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As a train whistle blew, a China-Europe freight train left an international land port hub in Xiangtang township, Nanchang county, east China’s Jiangxi province, bringing 96 containers of Jiangxi-produced commodities, including all-in-one desktops, tapes and printer cartridges, to Moscow, Russia.<\/p>\n
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Over the past several years, Nanchang county has continuously opened the international land port by building it into a major platform and passage for foreign trade and advancing the development of industries.<\/p>\n
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The international land port has developed 13 routes for international freight trains and rail-sea combined transport.<\/p>\n
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Last year, China-Europe freight trains made 127 trips to and from the international land port, transporting a total of 11,454 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of loaded containers, a year-on-year increase of 5.83 percent and 8.04 percent, respectively.<\/p>\n
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A total of 640 trips were made for rail-sea combined transport, exchanging 34,918 TEUs of loaded containers, up 19.85 percent and 61.94 percent year on year, respectively.<\/p>\n
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Last year, 1,328 vehicles produced by Jiangxi automaker Jiangling Motors Co., Ltd. were exported through a newly opened route dedicated to shipping the vehicles of the company. More than 160,000 vehicles were transported by railway, growing 49.61 percent compared with those in the previous year.<\/p>\n
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Xiangtang, as an inland township located neither close to the sea nor rivers, faces high logistics cost and low logistics efficiency in developing export-oriented economy. However, it now made tremendous success in this regard.<\/p>\n
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Fu Xiangyu, deputy mayor of Nanchang county gave two reasons behind the success: the advantages the township enjoys as becoming a traffic hub, and the favorable price and efficiency of shipping.<\/p>\n
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Xiangtang township is home to China’s second largest westward freight transportation station, and serves as a key logistics stop and cargo distribution center for Jiangxi and even central China at large. More than 70 percent of the goods from southern Jiangxi are shipped via the township.<\/p>\n
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To cut logistics costs for enterprises, the Xiangtang international land port provides companies with whole-trip railway freight subsidies and is pushing forward with the construction of a more intelligent port. It offers same shipment rate with that offered in coastal areas, and the efficiency of customs clearance is also similar to that in coastal areas.<\/p>\n
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Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com has opened in Xiangtang township a smart logistics park enpowered by robots, which can greatly improve the efficiency of warehousing. It mirrors the trend of optimizing and upgrading modern logistics in the international land port.<\/p>\n
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The international land port has actively learnt from the experience and wisdom of other areas, and mapped out its development route in a science-based manner.<\/p>\n
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The port has deepened \u00a0its relationship with industries and the city, created a comprehensive industrial service ecosystem, and pooled various production factors such as logistics, industries, talents and capital with its transportation advantages.<\/p>\n
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As a result, the Xiangtang international land port has established an industrial system with modern logistics industry as the pillar, and supplemented by advanced manufacturing and high-end services.<\/p>\n
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Nanchang county has also introduced various policies to support the development of the international land port, including rent cut, tax incentives, and financial support for companies.<\/p>\n
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Last year, a batch of projects were signed at the land port, with a total investment of\u00a0 12.33 billion yuan ($1.88 billion).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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