-- General Secretary Xi Jinping's record on port development

           Xinhua 2017-07-06 08:26:15

      This is a road that spans the past and the present. General secretary xi jinping has proposed to jointly build the One Belt And One Road, which provides a new broad path for human development in the 21st century. This is a road connecting China and the rest of the world. The One Belt And One Road initiative opens up bright prospects for building a community with a Shared future for mankind between China and other countries. Ports are the starting point and fulcrum of the Maritime Silk Road. More than 2,000 years ago, the forefathers of the Chinese nation sailed to the sea from Quanzhou Port in Fujian, Ningbo Port in Zhejiang, Guangzhou port in Guangdong, Yangzhou Port in Jiangsu, Penglai Port in Shandong and Beihai Port in Guangxi. Sailing through the stormy seas, they forged the maritime silk Road connecting the East and the West.

       Port development has always been one of the focuses of General Secretary Xi Jinping's inspection and attention. In jinping general secretary of the construction of "area" of the instruction spirit, party committees and governments at all levels and port transportation construction, running routes, make port "friends", promote infrastructure interconnectivity, port the important fulcrum on this one "area" will linkage world, write a new chapter for the maritime silk route.

       Ports have always been heavy in the heart of General Secretary Xi Jinping.

      On April 19, 2017, less than a month before the "One Belt And One Road" summit forum for international cooperation, general secretary xi jinping visited the han dynasty cultural museum and tieshan port in hepu county, beihai city, guangxi in the rain.

      This investigation contains special significance. Hepu, the westernmost point of the ancient Maritime Silk Road off the coast of China's mainland, became an important gateway for trade and commerce between China and foreign countries more than 2100 years ago. According to "han? Geography" records, the emperor Liu Chezeng sent from xuwen (now guangdong xuwen), sea (now in guangxi beihai) hepu port, after day south county (now Vietnam) coast westward, reach the yellow countries (now in India), has been not Cheng Guo (now Sri Lanka), brought despatch, mainly silk, such as gold; The silk was then sold through India to the countries of Central and Western Asia and the Mediterranean. This is the earliest written record of the Maritime Silk Road.

      Today, in hepu museum, pottery, bronze, gold and silver, crystal agate, amber pine... Local relics bear witness to hepu's early history as a port of departure on the Maritime Silk Road.

      Cranes soar above the pier of Tieshan Port. General Secretary Xi Jinping had cordial talks with dock workers. 'We often say that if you want to be rich, you have to build roads first, and if you want to be rich in coastal areas, you have to build ports first,' he stressed. He proposed to build a "seacoast economy", pointing out that the North Sea has the historical heritage of the ancient Maritime Silk Road, and we should now write a new chapter of the maritime Silk Road in the new century.

      Ports have always carried a heavy weight in the heart of General Secretary Xi Jinping.

      When he was in Ningde, Fujian province, Mr Xi argued that the coastal regions needed to build ports first if they wanted to get rich. In the late 1980s, when Xi Jinping served as the secretary of Ningde Prefecture Party Committee of Fujian Province, he had a strong "sense of port" in his policy conception of reasonably planning comprehensive transportation and promoting economic development by combining land and sea. We will develop Sandu 'ao as an international port with access to major ports along the coast of China and facing the Pacific Ocean. After nearly 30 years of unremitting efforts, today's Sanduao Port area has realized a seamless connection between a group of specialized wharves and a highway traffic network connected by trunk and branch, and the people in eastern Fujian have realized the "dream of sailing to sea".

