The Guangxi Transportation Department disclosed on June 2 that as of the end of May, the 28 projects of "Guangxi Promotion of the Western Land-Sea New Corridor in 2021" have been progressing steadily. The annual investment of RMB 25.1 billion was completed from January to May, accounting for 58.1% of the annual investment plan. .

With the start of construction of a number of major road and water transport and railway projects, and the completion and commissioning of some passage projects, Guangxi has initially built a multi-passage shared by railways and expressways, going out to the sea from the Beibu Gulf port, connecting Guizhou, Chongqing, Sichuan, Shaanxi, Gansu, etc. Inland, the new western land-sea corridor facing ASEAN.

In terms of expressways, Guangxi has successively completed the construction of key expressway projects such as G69 Leye to Baise, G75 Nanning via Qinzhou to Fangchenggang, and G72 Liuzhou to Nanning eight-lane expansion and expansion. The three main highways in Guangxi have been fully connected with transportation capacity. constantly improving. At present, Guangxi is making full efforts to expand capacity and increase capacity, and pay close attention to Huaihua-Longsheng-Rongan-Yizhou-Nanning-Shangsi-Fangchenggang, Guiyang-Pingtang-Tian'e-Fengshan-Bama-Nanning-Beihai, Guiyang -Wangmo-Leye-Fengshan-Bama-Tiandong-Tiandeng-Pingxiang-Dongxing and other expressways in Guangxi section; carry out the expansion and reconstruction of G72 Hunan-Guangxi boundary via Guilin to Liuzhou and G80 Baise-Nanning expressway preliminary work.

The quality of the three major railway passages has been improved. Complete the electrification of the Nanqin section of the Nanfang Railway in 2019, and complete the electrification of the Huaihua to Liuzhou section of the Jiaoliu Railway in 2020, which will greatly increase the transportation capacity of the rear backbone channel. A special railway line for Beihai Tieshan Port inbound was completed, the "last mile" of Tieshan Port inbound railroad was completely opened up, and the Beibu Bay Port-Shugang Railroad was further improved. The successive completion of railway projects has provided important transportation support for the development of sea-rail combined transportation in the new western land-sea corridor. As of April this year, the cumulative total of sea-rail intermodal trains operating on the new western land-sea channel has exceeded the 10,000 train mark.

The construction of the port and waterway is in full swing. In 2020, complete the Qinzhou Port East Channel Expansion Project (Phase I and Phase II) and the No. 401 berth project in the fourth operation area of Fangcheng Port Yuxu Port District; steadily promote the container automated berth of Qinzhou Port and the Chisha Operation Area of Fangcheng Port Qisha Port District Construction of 19 projects including Berths 1 and 2. The new western land-sea channel (Pinglu) canal has entered the stage of engineering feasibility study. Up to now, the Beibu Gulf Port has 272 berths, of which 99 are 10,000-ton berths, and the port has an annual throughput of over 300 million tons.

In the next step, the Guangxi Department of Transportation will take measures such as proactive forward service and simplifying the approval procedures to fully promote the construction of the new western land-sea channel transportation infrastructure project. Editor/Xu Shengpeng