Photo taken on Oct 27, 2021 shows an automated container berth undergoing equipment debugging in Qinzhou Port, Beibu Gulf Port in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Photo:Xinhua

Beibu Gulf Port in South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region saw its cargo throughput rise 16.78 percent year-on-year to 7.02 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of containers in 2022.

With advances in the new land-sea transit routes in the western region and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement, the port has been making efforts to explore supply sources in the western region of China, according to Beibu Gulf Port Group.

Last year, the port opened 11 new container routes. It currently has 75 shipping routes, connecting almost all major coastal ports of the country, as well as ASEAN members.

The port serves as an important transit point in the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor, a trade and logistics passage jointly built by western Chinese provincial regions and Singapore.

In order to secure the transport of crucial commodities and boost international cooperation, China's Ministry of Transport vowed at the end of December, 2022 to further upgrade major domestic logistics corridors connected to neighboring countries and cross-continent air freight networks.

So far, 19 countries have agreed on road transport cooperation with China. Maritime transportation routes have reached over 100 countries and regions, and China's air freight network covers more than 60 countries and regions.

Xinhua - Global Times