Growing transport channels raise city's trade profile

Platform for open cooperation

Chengdu, as a hub for international rail and air transport, is improving and expanding its networks in order to enhance connectivity and engagement with the global market. Efforts are being made to enhance platforms for open cooperation and foster an open economy.

The key area of the Chengdu International Railway Port primarily focuses on three areas: international supply chain, international trade and intelligent manufacturing in close proximity to the port. This location has attracted more than 200 projects, with a total investment exceeding 120 billion yuan. TCL Optoelectronics Technology (Chengdu), located in the Comprehensive Bonded Zone of Chengdu International Railway Port, utilizes the zone's bonded function to produce essential components such as TV modules in the form of processing trade. These components are then transported to TCL's assembly base in Poland via the China-Europe freight train service.

"The company has transferred 80 percent of its European orders to Chengdu, hoping to respond more quickly to the needs of European customers through the China-Europe freight train service," said Sun Xiuhong, head of TCL's Chengdu branch.

"More than 90 percent of the components required for TCL's six production lines at the assembly base in Poland pass through the China-Europe freight trains departing from Chengdu," Sun added.

The Chengdu-Eurasia National (Commodity) Pavilion, located at the Chengdu International Railway Port, is home to 34 venues operated by businesses from Europe, Central Asia, Southeast Asia, Oceania and other regions. These venues display and sell a diverse array of products, such as food and wine, maternity and child healthcare items, cosmetics, and motor vehicles. The pavilion generates an annual import transaction volume exceeding 1 billion yuan.

With Tianfu International Airport and Shuangliu International Airport, Chengdu is actively developing its airport economy to create new impetus for open development.

In the Shuangliu Area of the Chengdu International Airport Economic Zone, European aircraft manufacturer Airbus is constructing its first aircraft life cycle services center outside of Europe.

"The project is slated for operation by the end of the year and will provide one-stop services encompassing aircraft parking, storage, maintenance, upgrades, modifications, dismantling and recycling," said a representative from the administrative committee of the Chengdu Shuangliu Aviation Economic Zone.

The Shuangliu Area, with a planned area of 4.98 square kilometers, aims to develop an aviation industry worth more than 20 billion yuan by 2025. Currently, three industry-leading enterprises, namely Airbus, the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China and SF Express have established a presence in this area, along with 26 projects. Furthermore, it houses four functional platforms, including the Civil Aviation Airborne Equipment Airworthiness Certification Center.

The Eastern New Area of the Chengdu International Airport Economic Zone has a planned area of 9.3 sq km. It has initially established three industrial clusters —aviation logistics, aviation maintenance and manufacturing, and airside consumption. Around these three industrial clusters, the area has prepared a large number of projects.

The Eastern New Area has secured contracts to establish a base for industrial headquarters and the western China headquarters of Hymson, a major player in intelligent laser equipment manufacturing. Construction has already begun.