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As of March 25, the total amount of goods transported by the China-Laos railway has exceeded 80 million tons, of which cross-border cargo transportation exceeds 18 million tons. Since its opening, the freight volume of the railway has increased year by year. The total number of international freight trains has exceeded 20000, and the density and traction tonnage of cross-border trains have increased significantly. Its transportation network has covered 19 countries and regions, and the category of goods has expanded to more than 3800. It has become a "golden channel" connecting China and ASEAN, which has effectively promoted the docking of regional industrial chains and economic prosperity.
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The "Overall Plan for the Construction of Hongqiao International Open Hub" has achieved remarkable results in the past five years. Its "one core and two belts" regional GDP has increased from 2.3 trillion yuan in 2020 to 3.3 trillion yuan in 2025, achieving a trillion yuan leap, and the economic density has reached the Yangtze River Delta. 4.9 times the average level. In the past five years, nearly 1100 state-level "specialized, special and new" small giant enterprises and nearly 40000 high-tech enterprises have been added in the region. As the core, the GDP of Hongqiao International Central Business District exceeded 200 billion yuan, the number of enterprises doubled, and the innovative service list and sea platform were launched to help the international development of enterprises in the Yangtze River Delta.
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China’s first maritime container secure and convenient transport alliance was established in Haikou.On March 19, the country's first ship-borne container safe and convenient transportation alliance was established in Haikou. The alliance is led by the Haikou Maritime Safety Administration and jointly established by industry associations and 11 related companies. It aims to explore a new industry governance mechanism of "equal emphasis on safety and convenience, simultaneous supervision and service, and land-sea coordination. The alliance focuses on preventing false reporting, strengthening operational safety, promoting information sharing and process optimization, so as to deal with the hidden risks under the high-level operation of container transportation, improve port efficiency, provide logistics and safety guarantee for the customs closure operation of Hainan Free Trade Port, and provide practical samples for national industry governance.
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The article reports on the undocking of the second large-scale domestic cruise ship "Ida Huacheng", and uses its naming as a starting point to analyze the strategic layout of my country's cruise industry. From the layout of the first "Ada Modu" in Shanghai to the "Huacheng" plan to use Guangzhou Nansha as its home port, it embodies the "two-wheel drive" development model of "one ship, one city" and the integration of ship cities. The article points out that the cruise industry has a strong economic driving effect, which is promoting the functional upgrading and industrial transformation of Shanghai, Guangzhou and other cities, and looks forward to the future prospect of domestic cruise ships from "single point breakthrough" to "cluster rise.
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Hainan Danzhou City in Yangpu Port to explore the implementation of bonded oil filling "one ship dual-use cross-customs area direct supply" system integration innovation. This mode breaks through the restriction of "exclusive use of special vessels" for fuel supply vessels, allows vessels to operate short-range transportation of domestic fuel oil, and supports both local and cross-border areas (e. g. Guangxi port) for filling operations. This move has greatly improved the efficiency of ship operations and reduced the operating costs of enterprises, while ensuring tax security and the healthy development of the industry through independent shipment, segmented measurement and tax and customs supervision, effectively helping Yangpu Port to build a shipping hub and the high-quality development of the bonded oil filling industry.
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The World Trade Organization released its latest Global Trade Outlook report, which predicts that the growth rate of global trade in goods will decline to 1.9 in 2026, and warned that the Middle East conflict may further drag on growth. According to the report, the 4.6 per cent increase in trade in 2025 is mainly due to the surge in trade in artificial intelligence products and the early import of enterprises. If the conflict continues to cause energy prices to rise, it may reduce the growth rate by 0.5 percentage points in 2026, and affect food security and business costs.
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Recently, the Ministry of Transport and other five departments jointly issued the "Implementation Opinions on Improving the Credit System of the Transportation Industry" to systematically deploy the construction of the credit system during the "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan" period. The "Implementation Opinions" focus on the three dimensions of "system, data, and application", and propose key tasks such as improving the credit management system, consolidating the data base of credit information, and expanding credit application scenarios, aiming to promote the deep integration of credit and various links in various fields of transportation. Build a coordinated and efficient credit supervision mechanism to provide support for accelerating the construction of a unified and open transportation market.
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Hong Kong's cruise economy is showing a strong recovery trend. In the first two months of 2026, it has received 52 voyages and more than 180000 passengers. In order to meet the challenges brought about by the intensive visits of large cruise ships, Hong Kong has adopted a "three-engine" strategy to promote high-quality development: it is committed to building an Asian international cruise hub and attracting international cruise ships to dock regularly; Strengthen cooperation with Hainan and other places in regional linkage to open up regular sea routes; Optimize the arrangement of navigation services, such as the implementation of constant navigation in the central seaport to improve operational efficiency. These measures have effectively promoted the local retail, catering and related services, and injected new impetus into the economy.
