On November 10, 2026, at the Sino Vietnamese Friendship Bridge in Jinping County, Honghe Prefecture, representatives from both sides stood shoulder to shoulder in the center of the bridge. At the moment when the lamp post lights up, the Jinshuihe Malutang highway port is officially upgraded to an international year-round open highway passenger and freight transportation port. The first batch of inbound and outbound passengers and vehicles passed through one by one, and the border residents and merchants at both ends of the border bridge stopped, witnessing the transition of this border passage from bilateral customs clearance to multilateral international customs clearance.

Jieqiao Lighting Upgrade for Clearance

The announcement ceremony was held at Jieqiao, and the cultural and artistic exhibition of ethnic customs between China and Vietnam kicked off. Vietnamese characteristic songs, Chinese ethnic dances, and bilingual choral performances were staged in rotation. Representatives from both sides jointly lit up the starting lamp post, announced the upgrade and opening of the port, and welcomed the first batch of inbound and outbound passengers and vehicles to clear customs smoothly. Representatives from Yunnan Provincial Department of Commerce, Honghe Prefecture Bureau of Commerce, Jinshuihe Customs, Jinshuihe River Inspection Station and other provincial, state and county departments, as well as representatives from Vietnam Port Management Cooperation Committee, Vietnam Ministry of Foreign Affairs National Border Committee, Vietnam Consulate General in Kunming, and Laizhou Province attended the ceremony.

Double the passenger and freight clearance capacity

Jinshui River Port is the core land route opened by Honghe Prefecture to Vietnam, and also a key gateway connecting Yunnan to the northwest of Vietnam and radiating to the Indochinese Peninsula. In recent years, Honghe Prefecture has continuously promoted the upgrading of port infrastructure, optimization of customs clearance processes, and construction of a smart port system. At present, the annual passenger clearance capacity of the port can reach 2 million people, and the annual freight clearance capacity exceeds 1 million tons. Passengers can achieve seamless and fast customs clearance, border residents can self clear customs in just 10 seconds, and freight vehicles can complete inspection and release in 5 minutes. The overall clearance time for freight is reduced by about 40%. Key words: the Belt and Road news network, project frontline, highway port

Channel economy shifts towards industry

The facilitation of customs clearance continues to release the dividends of openness, driving the agglomeration of industries such as cross-border trade, cross-border logistics, and on-site processing among border residents. In the first three quarters of 2026, Jinshuihe Port completed an import and export freight volume of 22000 tons, a cargo value of 443 million yuan, 293600 inbound and outbound personnel, a border trade volume of 383 million yuan, and a landed processing output value of 339 million yuan. Ports are transitioning from channel based cargo transportation to industrial clustering. After upgrading to an international year-round open port, the port will rely on the advantages of multilateral customs clearance, improve cross-border industrial chains, supply chains, and logistics chains, and help Yunnan accelerate the construction of a radiation center facing South Asia and Southeast Asia.Editor/Gao Xue