STORY: Land-sea trade corridor boosts China-ASEAN trade
DATELINE: June 22, 2023
LENGTH: 00:01:14
LOCATION: NANNING, China
CATEGORY: ECONOMY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the Beibu Gulf Port
2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): WANG RUI, Deputy manager of commerce department of Guangxi Beibu Gulf International Container Terminal Co., Ltd.
3. various of transportation of goods

STORYLINE:

The Beibu Gulf Port in China's Guangxi has witnessed increasing trade with ASEAN countries, thanks to the continuous development of the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor.

The trade corridor, launched in 2017, is a trade and logistics passage jointly built by provincial-level regions in western China and ASEAN members.

The Beibu Gulf Port serves as an important transit point along the trade corridor, providing maritime transportation with large transport volumes and lower costs.

SOUNDBITE (Chinese): WANG RUI, Deputy manager of commerce department of Guangxi Beibu Gulf International Container Terminal Co., Ltd.
"This year we focused on key businesses, key goods and key customers, and expanded the supply of goods to increase income and efficiency. Our company achieved steady growth in the cargo volume through the land-sea trade corridor from January to May, with the sea-rail transport business increased by 8.9 percent year-on-year. Thanks to the good development trend of the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor, from January to May this year, the cumulative cargo throughput of Beibu Gulf Port exceeded 120 million tonnes, up 5.94 percent year-on-year."

In the first quarter of this year, the cargo throughput of Beibu Gulf Port reached 68.77 million tonnes, up 5.5 percent year on year.

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