Taiyuan, January 29 (Ren Lina) "Hello Taiyuan, I am your outlet to the sea. You are responsible for the end of the day, and I am responsible for the flow of the Yellow River into the sea. On the 29th, Li Fengli, deputy secretary of the Party Committee, director and general manager of Shandong Port Group, said in an interview that Shanxi and Shandong are important provinces along the "Belt and Road" and the Yellow River Basin.
Jinlu land and sea linkage to share the new opportunities for the development of the "Belt and Road".Photo by Ren Lina.
Shanxi and Shandong are both important provinces along the "Belt and Road" and the Yellow River Basin, with cultural and water connections and complementary economies. Shanxi is located in the middle reaches of the Yellow River, which is an important support for the overall planning of land and sea, and a vast hinterland of marine economy. As the only coastal province along the Yellow River Basin and the gateway to the opening of the Yellow River Basin, Shandong is an important bulk dry bulk cargo outlet in Shanxi, 60% of Shanxi's foreign trade iron ore is imported through Shandong ports, and the amount of iron ore transported from Shandong ports to Shanxi will exceed 40 million tons in 2023.
In order to further promote the long-term and comprehensive economic cooperation between Shanxi and Shandong and share the new opportunities for the development of the "Belt and Road", the Shandong Port Chain Comprehensive Service (Taiyuan) Promotion Conference was held in Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province, to exchange and promote land-sea linkage and high-quality development paths, explore the construction of a comprehensive service platform for the first chain, help Shanxi and Shandong provinces build a new pattern of opening up, and "leverage" the high-quality development of the regional economy.
The site of the Shandong Port ** Chain Comprehensive Service (Taiyuan) Promotion Conference. Photo by Ren Lina.
As an important carrier of China's land and sea transportation, an important hub of the "Belt and Road" and the most convenient outlet to the sea along the Yellow River Basin. From 1985, when the coal loaded by the first ship in Rizhao Port of Shandong Port came from Xishan Coal Power, to the start of construction of the 10 million ton coal blending base in Rizhao for the sale of mountain coke in 2019, Shandong Port has continuously enlarged its hub function and platform advantages, and built an "end-to-end" "maritime channel" for import and export customers in Shanxi.
It is understood that the cooperation in infrastructure construction such as the interconnection between Shandong and Shanxi provinces has been accelerating, and the regional economic integration is deepening. Relying on the service advantages of Shandong port land and sea channels, Shanxi Province will realize the green and low-carbon transformation of the energy industry and the transformation and upgrading of traditional advantageous industries, accelerate the construction of a modern industrial system, and realize the transformation from "one coal monopoly" to "multi-industry support".
Li Fengli said that Shandong Port has maintained a steady development trend, with cargo throughput exceeding 1.7 billion tons by 500 million tons in a row, and container volume exceeding 40 million TEUs, ranking first in the world. At the same time, Shandong Port has world-class hardware support, with finance, logistics, shipping, overseas and other full-chain full-chain functions of the comprehensive service capabilities, Shandong Port has been from a "single port operator" to a "first-chain integrated service provider". (ENDS).
*: China News Network.