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Open Nansha Promotes a Higher Level of Global Connections: The First Anniversary of Guangzhou Nansha in Collaboration with Hong Kong and Macao to Promote the Construction of the Greater Bay Area

GUANGZHOU, China, June 15, 2023 /Xinhua=KYODO JBN/--

June 14th 2023 is the one-year anniversary of the Overall Plan for Promoting

Comprehensive Cooperation among Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao by Further

Deepening Opening-up in Nansha District of Guangzhou issued by the State

Council, which granted Nansha a significant mission of building a major

strategic platform with a global perspective that is based in the Greater Bay

Area and in collaboration with Hong Kong and Macao. Over the past year,

policies and strategies have been transformed into actual projects, and the

blueprint of the Nansha Plan has taken shape, according to Nansha District

People's Government .

Rows and rows of shelves are stacked with large carton boxes and bags, which

are filled with coffee beans from Brazil, Ethiopia, and other countries. This

is Jointek Global, a global fine food complex located in Nansha, Guangzhou,

with a total construction area of 350,000 square meters. The imported coffee is

transited here and then sold to the mainland.

Being well connected by water is Nansha's unique location advantage. Only a

ten-minute drive away from the Jointek Global Logistics Park, Nansha Port is

the main port area of Guangzhou Port, the fifth largest port in the world, with

over 150 international liner routes to more than 300 ports in over 100

countries and regions around the world.

In recent years, especially in the past year since the implementation of the

Nansha Plan, Nansha has made progress and achievements in many aspects, such as

enhancing its function as an international shipping hub, helping enterprises to

go global, and building a new platform for international exchanges, with the

focus on the construction of a high-level gateway for opening up.

Currently, it is the peak season for importing durians from Thailand. In the

first five months of this year, more than 5,700 units of durian have made it to

the domestic market through Nansha Port. With the country's largest port-side

cold storage warehouse in use, Nansha Port has become the largest durian import

port on the mainland. Tian Min, Deputy Director of Nansha District Bureau of

Commerce, said that it takes only four days for fresh durians to arrive at

Nansha Port from the Laem Chabang port in Thailand and only 1.5 hours to unload

from the wharf and ship to the largest wholesale fruit market in South China.

Song Xiaoming, Deputy General Manager of Guangzhou Port Group, said that the

service capacity of the port cluster has been continuously improved. The

sea-rail intermodal transportation business of Nansha Port has been put into

regular operation. China-Europe Railway Express and Central Asia Railway

Express also depart from Nansha Port South Railway Station, reaching Kazakhstan

and other countries.

Supported by the "world's factory," Nansha is accelerating the construction of

a comprehensive service base for Chinese enterprises to go global, aiming to

better connect with the world. At present, the base has attracted nearly 100

professional service agencies to settle in and provide one-stop comprehensive

services covering law, finance, taxation, and intellectual property rights to

help enterprises go global.

The further alignment of rules and mechanisms and the increasing number of new

platforms for international engagement in Nansha have promoted its openness and

renewal. Nansha has held major events, such as the roundtable meeting between

the National Development and Reform Commission of China (NDRC) and U.S.

multinational enterprises in China, the Asia Youth Leaders Forum 2023, and the

9th Guangzhou Annual Investment Conference, Nansha Session, expanding its

circle of friends.  

"The current Nansha is transforming from only the geographical center of the

Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area into a regional transport center and

a functional hub," said Lu Yixian, Secretary of the CPC Nansha District

Committee, "Nansha is the pearl on the crown of the GBA. It is laying the

foundation for promoting industrial innovation and realizing achievements."

Source: Nansha District People's Government of Guangzhou City