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Shanghai Customs has launched an exclusive service for the construction of the second large-scale domestic cruise ship "Ida Huacheng", supporting its complex construction process by establishing an efficient response mechanism and innovative supervision model. The cruise ship has a large scale and a large number of parts. The customs has adopted measures such as "policy package" for processing trade and "one ship, one book" special account book to help enterprises realize the fine management of bonded materials and the whole process traceability, so as to ensure the smooth progress of the project. It is planned to be delivered in October 2026.
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On March 11, Tan Wei, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Director of the Wuhan Optics Valley Central City Construction Service Center, and his delegation visited the IBI Yangtze River Delta Digital Economy Headquarters, where they were warmly received by Wang Yu, CEO of Xineng Duoduo, and others. The two sides engaged in in-depth discussions on topics such as the intelligent computing industry chain, digital supply chain, and industrial digitalization. The visiting delegation first toured the IBI Yangtze River Delta Digital Economy Exhibition Hall, gaining detailed insights into the operational models of various Duoduo platforms under IBI, cross-border operational strategies of industrial belts, and the technical applications and practical achievements of IBI Cloud. Wuhan East Lake High-tech Development Zone (referred to as "Optics Valley") is one of China's first national high-tech zones and is also in Hubei.
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Recently, UnionLink Cross-Border Intelligent Transport signed a strategic cooperation agreement with UPS (United Parcel Service). Zhou Jianming, Deputy General Manager of UnionLink Cross-Border Intelligent Transport, and Wu Yushan, Director of Supply Chain Business Development at UPS, represented both parties in completing the signing. UnionLink Cross-Border Intelligent Transport's General Manager Zeng Tianwang, Operations Director Jiang Xianbin, UPS Asia-Pacific Project Customer Sales Director Wei Chao, and Business Development Department Key Account Manager Su Jiannan, along with other representatives from both sides, attended the signing ceremony. The two parties engaged in in-depth discussions on topics such as the construction of cross-border supply chain service systems and empowerment paths for vertical industrial belts, jointly outlining a new blueprint for cross-border logistics cooperation characterized by complementary advantages and industrial synergy.
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The General Administration of Customs, in conjunction with 24 departments, deployed a special campaign to facilitate cross-border trade in 2026. The number of pilot cities increased from 25 last year to 45, with 20 new cities, including Hohhot, Wuhan and Xi'an. The special action lasts for 6 months. Focusing on key tasks such as trade in goods, trade in services, and digital trade, 29 policy measures have been introduced, aiming to deepen the innovation of customs clearance supervision, improve logistics efficiency, and strengthen the construction of digital ports to respond to changes in the international environment and help Enterprises stabilize orders and expand markets. Since 2018, a total of 144 facilitation measures have been introduced, of which 110 have been promoted nationwide.
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On March 13, the Director of the Department of Foreign Investment and Economic Cooperation of the Ministry of Commerce, Zhao Chunfeng, and his delegation conducted a study on the "Xianfeng Qihang" comprehensive service for going abroad at Zhongguancun Fengtai Park. The research team first visited IBI, where they were warmly received by IBI's director, senior vice president, and board secretary Pan Yong, among other leaders. The delegation visited the IBI digital economy exhibition hall, and both parties exchanged views on cross-border industry-related content, gaining an in-depth understanding of IBI's practices in the field of cross-border industries. Pan Yong, using cases, data, and application scenarios displayed in the exhibition hall, focused on introducing the company's core layout in cross-border industrial zones, digital service models, and cross-border activities.
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The "Hainan Province Comprehensive Three-dimensional Transportation Network Planning Outline" proposes that by 2035, Hainan will basically build a modern and high-quality comprehensive three-dimensional transportation network, realize the "Hainan 1234 Travel Transportation Circle" and integrate into the "Global 123 Express Logistics Circle". The plan focuses on building an international shipping hub and an aviation hub connecting the "two oceans", building the spatial layout of the main framework of "three cores, two networks, five rings and four channels", and promoting the integration of transportation, tourism, logistics and other industries to support Hainan's free trade port construction and high-level opening up.
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On March 14, 2026, Shandong Xineng Shipping Industry held a symposium on the high-quality development of inland new energy ships. 45 orders for new energy ships were signed on the spot, with a total amount of more than 0.247 billion yuan and an intended order of more than 1 billion yuan. At the same time, the meeting released a new pure electric power distribution dual-purpose transport ship 2.0 ship type and ship intelligent cockpit, marking the inland river shipping to green, intelligent forward. Relevant leaders of Shandong Province and Jining City attended the meeting, emphasizing policy support and industrial coordination to jointly promote the green transformation and high-quality development of inland waterway shipping.
