CCTV News: China's ports have maintained strong operational momentum this year, with cargo throughput growing by 4.4% year-on-year in the first 11 months. The continuous expansion of international shipping routes, coupled with the ongoing upgrade of export product structures, has injected powerful momentum into the high-quality development of China's foreign trade.

At the automated container terminal in Qinzhou, Guangxi, a batch of new energy vehicle components is being loaded onto ships bound for Thailand. Leveraging deep cooperation with automakers in Guangxi and Southwest China, Beibu Gulf Port has seen a significant 33.5% year-on-year increase in exports of complete vehicles and components since the beginning of this year.

Li Kaishan, Deputy General Manager of Beibu Gulf Port Co., Ltd.: This year, Beibu Gulf Port has adopted a dual-drive strategy of deepening cargo sourcing and expanding shipping routes, launching multiple new routes including Jakarta Port in Indonesia and Haiphong Port in Vietnam. From January to November this year, the port operated 59 international shipping routes, driving steady growth in foreign trade cargo volume.

Today, China's international container liner routes cover over 100 countries and regions. Export goods are accelerating their shift from traditional low-value-added products like agricultural goods and light industrial textiles toward high-tech, high-value-added items such as precision instruments, advanced machinery, electric vehicles, and industrial robots.

In the first three quarters of this year, exports of mechanical and electrical products grew by 9.6% year-on-year, accounting for 60.5% of total export value. Among these, green and low-carbon products like the “new three categories” and railway electric locomotives achieved double-digit growth rates, emerging as new highlights in foreign trade expansion.

Data from the Ministry of Transport shows that from January to November, port cargo throughput reached 16.75 billion tons, up 4.4% year-on-year, while container throughput hit 320 million TEUs, rising 6.6%. Foreign trade container throughput grew by 9.5% during the same period.

Zhu Xuyu, Deputy Director of the Water Transport Bureau, Ministry of Transport: Moving forward, we will develop a number of “hundred-million-ton-level” and “ten-million-TEU-level” digital and intelligent port areas and green port areas to comprehensively enhance the capabilities of port hubs. We will optimize the layout of international shipping routes and advance the deep integration of container rail-water intermodal transport through a “one port, one policy” approach, providing stronger support for improving the quality and efficiency of China's foreign trade.

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