STORY: NE China's border city sees cross-border trade recovery
DATELINE: June 26, 2023
LENGTH: 00:01:32
LOCATION: HUNCHUN, China
CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of northeast China's Hunchun City
2. various of Russian tourists
3. various of Hunchun railway port and Hunchun port
4. various of Hunchun Northeast Asia Cross-border E-commerce Industrial Park

STORYLINE:

Hunchun, a border city in northeast China's Jilin Province, has seen cross-border trade recovery since it resumed passenger services with Russia early this year.

Hunchun is located at China's border with Russia and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

To boost cross-border economic rebound, the local government has further improved the coordination with departments including railway and customs to facilitate customs clearance.

The Hunchun Comprehensive Bonded Zone has been actively creating a favorable environment for automobile export. Since the beginning of this year, more than 5,000 vehicles have been exported here, with a trade volume of 1.63 billion yuan (about 226 million U.S. dollars).

The Hunchun Northeast Asia Cross-border E-commerce Industrial Park, opened in 2022, has become a new driving force for promoting foreign trade. Consisting of a commodity sales exhibition zone, a livestreaming base and other facilities, it has attracted 119 enterprises to settle there.

In 2022, the total trade value of these companies exceeded 6 billion yuan (about 831 million U.S. dollars), with cross-border e-commerce business contributing 3.52 billion yuan (about 487 million U.S. dollars).

In recent years, Hunchun City has become an important gateway for trade with Russia. An industry cluster of processing, energy, and cross-border e-commerce has been formed.

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