Since 2023, the development of foreign trade and economy along the Belt and Road has been strong, and the construction of transportation infrastructure has played a key role. On April 22, 2023, Hubei Port Group signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Jiangxi Port Group and Hunan Port Group of Xiangshui Group in Wuhan. Li Jiang, Member of the Party Committee, Deputy Director, and First-Class Inspector of the Yangtze River Navigation Administration Bureau of the Ministry of Transport; Tu Shanfeng, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of Hubei Port Group; Xu Chongcai, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of Jiangxi Port Group; Secretary of the Party Committee of Hunan Port Group, Xiangshui Group , Chairman Xu Guobing attended the meeting and delivered a speech.

According to the agreement, the three parties will effectively implement the "Agreement on the Integration of the Three Provinces in the Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River into the New Pattern of the Joint Construction of the Belt and Road Initiative", build a combined port for the urban agglomeration in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, adhere to the principles of complementary advantages, mutual sharing of resources, and mutual benefit in development, and build transportation between the three provinces. Logistics and trade channels promote the common growth of the tripartite business, drive regional economic development, serve a series of major national strategies, and provide important support for the economic development of the central region and the maintenance of the stability of the industrial chain and supply chain of the three provinces.

Specific cooperation direction

Promote the opening of new channels to the sea, jointly explore rail-sea combined transport, rail-water combined transport and other businesses, and carry out regional and international container route cooperation; promote the expansion of supply chain business, cooperate in the development of supply chain business, promote cooperation in the supply chain financial field, and plan cross-regional joint ventures. Build logistics parks and industrial parks; promote the establishment of information sharing mechanisms; promote the implementation of port cooperation, and use the specific port qualifications of all parties to carry out business interactions; promote cooperation in green port construction; promote the development along inland rivers; promote the interaction of freight forwarding business.

Xu Chongcai said that at the end of 2019, Jiangxi Provincial Port Group was formally established. Since its establishment, Jiangxi Provincial Port Group has focused on promoting the integration of port resources, integrating 23 state-owned components in the province, 58 berths, and 35 ports under construction and proposed; Accelerated the construction of water transportation facilities, successively started construction of 26 projects such as waterways, wharves, and logistics parks, and completed 15 of them and put them into operation. 20.1%, 4%. Through the official establishment of the cooperation mechanism, the three parties will explore new service channels such as "inter-provincial liner in the Central Delta", build a new development and cooperation model of "circulation within the three provinces and promote international circulation", and work hand in hand in future development for mutual benefit and win-win results .

Xu Guobing said that Hunan Province has 163 kilometers of Yangtze River coastline and 15,000 kilometers of navigable rivers, 114 berths above 1,000 tons, and many large-scale port areas in Yueyang, Changsha, and Changde. Ports have always occupied a large part of Hunan's economic and social development. Important position. Hunan Provincial Port Group will, in accordance with the national dual cycle and the strategic requirements of the rise of the central region, rely on the Yangtze River and the Beijing-Guangzhou Railway two major traffic arteries to increase inter-provincial routes in the middle triangle and stimulate economic and trade exchanges between the three provinces. It is hoped that the three parties will give full play to their respective advantages and build a "combined port" of Hunan, Hubei and Jiangxi. Accelerate the construction of the new dual-circulation land-sea channel in the central region, connect the central and western regions with the Greater Bay Area, connect RCEP and the African foreign trade channel, and open up a new pattern of port and shipping development in the "Middle Triangle".

Li Jiang said that the Changjiang Shipping Bureau pays great attention to the development of port shipping in the three provinces in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and supports the integrated development of ports. The Long Navigation Bureau will further intensify its work in supporting the expansion of ports, the construction of single windows at ports, the opening of routes, the regulation of midstream waterways, and the assessment and review of the impact of waterway navigation conditions, etc., to fully support the high-quality development of ports and create a good business environment.

Tu Shanfeng said that among the ports of the three provinces, relying on the golden waterway of the Yangtze River and the water transportation resources of the Ganjiang, Xiangjiang, and Hanjiang Rivers, the Yueyang Port-Yangluo Port-Jiujiang Port Mid-Triangle Container Route has been steadily launched, and the route covers the main economic areas along the river in the three places. It is hoped that the three parties will take this cooperation signing as an opportunity to help the construction of the "Middle Triangle" world-class port group, turn the entire Yangtze River Basin into a golden waterway, and jointly promote the high-quality development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt.

It is understood that the three parties will establish a daily information communication mechanism. Timely provide the other party with logistics market trends and dynamics, development of multimodal transport, organization needs of China-Europe Railway Express, and logistics-related investment and construction plans; both parties negotiate and solve problems in daily work in a timely manner, and establish a cooperative joint meeting system.

After the coastal and inland provinces (municipalities directly under the central government) have basically completed port integration, cross-group port linkage and port group construction have become a new trend, and different forms of combined ports have emerged as the times require. This model is most suitable for ports with connected water systems and similar regions. Therefore, the Pearl River Delta, the Yangtze River Delta, and the Middle Delta in this article are uniquely endowed. At present, the ICT products of Shanghai Port and Taicang Port have been upgraded to 2.0, and the combination of ports in the Greater Bay Area is constantly being developed. The new point, the three provincial port groups of Hubei, Jiangxi, and Hunan signed a cooperation contract to jointly build a "combined port" of the urban agglomeration in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, which is an inevitable choice for complementary advantages and resource sharing.Editor/Ma Xue