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International comprehensive transportation hub cities are key hub nodes in the national comprehensive three-dimensional transportation network.
In recent years, Nanjing has accelerated the construction of a modern comprehensive transportation system, and its hub status has become more prominent, and its hub energy level has been continuously improved, providing strong support for enhancing urban competitiveness and promoting high-quality development.
Recently, the Nanjing Municipal People’s Government, the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Transportation, and the Jiangsu Provincial Development and Reform Commission jointly issued the “Nanjing International Comprehensive Transportation Hub Development Special Plan (2024-2035)” (hereinafter referred to as the ” Special Plan “), which further clarified that The goals and paths for the development of urban transportation in Nanjing.
Today, a press conference was held in the Nanjing Press Office, and the Municipal Transportation Bureau, Municipal Development and Reform Commission, and Municipal Planning and Natural Resources Bureau issued an interpretation of the “Nanjing International Comprehensive Transportation Hub Development Special Plan (2024-2035)” And answer questions from reporters.
In February 2021, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council issued the “National Comprehensive Three-dimensional Transportation Network Planning Outline”, giving Nanjing an international comprehensive transportation hub city for the first time.
In September 2024, the “Nanjing Land and Space Master Plan (2021-2035)” was approved by the State Council, which generally clarified the urban nature of Nanjing’s “international comprehensive transportation hub city”.
In order to implement the State Council’s decision-making and deployment on accelerating the construction of Nanjing’s international comprehensive transportation hub city, and to further enhance Nanjing’s first position and enhance Nanjing’s strategic linkage position in the domestic and international dual circulation, the Municipal Transportation Bureau has prepared the “Nanjing International Comprehensive” International Comprehensive. The Special Plan for the Development of Transportation Hub (2024-2035)” was reviewed and approved by the Standing Meeting of the Nanjing Municipal People’s Government and was jointly issued by the Nanjing Municipal People’s Government, the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Transportation, and the Jiangsu Provincial Development and Reform Commission on February 14.
Ideas and goals
The planning is guided by high comprehensive efficiency, excellent system processes and low logistics costs. Focusing on strengthening the functions of international hubs, expanding the hub strategic hinterland, and enhancing global resource allocation capabilities, it is proposed that by 2035, Nanjing will rely on the leading domestic international aviation hubs and shipping. Logistics center and international railway hub have fully built a sea, land and air transportation network that connects the world, radiates across the country and shares in the region. It has become a comprehensive transportation hub service system marked by multimodal transport and multi-station linkage, and has become a high degree of factor aggregation and strong regional radiation capacity. , an international comprehensive transportation hub city with global influence.
○ Build a strategic fulcrum for the Asia-Pacific and integrated into the world.By 2035, 20-hour aviation will connect more than 95% of important trade countries and regions in Jiangsu and Anhui provinces, with a port container throughput of 6.3 million TEU, of which the foreign trade container throughput exceeds 3 million TEU.
○ Build a sea, river, road, rail and water transfer center for the Yangtze River Economic Belt. By 2035, the function of the river-sea transshipment hub will be significantly improved, with the proportion of container water-water transshipment reaching 46%. Boutique intermodal transport lines such as molten iron, sea river, road and railway cover major freight hubs across the country. The hub operation efficiency has been significantly improved, and the waiting time for goods has been further reduced. The combination of the combination should not exceed 1 hour.
○ Build a regional radiation center for the Yangtze River Delta International Hub Cluster. Build a “air-wide integrated” travel network with the core cities of the Yangtze River Delta, and achieve 0.5-1-hour “double-fast” commuting between intercity railways and high-speed roads within the metropolitan area. The Lukou Airport air-rail intermodal transport network covers the Nanjing metropolitan area in one hour, 2 hours It basically covers prefecture-level cities in Jiangsu Province and Anhui Province.
○ Build an innovative integration center to promote the development of new quality productivity with a hub.The intelligent application level of the entire process of the hub reaches 100%, and new industries, new models and new momentum have become the characteristics of Nanjing’s hub. The degree of hub resource agglomeration is ahead of the whole country, the low-altitude economic development is firmly ranked first in the country, and the average annual GDP growth rate of hub economic zones is 2 percentage points higher than the city’s total.
Main content
This planning report is divided into 5 chapters, totaling about 18,000 words. It systematically plans and overall deployments for the future development of Nanjing’s international comprehensive transportation hub, and proposes seven key tasks for the development of Nanjing’s international comprehensive transportation hub:
○ Create an international aviation hub for location portal.Taking the construction of the third phase of Lukou International Airport as a starting point, we will strengthen the global link and intercontinental direct access capabilities of Nanjing Lukou Airport, and build a comprehensive international aviation hub with location portals facing the Asia-Pacific and China Unicom, focusing on building it into a core international cargo and mail hub. Enable the civil function of Liuhe Masan Airport in a timely manner.
