Recently, four TIR (International Road Transport System) transport vehicles loaded with medical products were dispatched from the China Shanghai Cooperation Organization Local Economic and Trade Cooperation Demonstration Zone to Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan. This marks the official opening of the first TIR line from the SCO demonstration zone to Uzbekistan, and new progress has been made in the construction of the "China Kyrgyzstan Uzbekistan" logistics corridor.
TIR is a global cross-border freight clearance system based on the United Nations Convention. As the "fourth logistics channel" outside of shipping, railway, and aviation, TIR is an important way for the SCO demonstration zone to facilitate international freight channels and achieve "only one inspection". The TIR dedicated line 'one car to the end' can provide 'door-to-door' and 'point-to-point' transportation, improve customs clearance efficiency, and reduce logistics costs for enterprises, "said Liang Tianxiao, Director of Investment and Operations at Chuanhua SCO (Qingdao) International Economic and Trade Co., Ltd.
The truck is waiting for customs inspection at the Chuanhua SCO Cross border E-commerce Supervision Center (photo taken on July 2nd)
As a national level platform for China to carry out local economic and trade cooperation with SCO countries, the core area of the SCO demonstration zone located in Jiaozhou City, Qingdao, relies on the advantages of multimodal transportation hub, focuses on building the SCO international hub port, fully utilizes the resource endowment of the linkage of "sea, land, air and rail" ports, and builds a "mother port" for Chinese enterprises to enter SCO countries and a "seaport" for SCO countries to face the Asia Pacific market.
Sang Shibiao, Director of the Jiaozhou Logistics Work Promotion Service Center and Executive Deputy Director of the Hub Port Development Bureau of the SCO Demonstration Zone, introduced that the core area of the SCO International Hub Port has a planned area of 22.5 square kilometers and is an important carrier of the SCO Demonstration Zone International Logistics Center, creating an ecological system of "channel+hub+logistics+economy and trade+industry".
Recently, the reporter saw at the construction site of the Qingdao Assembly Center project of the China Europe Railway Express in Shandong that the main project has been fully completed, and the construction of the office building professional engineering and the enclosure structure of the warehouse blocks such as the China Europe Railway Express Assembly Operation Center and Cross border E-commerce Center is being accelerated.
Zhang Peng, General Manager of Shandong Expressway Qilu Investment Development Co., Ltd., stated that this project is the core project of the construction of the SCO International Hub Port. It plans to build the China Europe freight train assembly and operation center, cross-border e-commerce center, supply chain finance center, bulk commodity futures delivery center, imported grain supervision center, and international cold chain center, forming a chain industry cluster area of "logistics+commerce+finance", and better promoting the construction of the SCO Demonstration Zone International Logistics Center.
In terms of aviation, the SCO International Hub Port relies on the Qingdao Jiaodong Airport Economic Demonstration Zone and Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport to accelerate the construction of the SCO International Aviation Hub.
Pang Zhenzhang, Minister of the Comprehensive Department of the Qingdao Jiaodong Airport Economic Demonstration Zone Management Committee, stated that the successful approval of the Qingdao Airport type National Logistics Hub and the official opening and closing of the Qingdao Airport Comprehensive Bonded Zone have provided important functions and carrier support for the construction of an international logistics center in the SCO Demonstration Zone.
The reporter learned from Qingdao Airport Logistics Development Co., Ltd. that from January to July this year, the cargo and mail throughput of Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport was 160400 tons, a year-on-year increase of 16.1%. Among them, the freight volume of SCO countries remained stable. Qingdao Moscow wide body aircraft operate once a week, with a cargo volume of over 1100 tons; Qingdao Dubai wide body aircraft operate three times a week, with a cargo volume of over 1200 tons.
In the first seven months of this year, a total of 208 passenger routes were opened, including 186 domestic routes and 22 international and regional routes; 15 freight routes, including 7 domestic routes and 8 international and regional routes, "said Teng Yufan, member of the Party Committee and Deputy General Manager of Qingdao Airport Logistics Development Co., Ltd.
Zang Yuanqi, Minister of the Industry Development Department of the SCO Demonstration Zone Management Committee, stated that relying on the linkage advantages of the SCO International Hub Port's "sea, land, air, and rail" four ports, the SCO Demonstration Zone continues to improve quality and increase, and the level of logistics hub construction continues to rise.
In terms of railway, the Shanghai Cooperation Demonstration Zone has opened 32 train routes, with more than 3500 China EU trains running in total, and has access to 23 SCO and countries jointly building the "the Belt and Road"; In terms of sea transportation, 42 sea routes have been opened to SCO countries, interconnected with Qingdao Port, and a "front port, back station, integrated operation" sea rail intermodal service model has been created. The sea rail intermodal container volume has been among the top in the country for 9 consecutive years