753.3 tons of alumina can be transported directly from the Beibu Gulf Port in Guangxi to the Qijiang factory workshop in Chongqing within 36 hours. This "point-to-point" direct delivery across mountains and seas is rewriting the fate of the old industrial base in the inland. On May 31, 2026, the effectiveness of the normalized operation of the "Guangxi Fangchenggang Chongqing Qijiang" freight train on the Western Land Sea New Corridor continued to be evident, truly opening the door to connect Qijiang, which is not along the border or by the sea.

Logistics cost reduction, breaking through transportation bottlenecks

For a long time, Chongqing Qijiang, as an important aluminum industry base, has faced the "roadblock" of multiple raw material transportation transfers, long chains, and high costs. With the implementation of the "port railway factory" model, this dilemma has been completely broken. Wang Leyuan, Deputy General Manager of Chongqing Qineng Electric Aluminum Co., Ltd., calculated that compared to the past, railway freight has been reduced by 40% to 50%, and transportation time has been saved by about a day. Data shows that this train has increased logistics efficiency by nearly 40% and reduced logistics costs by one-third, giving the company more confidence in international market competition.

Chain agglomeration reshapes the industrial pattern

The improvement and efficiency of logistics channels are accelerating the conversion of channel traffic into industrial increment. The alumina industry base in Fangchenggang and the aluminum industry base in Qijiang are closely connected, accelerating the formation of a complementary pattern of "coastal smelting inland processing". Nowadays, Qijiang Beidu Industrial Park has gathered more than 30 upstream and downstream enterprises such as Meilixin and New Aluminum Era, covering the entire chain from electrolytic aluminum to new energy vehicle components. In 2026, the aluminum industry in Qijiang is sprinting towards the goal of a production value of 30 billion yuan, and a batch of projects worth billions of yuan have been launched one after another. Keywords: strategic news and information, land sea new channel

Integrating Tongjiang and Dahai into the global chain

The deeper change is that Qijiang is transforming from a simple "passing station" to an open frontier pivot. In the first quarter of 2026, the freight volume transported through the Western Land Sea New Channel in Qijiang District has reached 3.8 times that of the whole year last year. This fast track not only allows products made in Qijiang to go global, but also deeply embeds the local area into the China ASEAN industrial chain cooperation system. Relying on a stable supply chain guarantee, Chongqing is taking this as its core to build a world-class intelligent connected new energy vehicle cluster, turning inland opening from a vision into a vivid reality.Editor/Gao Xue