      When he was in Zhejiang, Mr Xi seized on the port as the engine of the province's maritime economy. In 2002, when Xi jinping was appointed party secretary of Zhejiang province, he set his sights on the blue sea, 2.6 times the land area of the province, and made several surveys of zhoushan Islands. He pointed out, "In the new century and the new stage, where is the further development of Zhejiang's economy? At sea!" He urged Zhejiang to "strive to develop into a strong maritime economy". Xi urged the integration of Ningbo and Zhoushan ports, the construction of zhoushan connecting islands and the integration of port resources in Zhejiang province. On December 20, 2005, Ningbo - Zhoushan Port Management Committee was listed. The port construction will be a big deal in the economic development of Zhejiang province, with the focus on the integration of Ningbo and Zhoushan ports, Xi said at the opening ceremony. The integration of Ningbo and Zhoushan ports is conducive to the construction of Shanghai International Shipping center and the positive interaction of China's coastal ports. Today, Ningbo-Zhoushan Port has established trade relations with more than 600 ports in more than 100 countries and regions, ranking the first in cargo throughput in the world for many consecutive years, and has become the national large container transfer base, bulk strategic material transfer reserve base and port industrial base of energy, shipbuilding, heavy chemicals and steel.

      When he took office in Shanghai, Xi Jinping regarded the port as the fulcrum for Shanghai to enter the international arena. On August 28, 2007, Shanghai Municipal Party Committee held a study meeting of standing Committee to study the construction of Shanghai international shipping center. Then the Shanghai party secretary xi jinping, chaired the meeting and delivered a speech pointed out that over the next five years is a key period of Shanghai international shipping center construction, to continue to promote the building of infrastructure, improve operational efficiency, promote the shipping service industry enterprise groups, industry chain, elements into the city, improve the status and role in the international shipping. Now, Shanghai port has been the world's first port container throughput for seven consecutive years. The world's major liner companies have opened more than 600 flights to 206 countries and regions in Shanghai port. With more than 1,300 international flights per month, Shanghai port is the port with the highest density of port routes in the world, covering asia-Europe routes, Middle East routes, Africa routes and Southeast Asia routes, most of which are on the track of the Maritime Silk Road.

      As general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, Xi Jinping has made plans for ports in a broader vision. In promoting supply-side structural reform, we will promote the development of ports from decentralized competition to regional cooperation, make ports bigger and stronger, and serve the "One Belt And One Road" construction.

      On July 21, 2013, General Secretary Xi Jinping went to Wuhan for inspection. After landing in the rain, he arrived at Yangluo Container Port, A new port in Wuhan. It was raining hard and there was water over my feet. He rolled up his trousers and held an umbrella under which he chatted with workers, his shirt wet with rain.

     Wuhan New port is formed by the unified planning and construction of the ports of Wuhan, Ezhou, Huanggang and Xianning, which has got rid of the problems such as scattered, disordered competition and repeated construction due to the small size of different administrative regions. Yangluo Container port area has opened direct ocean Mountain, Waigaoqiao trunk flights, and so on, to achieve the "daily flight"; Wuhan Xingang has also opened branch lines to Yichang, Jingzhou, Yueyang, Luzhou and other places, which has led to a significant increase in the volume of containers at ports in the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River. In July 2014, Wuhan Newport opened the "21st Century Maritime Silk Road" test route from Wuhan to the four ASEAN countries, and opened a major waterway and logistics channel from the central region to ASEAN countries. In March 2016, the State Council officially approved the establishment of Wuhan Xingang Airport Comprehensive Bonded Zone. In August, hubei was listed in the third batch of pilot free trade zones. The china-china freight train (wuhan) and the direct routes between China and the Yangtze river and the sea meet in wuhan. The combined iron and water transport and joint water transport expand the hinterland of shipping centers and ports, making it an important pivot for One Belt And One Road.

     General Secretary Xi Jinping has pointed out that the Yangtze River basin should strengthen cooperation, give full play to the role of inland waterway shipping, and turn the whole basin into a golden waterway. To promote the development of the Yangtze River Economic belt, ecological priority and green development must be taken to make the golden waterway produce golden benefits. He also said that the development of shipping along the Yangtze River should not only focus on the international market and the Yangtze River Delta region, but extend inward to the whole river basin. Adjusting the form of shipping organization is also a way to win development, and it cannot be achieved only by increasing investment, which is the same as adjusting the economic structure.

     General Secretary Xi Jinping's instructions on "strengthening cooperation", "green development" and "adjusting the organizational form" hit the nail on the head. They are highly targeted at the development of China's ports and push China's port industry to embark on the road of intensive development.

