[We will support the development of new land and sea routes in the western region]In order to fully implement the decision of the Party Central Committee to accelerate the construction of the western land and sea new channel, the General Administration of Customs within the scope of Customs responsibilities, recently introduced 15 key measures, mainly around the smooth logistics, help open up, cultivate industry, optimize the environment four aspects, better support the construction of the western land and sea new channel: better promote the smooth cross-border logistics channel. The new Land and Sea Corridor in the western part of China is a major international logistics corridor. The priority of the 15 routes we have introduced this time is to smooth cross-border logistics. Specific measures include: We will improve the facilitation of customs clearance for multimodal transport along the new land-sea Corridor in the West, facilitate the expansion and expansion of international railway combined transport, build a logistics linkage platform for the new Land-Sea Corridor in the West, promote connectivity between the new Land-Sea Corridor in the West and the China-Europe Railway Express and the Golden Waterway of the Yangtze River, and fully leverage the role of the New Land-Sea Corridor in connecting the Belt and Road and connecting the Yangtze Economic Belt. We will better create open highlands in the western inland. The new land-sea corridor in western China, as a major opening channel of the country, has changed the western region from the end of opening up to the front of opening up, and opened a new door for the construction of inland open highlands. This time, we have formulated 15 guidelines, which will also focus on promoting high-level opening-up in the western region. The main measures in this regard are: to provide support for the establishment of comprehensive bonded zones and bonded logistics centers, and to enhance the level of open platforms in the western region; We will promote synergy between the pilot free trade zones along the routes, support the replication and promotion of the customs supervision innovation system in the pilot free trade zones, and promote the superposition and mutual enhancement of the open platform and the new land and sea corridor in the West. Editor/Xu Shengpeng
On the afternoon of October 8th, under the on-site escort of the Guangdong Zhanjiang Maritime Bureau's "Haixun 0927" ship, the first flatbed cargo ship dedicated to the transportation of new energy vehicles in the Qiongzhou Strait, the "Green Source No. 1" ship, slowly entered the Xuwen Hai'an New Port, marking the successful trial operation of the ship's roll on/roll off transport route in the Qiongzhou Strait. It is reported that the deck cargo ship "Green Source No.1" has a total tonnage of 6731, a net tonnage of 3769, a length of 125.8 meters, and a width of 28 meters. The ship adopts a single-layer deck design, which can carry more than 160 new energy vehicles on a single voyage under full load conditions. The parking capacity is about 60% higher than that of existing passenger and roll on/roll off transport ships. The ship is planned to be deployed on the route from Hai'an New Port in Zhanjiang to Xiuying Port in Haikou. After being put into operation, it will add a new mode of sea transportation for new energy vehicles in the Qiongzhou Strait and effectively alleviate the tense situation of insufficient capacity for new energy vehicle transportation during the peak period of cross sea vehicle transportation in the Qiongzhou Strait. Editor/Zhou Yingwen
On October 9, 2024, Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Fadhila stated that Malaysia has made progress in improving energy efficiency and that "energy conservation" has become the key to energy transition. Meanwhile, Malaysia will promote the ASEAN power grid as a key topic of discussion at the ASEAN Energy Ministers' Meeting. At the 2024 Asia Power and Energy Exhibition, which opened on the 8th, Fadhila revealed that as of June, Malaysia has saved 8769 gigawatt hours of electricity, worth over 2.2 billion ringgit, and plans to reduce 38 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions by 2025. In addition, the Malaysian government has approved the establishment of an energy exchange aimed at selling green electricity to neighboring countries. As the rotating chair of ASEAN in 2025, Malaysia will promote the construction of the ASEAN power grid to promote the promotion of renewable energy and enhance the resilience and reliability of electricity supply in ASEAN member countries. Editor/Zhou Yingwen