Speeding up the construction of a new land-sea corridor in the western region is a major task put forward by the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the first comrade as the core has implemented a more proactive strategy of opening up, optimized the layout of regional opening up, intensified the opening up of the western region, promoted the formation of a larger, wider and deeper opening up pattern, and led the construction of the new land-sea corridor in the western region to achieve remarkable results.
A few days ago, members of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in relevant fields put forward opinions and suggestions on "high-level joint construction of a new western land-sea corridor", and conducted in-depth exchanges on improving the coordination mechanism, strengthening the construction of logistics hubs, improving the level of digitalization, and accelerating multimodal transport and industrial integration, so as to contribute wisdom and strength to accelerate the construction of the new western land-sea corridor.
Optimize the top-level design and improve the construction of coordination mechanisms.
The Western Land-Sea New Corridor is connected to the Silk Road Economic Belt in the north, the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road in the south, and the Yangtze River Economic Belt, which has an important strategic position in the pattern of regional coordinated development.
In recent years, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has successively issued the Master Plan for the New Western Land-Sea Corridor and the Implementation Plan for Promoting the High-quality Construction of the New Western Land-Sea Corridor during the 14th Five-Year Plan, clarifying the guiding ideology, basic principles, strategic positioning and development goals for the construction of the New Western Land-Sea Corridor, and making specific arrangements in terms of transportation corridors, logistics facilities, corridor operation and logistics efficiency, opening up to the outside world and international cooperation.
The provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) along the Belt and Road will take the opportunity of the high-level joint construction of the new land-sea corridor in the western region to comprehensively improve the transportation infrastructure network, organically connect the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, realize the linkage between land and sea at home and abroad, and the mutual assistance between the east and the west, and become a new engine for the joint construction of the 'Belt and Road'. Wang Bingnan, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and former vice minister of the Ministry of Commerce, said.
In September 2023, the research team of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) went to Guangxi to conduct a special investigation on the "high-level joint construction of the new western land-sea corridor", and learned about the progress, experience and existing problems in the construction of the new western land-sea corridor. The committee members held that promoting the new land-sea corridor in the western region to become an international logistics and high-quality channel for smooth domestic and international dual circulation is an appropriate move to deepen international and domestic exchanges and cooperation, better serve and integrate into the new development pattern.
The Master Plan for the New Western Land-Sea Corridor clearly states that by 2025, the economical, efficient, convenient, green and safe New Western Land-Sea Corridor will be basically completed. How to accelerate the pace of joint construction and achieve high-level development?
After in-depth research, Wang Bingnan suggested that the top-level design of the new western land-sea corridor should be further optimized, the construction of the coordination mechanism should be improved, the overall coordination role of the inter-ministerial joint conference mechanism should be strengthened, and the local government should be promoted to carry out regular consultations and mutually beneficial cooperation between enterprises; Accelerate the construction of a digital, networked, and intelligent public information service platform, integrate the industry, logistics and other information of the provinces along the channel, and strengthen data sharing and business linkage.
In the view of Zhang Endi, member of the Standing Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and executive vice chairman of Zhi Gong, to promote the high-quality development of the new land-sea corridor industry in the western region, it is necessary to issue policies and build mechanisms. "We should strengthen planning guidance, focus on the important time nodes of channel construction, clarify the list of leading industries and related industries at each stage of development, establish an industrial evaluation index system, improve special supervision rules, and strengthen the effective connection between channel industrial policies and major transportation plans. Zhang Endi suggested.
Strengthen smart intermodal transportation, and promote hard connectivity of infrastructure and soft connectivity of standards and rules.
The committee members generally agreed that to jointly build a new land-sea corridor in the western region at a high level, it is necessary not only to promote the hard connection of infrastructure such as hub stations, facilities and equipment, but also to realize the soft connection of standard rules such as management system and intelligent operation.
Adopt the models of central and local joint construction, multi-party coordination, and government-enterprise cooperation, coordinate the efforts of all parties along the corridor, accelerate the hard connection of infrastructure, soft connection of standard rules, and strengthen the effective connection with international standards and rules. Wang Xianjian, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and vice president of the Academy of Science of the Ministry of Transport, suggested that the construction of smart intermodal transport channels should be strengthened, and the multimodal transport documents in the form of sea-rail intermodal transport and land-air intermodal transport should be studied and piloted.