     The Ministry of Transport and local Party committees and governments at all levels have fully understood the important guiding principles of General Secretary Xi Jinping, and actively promoted the integration of port resources, the interaction between ports, and the in-depth integration of port industries and cities, and accelerated the hub, intensive and modernized development of ports.

     In port supply side under the impetus of the structural reform, has been formed along the coast of China bohai sea coastal, the pearl river delta, Yangtze river delta, southeast and southwest five coastal port group of modernization, basic completed including container, coal, oil, iron ore, food, commodity cars, lu island the carriage of passengers and cargo, comprehensive and integrated transportation system.

     General secretary xi jinping has made it clear that ports should be "four first-class" and serve the "One Belt And One Road" construction well.

     On January 4, 2016, General Secretary Xi Jinping made a special trip to the third-generation modern inland river port and state-level railway, highway and waterway multi-modal transport integrated transportation hub under construction in Chongqing. Orchard port inspection. He listened attentively to the construction of shipping centers on the upper Reaches of the Yangtze River, the layout of modern ports, combined rail, highway and waterway transport, and the launch of The Yuxinou International Railway.

     General secretary see orchard harbor facilities complete, has begun to take shape, said "there is hope", at the same time message orchard area of builders and managers want to good, good management, operation of port construction, with first-class facilities, first-class technology, first-class management, first-class service, good service for the Yangtze river economic belt development, service for the "area" construction, good service for further promoting the development of the western region.

      Now, China's port construction and development strides toward the forefront of the world. By the end of 2016, China had 2,317 ports of 10,000-ton class and above berths, 1.3 times the number of five years ago, and 34 ports with a tonnage of 100 million. Port cargo throughput and container throughput for more than 10 consecutive years ranked first in the world. Among the top 10 ports in the world in terms of cargo throughput and container throughput, Chinese ports occupy 7 positions.

      The rapid development of the port provides basic support and important guarantee for the construction of "One Belt And One Road". At present, China's ports have established shipping links with more than 200 countries and more than 600 major ports in the world. More than 90% of China's foreign trade goods pass through ports.

Holding hands with the "Circle of Friends" to write a new chapter of the Maritime Silk Road

      In 2013, In his speeches at Nazarbayev University in Kazakhstan and the Indonesian Parliament, President Xi Jinping put forward the cooperation initiatives of jointly building the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, respectively.

      On many international occasions, general secretary xi jinping has referred to ports as "important fulcrum" and "important hub" to describe the importance of ports in "One Belt And One Road".

      On September 17, 2014, Accompanied by Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, President Xi Jinping visited important cooperation projects between China and Sri Lanka. Colombo Port South container terminal and attended the opening ceremony of port City. Xi urged Chinese builders to work with Sri Lanka to build this important hub of the maritime Silk Road in the 21st century.

      On the sea, sand-blasting boats sound their whistles, spews out sands, and excavators push sand rocks into the sea. People celebrate in a unique way in the harbor, hoping that the ancient "crossroads of the East" Colombo Port will shine again in the construction of the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road.

      The reason why wild geese can go through the wind and rain, the key is that they travel together, mutual strength.

      China's "One Belt And One Road" initiative aims to strengthen connectivity among countries along the traditional land and maritime silk roads, and achieve common economic prosperity, complementary trade and closer people-to-people ties. On September 18, 2014, In his important speech to the World Affairs Council of India, President Xi Jinping proposed the vision of "connectivity" of ports and other infrastructure.

       "I am pleased to see that this initiative has received positive response and broad support from the international community since it was put forward. More than 100 countries and international organizations have been involved, and a large number of cooperation projects have been launched, some of which have taken root. The infrastructure connectivity network has taken shape, industrial cooperation along the belt and Road has gained momentum, policy coordination among countries has been strengthened, and people have begun to benefit from cooperation and become closer to each other." President xi jinping showcased the achievements of the past four years at the One Belt And One Road forum for international cooperation.

