Original title:
Xinjiang: "Gold Channel" Releases "Gold Value"
"This year, the company tested the export business of cargo charter flights, which will become the main growth point of our foreign trade." After the May Day holiday, Zhang Qi, the head of Xinjiang Kashi Zhongshun E-commerce Co., Ltd., went on business trips outside Xinjiang non-stop to learn experience and invite talents. In the second half of the year, Zhang Qi is ready to make a big effort to complete at least 50 flights of cargo charter business and strive to double the company's foreign trade volume.
The innovation, talent introduction and market expansion of foreign trade enterprises, the smooth flow of goods, busy people and flourishing trade at ports are the epitome of the continuous improvement of Xinjiang's foreign trade situation. In the first four months, the total value of Xinjiang's foreign trade import and export was 137.9 billion yuan, with a year-on-year growth of 49.5%, ranking the second in the country. The growth rate remained positive for 30 consecutive months, and the advantages of openness were constantly released, representing the prosperity of the ancient Silk Road, where "envoys meet each other on the road, and business travel is always on the way".
Unobstructed passage
"'Direct Port Connection' to realize two-way travel of benefits and efficiency"
On May 15, a refrigerated van carrying bananas, oranges and other fruits arrived at the Khorgos highway port. Under the "port through" operation mode, it took only one hour from loading to customs clearance and leaving the country. On the same day, it could appear on the dining table of citizens in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
The "port through" mode was innovated and launched by Urumqi Customs. Last November, the mode was officially operated at the Alashankou highway port, and the average travel time of vehicles was reduced from 34.5 hours to 5 hours. At present, this reform is gradually extended to the whole Xinjiang.
Chen Pengde, Deputy Director of Khorgos Customs, introduced that the timeliness of export goods at highway ports has been fundamentally improved by introducing scientific and technological means such as early declaration and centralized inspection, automatic extraction of supporting data, intelligent recognition of multinational license plates, etc. According to statistics, in the first three months, the export of fruits and vegetables at Khorgos Highway Port was 112000 tons, up 6.9 times year-on-year.
Not only is customs clearance time effective, this model also brings real benefits to enterprises.
"After the new mode is adopted, the transportation cost per vehicle can be reduced by about 1000 yuan." Speaking of the benefits of the reform, Zhang Pengliang, the head of Xinjiang Lego Fruit Industry Co., Ltd., calculated an "economic account", "At present, the accumulated cost saved for enterprises has exceeded 1.6 million yuan, and the two-way journey of efficiency and efficiency has been achieved."
On May 10, a cold chain transport vehicle loaded with apples left Urumqi for Almaty, Kazakhstan. This is the first time that Xinjiang has realized the cold chain card for fruits and vegetables to directly reach the Central Asian market. The picture shows the customs officers of Wuchang Customs inspecting and releasing the fresh apples exported by the cold chain card mode. Photographed by Yang Yimeng
On May 10, a cold chain transport vehicle loaded with apples left Urumqi for Almaty, Kazakhstan. This is the first time that Xinjiang has realized the cold chain card for fruits and vegetables to directly reach the Central Asian market. The picture shows the customs officers of Wuchang Customs inspecting and releasing the fresh apples exported by the cold chain card mode. Photographed by Yang Yimeng
Ports are the lifeline of foreign trade development. The improvement of customs clearance efficiency has made economy and trade go further. In the previous four months, Xinjiang had trade relations with 197 countries and regions, and its export growth to ASEAN, other RCEP member countries, Africa and Latin America was more than three times that of other countries and regions, and its trade partners became more diversified.
Boost power
"New energy vehicles have become the" online red car "in overseas markets"
Since this year, Xinjiang, China, has continued to consolidate the results of exchange visits and exchanges with neighboring countries. Focusing on the five Central Asian countries, it has actively deepened comprehensive exchanges and cooperation with countries jointly building the "Belt and Road", and expanded high-level opening to the west.