○ Enhance the international functions of the shipping logistics center.Create a hub layout of “one river and two banks, hub leadership, and smart linkage”, promote the optimization of the spatial layout of shipping logistics elements, and enhance the potential energy of regional shipping logistics centers. Focus on strengthening the status of the departing port of near-ocean routes, building a gateway between Shanghai International Shipping Center and river-sea transfer in the central and western regions, and creating an international multi-functional and comprehensive river-sea transfer main hub port. Relying on the advantages of intermodal transport such as Haijiang River, road, rail and water, we will expand the hinterland of Nanjing’s regional shipping logistics center.
○ Continue to improve the quality and efficiency of international train operations.Taking Yaohuamen and Longtan Railway Logistics Bases as important fulcrums of international trains, combined with the optimization and adjustment of Nanjing Railway Hub, we will promptly promote the departure and end of international trains in Longtan Port Area, and build a link between the land Silk Road and the maritime Silk Road. An important node in international logistics.
○ Consolidate the status of international postal express hub.Focus on the implementation of China Post International Cargo and Postal Comprehensive Core Port Project, promote the aggregation of core elements of postal express delivery, and gradually build a postal independent international aviation network.
○ Promote the integration of port customs clearance facilitation.Continue to promote the construction of airport ports, port ports and railway ports, actively strive for relevant port qualifications, and improve the level of port customs clearance facilitation.
○ Promote the linkage between hub information sharing and multi-port.Focus on improving the level of information sharing among hubs, explore the establishment of a multi-way big data basic exchange network and cross-departmental information sharing mechanism, and effectively integrate information resources such as port shipping, railway stations, airports, logistics parks, and customs.
○ Strengthen the hub economy to attract industrial agglomeration.Strengthen industrial support for hubs, strengthen the planning and construction and overall coordination of various hub economic zones, promote the staggered and integrated development of various hub economic zones, and create a hub economic development highland with coordinated industrial chain and supply chain and large scale of economic circulation.
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○ Highlight “provincial and municipal coordination”.The plan is jointly compiled and issued by the province and city. The key tasks have repeatedly emphasized the role of provincial platforms in promoting the integration and overall coordination of resources within the province, and actively seek more international and domestic resources for the construction of Nanjing’s international comprehensive transportation hub. The provinces and cities will further gather strong synergy and accelerate the construction of Nanjing’s international comprehensive transportation hub.
○ Highlights “cross-departmental collaboration”.Key tasks involve transportation, development and reform, planning resources, commerce, finance, customs, maritime, postal and other departments, and are required to perform their duties, strengthen cooperation, and ensure that all goals and tasks are promoted in an orderly manner.
○ Highlights “cross-regional coordination”.It is proposed to strengthen division of labor and cooperation with cities such as Shanghai and Hangzhou, jointly build and share the world-class comprehensive transportation hub cluster in the Yangtze River Delta, and support the improvement of the international competitiveness of the Yangtze River Delta hub cluster; strengthen cooperation, sharing, mutual benefit and mutual benefit with members of the Nanjing metropolitan area, and jointly Promote the construction of international comprehensive transportation hub cities.
In the next step, the Municipal Transportation Bureau will continue to implement the work arrangements of the Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government, and comprehensively do a good job in the construction of Nanjing’s international comprehensive transportation hub, providing strong support for the construction of a “strong, prosperous, beautiful and high-end” new Nanjing and a model of socialist modern urban.There are also these concernsLet’s take a look together▽➤In 2021, Nanjing was given the positioning of an international comprehensive transportation hub for the first time. After four years, how is the current progress in the construction of Nanjing’s international comprehensive transportation hub? What kind of development foundation does it have for future development?
Luo Rui, member of the Party Leadership Group and Deputy Director of the Municipal Transportation Bureau: In recent years, Nanjing’s status as an international comprehensive transportation hub has become increasingly prominent, and airports, seaports and railway ports all have a good development foundation.
First, airport hubs accelerate global links. In 2024, the international cargo and mail throughput of Lukou Airport was 75,000 tons, a record high; the Nanjing Border Inspection Station inspected a total of 2.628 million inbound and outbound passengers, including more than 311,000 foreign passengers, an increase of 82.7% and 65.8% year-on-year respectively. Both are the highest in the past five years. As the first batch of national historical and cultural cities and the first batch of cities in the country to apply transit visa-free policy, Nanjing’s inbound tourism has reached a new height. In 2024, the number of inbound overnight tourists received by Nanjing increased by 63% year-on-year.
