November, Jinhua (Yiwu) was officially approved as one of the 14 China-Europe freight train assembly centers in the country. Up to now, the Zhejiang China-Europe Express has opened 25 routes, radiating to more than 160 cities in more than 50 countries, and gathering sources of goods from eight surrounding provinces and cities such as Zhejiang and Shanghai.

Focusing on the construction of international land port hub cities, Jinhua is also taking the lead in trying out in many aspects to demonstrate its confidence in development. For example, the local government has promoted the facilitation of port customs clearance, and implemented the "check first and then shipment" warehouse-sharing supervision model, realizing the combination declaration of "one cabinet and multiple tickets" and the entire process of "digital and intelligent supervision", improving customs clearance efficiency by 26%, and reducing labor costs by 10%.

Fang Liang, head of the Operation Center of Zhejiang Yinghe International Logistics Co., Ltd., said: "Now the time for a cabinet is optimized by nearly half. In the past, there may be only one cabinet a week, but now it can be 30 in a week."

A single one falls and is fully activated. With the joint efforts of multiple parties, the "puzzle" of Jinhua International Land Port hub city construction has become more complete. Looking down from a high altitude, the East China International Transport Port has begun to show its scale. In the future, it will become an important part of the "one axis, two cores, three zones and multiple points" land port hub architecture system.

This year's Jinhua Municipal Government Work Report pointed out that "build a port-side industrial circle. Promote the planning and expansion of major port-side industrial platforms around the integration of 'Hong Kong, Industry, Urban and Trade Number'." The blueprint is being unfolded, and the local plan for the integrated development of "Hong Kong industry, Hong Kong trade, Hong Kong cities and Hong Kong numbers" is being implemented. (End)