STORY: Container throughput via land-sea trade corridor posts growth
DATELINE: Oct. 3, 2023
LENGTH: 00:01:08
LOCATION: NANNING, China
CATEGORY: ECONOMY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of Qinzhou Port
2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): ZHAO JIAN, Deputy head of east station of Qinzhou Port
3. various of Qinzhou Port

STORYLINE:

Container throughput of the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor witnessed growth in the first three quarters of 2023, according to railway authorities in China's Guangxi.

During this period, some 633,000 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) containers of goods were transported by rail-sea intermodal trains through the corridor, up 14 percent year on year.

SOUNDBITE (Chinese): ZHAO JIAN, Deputy head of east station of Qinzhou Port
"Today, through the rail-sea intermodal trains via the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor, fresh fruits like durian, mango, and mangosteen from Southeast Asian countries are transported to major Chinese supermarkets, enriching the tables of Chinese people. 
Additionally, domestic products like Ningxia red wine and goji berry juice are exported to various parts of the world, contributing to the facilitation of the dual circulation."

Launched in 2017, the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor is a trade and logistics passage jointly built by provincial-level regions in western China and ASEAN members.

The trade corridor has developed rapidly over the years, covering 61 cities in 18 provincial-level regions in China and reaching 393 ports in 119 countries and regions.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Nanning, China.
(XHTV)