At the end of March, the government delegation of the autonomous region visited three Central Asian countries. Li Qinghua, member of the Urumqi Customs Party Committee and deputy director of the Customs, was also a member of the delegation. Speaking of her greatest feelings, she said frankly: "Central Asian countries are increasingly recognizing China."
The recognition degree is particularly obvious in the aspect of "Made in China".
"My destination this time is Baku, Azerbaijan." On May 9, the multinational truck driver from Kazakhstan, the Nur River, arrived in Alashankou, Xinjiang, China from Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Nuer River is a truck driver of an international logistics company that has contracted a fleet in Almaty. On May 13, he and other drivers set out one after another to transport 68 new energy vehicles to Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, Belarus and other places.
"We often see Chinese new energy vehicles on the road. They have a sense of technology and high cost performance. They are 'online red cars' in the countries I often go to." Nuerjiang said that now they transport new energy vehicles twice as often as last year.
This growth was confirmed by Kong Xianglin, the deputy general manager of the logistics company: "The company signed a large order recently. Since May, it will transport 100 new energy vehicles every month to countries jointly building the" Belt and Road ". We expect that the number of new energy vehicles to undertake transportation and export will increase by about 300% over last year."
At Khorgos Port, the export of electric vehicles also saw a sharp increase, more than tripling year-on-year in the first three months to 22000 vehicles;
334 vehicles, 398 vehicles, 400 vehicles... In Bakhtu, a century old port, the single day export commodity vehicles have reached a new high since this year;
In the first four months, the export value of Xinjiang's "new three types" of products, such as electric vehicles, photovoltaic products and lithium batteries, increased by 152.1% year on year, becoming an important part of Xinjiang's new foreign trade momentum.
Gulina Yusuf, a professor at the School of Economics and Management of Xinjiang University, said that the "new three types" are not only an important direction of Xinjiang's future industrial development, but also a new driving force for economic growth, which will drive the coordinated development of upstream and downstream of related industrial chains.
Promote advantages
"International work is becoming a trend"
In Horgos, a small border city in western China, cross-border e-commerce live broadcast is in full swing.
"All the hardware products on the market can be bought in our studio, all of which are 'made in China'." The anchor, Ayegremu Habibek, is carrying goods for cross-border live broadcast in Russian, Kazakh and other languages.
Ayegremu, from Yarkent, Kazakhstan, has been engaged in cross-border trade in the Sino Kazakhstan Khorgos International Border Cooperation Center for a long time: "In our country, cross-border work is becoming a trend."
In the spring of 2023, Khorgos Yiwu International Trade City began to carry out cross-border e-commerce live broadcast business. While recruiting, Ayiger Hotwood saw the opportunity and officially took the post in June of the same year to broadcast the goods, becoming the company's first international anchor. As a multilingual, she soon had a large number of fans.
Jin Xingzhong, Chairman of Khorgos Yiwu International Trade City (Co., Ltd.), introduced that the company currently has more than 20 "international anchors" who introduce Chinese goods to consumers in Central Asia and Russia in seven languages. The inauguration of China (Xinjiang) Pilot Free Trade Zone brought new opportunities to the company. In the first quarter, the company's cross-border e-commerce live broadcast import and export trade volume increased by 83.33% over the fourth quarter of last year.
Gulina Yusuf said that the establishment of China (Xinjiang) Pilot Free Trade Zone will combine the institutional advantages of the pilot free trade zone with the advantages of Xinjiang's channel foundation, port foundation and exchange foundation, fully releasing the development momentum of foreign trade.
This proposition was confirmed in the foreign trade "report card" handed over by Ili Prefecture: in the first four months, the import and export of Ili Prefecture increased by 129.7%, accounting for 26.1% of the total foreign trade value of Xinjiang in the same period, ranking first in Xinjiang.
With the continuous expansion of Xinjiang's opening up to the outside world, new models of cross-border economic and trade cooperation continue to emerge, and the story of advantages turning into development momentum continues.
Anchored in the five strategic positions in the overall national situation, Xinjiang has great potential to transform its regional advantages into development advantages and competitive advantages, build a golden passage between Asia and Europe and open the bridgehead to the west!
