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China's landmark trade corridor sees surge in goods transport

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China's landmark trade corridor sees surge in goods transport

2025-05-09 15:01 Last Updated At:15:37

The New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor, a key logistics network connecting China's western regions to global markets, had transported 508,336 containers of goods via intermodal rail-sea service as of Thursday morning, an accelerated increase of 71.6 percent year on year.

So far this year, various cities in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region have shipped a total of 183,000 containers of goods, such as stone materials and auto parts, to the region's Qinzhou Port, Tieshan Port, and Fangchenggang Port, up 158.3 percent year on year, according to the latest data.

Meanwhile, 245,000 containers of goods such as bauxite, raw coal, and rapeseed oil have been transported from the Qinzhou Port and Fangchenggang Port in Guangxi, and the Zhanjiang Port in Guangdong Province to western cities like Baise, Kunming, Chongqing, and Guiyang, representing a year-on-year growth of 59 percent.

As a crucial hub for the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor, the Qinzhou Port East Railway Station has broken the single-day loading record five times this year, reaching a peak of 711 cars.

It has also broken the single-day loading and unloading record five times, with the new high at 1,401 cars and the daily average number above 1,200 cars.

China's landmark trade corridor sees surge in goods transport

China's landmark trade corridor sees surge in goods transport

As the United States is set to formally withdraw from the World Health Organization (WHO) in January, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned Tuesday that the move will make both the country and the world "unsafe."

On his first day back in the White House on Jan. 20, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order to withdraw the country from the WHO. The United Nations received the formal notice two days later.

Under the organization's charter, the withdrawal takes effect one year after notice is given.

It's not really the right decision, Tedros said, expressing his hope that the United States will reconsider its decision and rejoin the WHO.

He added that much of the work done by the WHO is beneficial to the United States, and "that's why I said the U.S. cannot be safe without working with WHO."

The WHO chief also said that the organization is gradually addressing its funding issues through budget adjustments and structural reforms.

U.S. withdrawal from WHO makes the world "unsafe," says WHO chief

U.S. withdrawal from WHO makes the world "unsafe," says WHO chief

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