Land-sea trade corridor activates new development of western China
By Wang Binlai, Jiang Yunlong (People s Daily) 15:54, December 23, 2020
The launching ceremony for a multimodal freight train running between Hezhou and Beibuwan Port in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region is held in Hezhou, July 22.(People’s Daily Online/Nie Zhicheng) A land-sea corridor has been built to connect western China with the rest of the world during the country s 13th Five-Year Plan period, or the last five years. Along the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor (hereinafter referred to as New Land-Sea Corridor), cargos from China s western provinces and municipality such as Chongqing, Sichuan, Guizhou and Gansu are sent down south to coastal ports, and then shipped to the rest of the world by cargo vessels.