From December 7th to 8th, the IATA North Asia Cargo Day and Guangzhou International Air Cargo Hub High-Quality Development Conference with the theme of "China Hub, Global Link" was held in Guangzhou.
The conference was jointly hosted by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) North Asia, Guangdong Airport Management Group and the people of Huadu District, Guangzhou, and hosted by Guangdong Airport Group Logistics and China Southern Air Logistics Co., Ltd.
Guangzhou ** new flower city reporter learned from the meeting today that the current Baiyun Airport Phase III expansion project is advancing at full speed, after the completion of the third phase of the expansion project, Baiyun Airport will become a more powerful hub airport, and finally realize the planning pattern of 5 runways and 2 terminal areas, including the east and west two cargo areas, the cargo station area of Baiyun Airport will be expanded from the current more than 500,000 square meters to more than 1 million square meters, and the terminal cargo and mail throughput capacity will reach 6 million tons.
Chart the path of high-quality development of a world-class air cargo hub
Industry insiders believe that the development trend of regionalization, localization and short-chain of the global industrial chain is obvious, the risk of "broken chain" and "decoupling" continues to rise, and the requirements for maintaining the resilience and stability of the industrial chain are more urgentOn the other hand, a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation continues to evolve, and the global industrial chain is accelerating its transformation towards intelligence and greening, and the global industrial chain is entering an important stage of adjustment and reshaping.
Guangdong Province and Guangzhou City have unique advantages in maintaining the safety and stability of the global industrial chain and promoting the construction of a win-win global industrial chain system. The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is a world-class urban agglomeration, a base for emerging industries, advanced manufacturing and modern service industries in the world, and an important pole of the global economy. Guangzhou is an international comprehensive transportation hub and is building an international logistics center with "the highest efficiency, the lowest cost and the most competitive in the world".
The relevant person in charge of Guangdong Airport Group said that the conference aims to work with international industry organizations to carry out pragmatic cooperation on international cutting-edge standards and practices, gather wisdom and strength from all parties, jointly promote the construction of Guangzhou International Air Cargo Hub, and build a super aviation hub with both passengers and cargo.
At present, Guangzhou has more than 60 air cargo routes
The relevant person in charge of Guangdong Airport Group said that anchoring the primary task of high-quality development, aiming at the work goal of "building a world-class Guangdong airport", promoting the high-quality development of Guangzhou international air cargo hub, and helping Guangzhou build an international logistics center with "the highest efficiency, lowest cost and most competitive in the world" is the key to supporting Guangzhou, Guangdong and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area to be in a dominant position in the layout of the global industrial chain and win in the increasingly fierce global market competition.
At present, the logistics of Guangdong Airport Group under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Airport Group is responsible for the cargo station guarantee of Baiyun Airport. Baiyun Airport has a cargo station of more than 500,000 square meters, with an annual processing capacity of more than 3 million tons, and nearly 20 remote cargo stations inside and outside the province, as well as two domestic and international transshipment centers, to create a "one-order-to-the-end" transportation channel with the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and other key domestic source cities. In order to further improve the function of air cargo hub, the logistics company has built a cross-border e-commerce processing center at Baiyun Airport, with a designed annual processing capacity of 150,000 tons.
In 2022, the cargo and mail throughput of Baiyun Airport will reach 188450,000 tons, since 2020, the cargo and mail throughput has ranked second among domestic airports for three consecutive years, reflecting that the ** chain of Guangdong and Guangzhou is not only stable and smooth, but also has outstanding advantages.
Since 2023, Baiyun Airport has opened 14 new cargo routes between Guangzhou and Chennai, New York, Madrid, and Milan. At present, Guangzhou has more than 60 cargo routes;Baiyun Airport's total air cargo volume accounts for nearly one-third of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and its route network covers more than 230 navigation points around the world, helping Guangzhou become the center of the global production and supply chainGlobal goods, gather in Guangzhou", and continue to play a leading role and locomotive in China's high-quality development process.
Guangzhou International Air Cargo Hub will usher in a broader space for development
In recent years, the relevant departments of the state have vigorously promoted the development of the air logistics industry, and have successively introduced a series of new policies to further release a strong signal that the state encourages the development of the air logistics industry.
In November 2022, the "Guangzhou Airport-type National Logistics Hub Construction Plan" jointly declared by the Guangzhou Airport Committee and Guangdong Airport Group was successfully included in the 2022 national logistics hub construction list, adding impetus to the construction of Guangzhou International Air Cargo Hub and the high-quality development of Guangzhou Airport economy. According to the plan, the Guangzhou airport-type national logistics hub relies on Baiyun Airport and the Comprehensive Bonded Zone to build an Asia-Pacific air logistics center, and coordinates with the logistics hubs of neighboring countries to actively build an air logistics portal network serving the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and radiating the world.
At the conference site, Guangdong Airport Group signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the people of Huadu District, Guangzhou, China Post Group, Guangdong Branch, Shenzhen SF Tyson Holdings (Group), FedEx (China), YTO Aviation Group and other hub co-construction unitsGuangdong Airport Group Logistics Co., Ltd. signed a cooperation agreement with China Southern Air Logistics Co., Ltd. and China International Cargo Airlines Co., Ltd.
The opening of the cargo apron transit area of Baiyun Airport and the start of construction of the FedEx South China Operation Center were also held at the scene, and the "Development of Guangzhou Air Cargo Industry" was released
The conference also featured a number of salons and seminars, where the guests shared ideas and wisdom around the logistics industry chain, air freight empowered e-commerce, digital freight, freight safety and dangerous goods transportation, freight operations, products and services, air cargo market outlook, freight sustainability and the development of air logistics in the Greater Bay Area.
Text Guangzhou** New Flower City Reporter: Li Yan Correspondent: Chen Minli, Cai Caiping.
Picture Guangzhou** New Flower City Reporter: Zhuang Xiaolong.