Dongguan City in south China's Guangdong Province, a well-known lychee producer, has streamlined transportation and customs clearance procedures to ensure the timely delivery of these sweet fruits to international clients.
At a local lychee orchard, workers quickly sort freshly picked lychees. After sorting, the fruits are immediately packed and loaded onto a logistics vehicle that is on standby.
The vehicle then heads directly to the airport, where the lychees are loaded onto a cargo plane and delivered to clients in Singapore the following day.
As the shelf life of freshly harvested lychees is only about two days, in order to achieve “next-day delivery,” express delivery companies deploy personnel directly to orchards to handle on-site customs declarations, with dedicated staff overseeing the process from customs clearance to final delivery.
"Previously, we used a customs transfer process, which took about two to three days for delivery. Now that the procedure has been streamlined, the lychees can be flown directly from the Shenzhen port to Singapore. Lychees picked today can be delivered the next morning, matching the delivery speed for domestic destinations," said Zhao Xiaochuan, head of the international business department at a delivery company.
Guangdong is one of the world’s largest lychee producers, with one out of every three lychees globally coming from the province.
In recent years, Guangdong’s annual lychee exports have exceeded 8,000 tons, accounting for more than 55 percent of China’s total exports.
China's Dongguan streamlines transportation, customs procedures to ensure timely delivery of fresh lychees
China Media Group (CMG) on Wednesday aired a grand New Year gala to welcome the arrival of 2026 with celebrations focused on the richness of Chinese culture, and blending traditional arts with contemporary creativity in a nationwide showcase of unity and joy.
Titled "Sail into 2026," the gala was staged in Lyuliang City, north China's Shanxi Province, and featured over 60 meticulously crafted performances. From vibrant song and dance routines to performances of traditional Chinese instrumental music, opera and martial arts, the gala embraced a wide variety of artistic styles, reflecting the depth of cultural heritage and the spirit of contemporary innovation.
The show vividly captured regional transformations across China, from the innovative dynamism of the Yangtze River Delta in east China to the cultural vitality of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region in the northern part of the country. It also presented the energetic harmony of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area city cluster in the south, as well as heartfelt New Year wishes from China's Taiwan region.
The gala also shone a spotlight on ordinary individuals who made a difference in 2025. It also featured fresh works from a new wave of public cultural creators. Through these stories and performances, the gala offered a panoramic celebration of people nationwide joyfully embracing the New Year, together painting a hopeful picture of peace, prosperity and unity.
The gala was broadcast live at 20:00 on December 31 across CMG platforms including CCTV-1, CCTV-3, major radio frequencies, and new media outlets such as CCTV News.
CMG presents culture-rich New Year Gala to ring in 2026