Hu Wei, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and former deputy director of the General Administration of Customs, found in the investigation that there was a lack of integrated development in the construction of the new land-sea corridor in the western region. "Taking port customs clearance as an example, at present, there are 105 ports open to the outside world in the '13+2' provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities' along the line, and some port infrastructure is difficult to meet the needs of cross-border logistics development, there is a lack of a unified public data platform along the line, there are obstacles to the exchange and sharing of relevant data, and the efficiency of cross-border logistics customs clearance needs to be further improved. ”
How to solve the blockage in the construction process of the new western land-sea corridor? Hu Wei suggested that the construction of smart ports should be accelerated, and qualified ports should be included in the construction pilot, and the intelligent port facilities should be vigorously promoted to improve the operation efficiency of ports; At the same time, improve the port information exchange and sharing mechanism, formulate a technical standard system for information interconnection between customs, railways, ports, shipping and other departments at the national level, promote cross-departmental information openness and sharing, and improve the efficiency of customs clearance services.
As the backbone project of the new land-sea corridor in the west and a major project of the "14th Five-Year Plan", the Pinglu Canal in Guangxi is the first river-sea connection canal built since the founding of the People's Republic of China. Wang Tongzhou, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and chairman of China Communications Construction Group, suggested that the ecological and environmental protection, resource conservation and utilization and industrial development along the route should be planned as a whole, and the industrial introduction and industrial cultivation after the opening of the canal should be considered in advance, and actively promote the "channel with logistics, logistics with economy and trade, and economy and trade with industry", and take the construction of the canal as the starting point to form an "economic artery", "production corridor" and "industrial agglomeration belt".
It integrates and docks with major national and regional strategies to improve the level of interconnection with neighboring countries.
The Master Plan for the New Western Land-Sea Corridor puts forward clear requirements for the positioning and functions of the regions along the route, and we will work together to jointly promote the high-quality development of the new Western Land-Sea Corridor.
In this regard, Wang Changlin, member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and vice president of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, suggested that the new western land-sea corridor should be promoted to integrate and dock with major national and regional strategies, so as to provide strong support for the high-quality economic development of the western region and its integration into the new development pattern.
It is recommended to study and formulate guidance on the integration and docking of major regional strategies such as the development of the new western land-sea corridor and the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt and the comprehensive deepening of reform and opening up in Hainan, and promote the construction of industrial parks, logistics channels, and platforms for opening up to the outside world, so as to promote the integration and docking of reform implementation measures. Wang Changlin said.
In recent years, Yunnan has continued to amplify the first-class channel effect of the China-Laos Railway based on its geographical advantages, efficiently connecting the trains of the new western land-sea corridor and the China-Europe trains, so as to better serve and integrate into the construction of the new western land-sea corridor and continue to improve the level of interconnection with neighboring countries.
Yang Yang, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and vice governor of Yunnan Province, said that on the one hand, it will increase support for the construction of railways and national highways along the border in Yunnan, and strengthen the connection with facilities in neighboring countriesAt the same time, we will strengthen the construction of important node cities and logistics hubs, coordinate resources such as trains and dry ports, and accelerate the construction of surrounding collection and distribution systems and cross-border logistics channel support nodes.
The new western land-sea corridor has played an important role in promoting economic and trade cooperation between China and ASEAN. In this regard, Gu Xueming, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and president of the International Economic Cooperation Research Institute of the Ministry of Commerce, believes that it is necessary to give full play to the advantages of the new western land-sea corridor to efficiently connect China and ASEAN, promote the leading enterprises along the channel to lay out characteristic industrial bases in ASEAN, rely on the open platform along the channel, deepen cooperation with ASEAN in tourism, transportation and other services, and accelerate the improvement of cooperation with ASEAN in cross-border e-commerce, digital software and other services.
It is recommended to deepen cross-border industrial cooperation with ASEAN, in the field of advanced manufacturing, rely on the new western land-sea corridor to optimize the cross-border industrial layout and division of labor cooperation system between China and ASEAN, learn from the experience of the China-Malaysia 'two countries, two parks' model, and encourage regions along the corridor to build a number of industrial parks with complementary advantages and mutual benefit and win-win results with ASEAN countries. Gu Xueming said.