       In the past four years, maritime connectivity has become more open. Up to now, China has signed bilateral maritime agreements (river transport agreements) with 36 countries along the "One Belt And One Road" route, as well as with the eu and asean. The agreements have been implemented, and both sides give each other's ships preferential treatment in terms of port service guarantee and tax. In addition, a Secretariat for China-CEEC Maritime Cooperation has been set up, and an INTERNATIONAL Maritime Organization (IMO) Asian Technical Cooperation Center has been set up in China. China has established the China-Asean Maritime Consultation mechanism, the China-Asean Port Development and Cooperation Forum, and the China-Malaysia Ports Alliance.

       Tianjin Port, an important gateway to the bohai Sea and the opening up of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, has established friendly port relations with 12 ports including Melbourne port and Philadelphia Port, actively established good relations with Singapore port, Dubai Port, Antwerp Port and Hamburg port, and timely promoted international port cooperation with capital as the bond.

       In the Yangtze River Delta, Shanghai port, as the leader of the Yangtze River, has played a fundamental supporting and opening window role in the construction of Shanghai international shipping center. It has become the largest container port in the world and has established trade contacts with more than 300 ports in the world. "One Belt And One Road" freight trade index and "maritime silk road" freight price index released by Shanghai airlines exchange provide information reference and trend judgment for countries along the route to develop shipping economy.

      In the southeast coast, as a core maritime silk road in the 21st century, southeast fujian around xiamen international shipping center construction, strengthen the planning guide, highlight the dislocation development, accelerate the overall key port shall develop and public utility construction, promote the minjiang shipping development, create service throughout the country, facing the world scale, intensive, specialization of port group.

      Shenzhen Port has become a hub port for the 21st century maritime Silk Road in the Pearl River Delta. In October 2016, Shenzhen Port signed shenzhen Declaration with 14 international ports such as Antwerp Port, Barcelona Port, Copenhagen - Malmo port, Hamburg Port, Halifax port and Incheon Port to promote the application of new technologies, strengthen port chain cooperation and build smart and green ports.

      Along the southwest coast, Taking the Beibu Gulf Port cluster as the base point, Guangxi is speeding up maritime connectivity with the 47 ASEAN ports and making every effort to build a China-Asean port city cooperation network. The first phase of seven projects is progressing smoothly, and some of them have directly served the maritime transport between China and ASEAN.

      "International cooperation on the One Belt And One Road initiative should continue to give priority to connectivity, with major projects and projects leading the way. Cooperation should be promoted in such areas as roads, railways, ports, aviation, oil and gas pipelines, electricity and communications networks, and infrastructure connectivity should be built." At the closing ceremony of the One Belt And One Road roundtable summit, President xi jinping issued a new initiative.

       With the construction of "One Belt And One Road" in full swing, China's ports will usher in a new development opportunity and historical mission. In May 2017, the peak BBS "One Belt And One Road" international cooperation, as initiator to build "area" initiative, China published "build" area ": the concept, practice and contribution of China, pointed out that" more than six galleries all nations harbor "is to build the body of the" area "framework, for countries to participate in the" area "cooperation provides a clear direction. Among them, "multi-port" refers to a number of cooperative ports that ensure the safety and smoothness of major maritime transport corridors. Through the establishment of a number of important ports and node cities with countries along the "One Belt And One Road", maritime cooperation can be further enhanced.

      "We should, in the spirit of partnership, firmly adhere to extensive consultation, joint contribution and Shared benefits, and make policy, infrastructure, trade, financial and people-to-people connectivity the goal of our joint efforts. We should continue to cooperate in opening up and win together in cooperation. We should not set the bar too high, set the bar too high, make exclusive arrangements, and oppose protectionism." President xi jinping made the pledge at the One Belt And One Road forum for international cooperation.

      Hong Kong xingtong world, "Sea silk" continuation of a new chapter. As the blueprint is made and the journey begins again, under the strong leadership of the CPC central committee with comrade xi jinping as the core, China's port construction will further serve the "One Belt And One Road" construction and make new and greater contributions to jointly building a community with a Shared future for mankind.