Second, the status of the harbor hub is constantly strengthening. In 2024, the “Nanjing Port Master Plan (2024-2035)” was jointly approved by the Ministry of Transport and the Provincial Government, making up for the gap in Nanjing’s port planning in the past 20 years since the promulgation of the Port Law; the “Nanjing Regional Shipping Logistics Center Development Special Plan ( 2024-2035)” was jointly approved by the Municipal Government, Provincial Department of Transportation, and Provincial Development and Reform Commission. With the completion of the 12.5-meter deep water channel below Nanjing, Nanjing Port 50,000-ton sea ship can be opened for navigation all year round. In 2024, the Rongda Shanghai Ship, a Chinese bulk carrier with a draft of 11.8 meters, successfully berthed, refreshing the entry of Nanjing Port since its opening. The largest historical record of ship draft. The total number of international routes reaches 15, directly to Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia, India and Pakistan, the Far East, South America and other places. In 2024, the ocean routes will achieve new breakthroughs, and new international ocean routes in South America and the Far East are added. The internal foreign trade branch lines to Shanghai Yangshan and Zhejiang Ningbo have been opened to seamlessly connect with the three international ocean trunk lines of Europe, the United States and the Mediterranean. The scale of the internal foreign trade branch lines has remained the highest in the river for a long time.
Third, the railway international trains are developing steadily. 8 China-Europe freight trains have been launched stably, covering 12 countries including far-reaching Europe, Russia, Central Asia and Southeast Asia, and reaching more than 70 cities. In 2024, 389 China-Europe freight trains in Nanjing were launched, a year-on-year increase of 5%, setting a new record high; new routes from Nanjing to Baku, Azerbaijan and Nanjing to Istanbul, Turkey were added, and the Tongjiang inlet port was added, “four-directional and seven-port ports were added “The channel layout is basically formed. Overall, Nanjing’s international comprehensive transportation hub has a good development foundation, but there are still shortcomings such as the need to be further improved and the hub resource allocation capacity needs to be strengthened. In the next stage, we will also adhere to problem-oriented approach and comprehensively enhance Nanjing’s organizational support role in service functions such as international personnel exchanges, logistics transit and distribution, and global resource allocation.➤What considerations does Nanjing have in actively seeking national support and gathering provincial and municipal departments to work together to promote the construction of an international comprehensive transportation hub city?
Zhu Yuan, director of the Infrastructure Development Department of the Municipal Development and Reform Commission: The construction of Nanjing’s international comprehensive transportation hub city is inseparable from national support and coordinated promotion with provinces and cities. The plan was jointly issued by three units, aiming to fully gather the forces of various departments of the province and city to build an international comprehensive transportation hub. Based on the functions of our commission, we will make efforts in the following three aspects in the next stage:
First, seize the policy window period for the country to expand effective investment, actively seek national policy support such as ultra-long-term special government bonds, and provide strong guarantees for hub construction.
The second is to strengthen project construction efforts. Recently, the “Nanjing 2025 Government Investment Plan” has been released, with 61 projects arranged in the comprehensive transportation field, with an annual planned investment of 41.459 billion yuan. These include accelerating the Beiyanjiang High-speed Railway, Ninghuai Intercity Railway, Ningwu Railway Energy Expansion and Renovation Project, Shangyuanmen Cross-River Channel and other projects. In the future, we will further strengthen overall coordination and conduct in-depth research and timely resolution of specific problems arising during the promotion process.
The third is to actively promote the development of related industries. Accelerate the layout of new low-altitude industrial tracks, attract some enterprises to settle down, and cultivate and expand the low-altitude economic industrial chain; at the same time, work with various departments to vigorously promote the construction of major industrial projects, and strive to implement more large-scale and high-quality projects in Nanjing to promote international comprehensive transportation The development of hub cities provides support.
➤In the Nanjing Land and Space Master Plan approved by the State Council in 2024, the urban nature of Nanjing’s “international comprehensive transportation hub city” is generally clarified. How is the latest special plan connected with the Nanjing Land and Space Master Plan?
Li Ping, Director of the Municipal Department of the Municipal Planning and Resources Bureau: “Nanjing Land and Space Master Plan (2021-2035)” is the first provincial capital city land and space master plan approved by the State Council. The plan will write “International Comprehensive Transportation Hub City” for the first time The nature of entering the city is not only an upgrade of Nanjing’s strategic positioning at the national level, but also a new requirement for the coordinated promotion of the implementation of the plan across departments. Focusing on the goal of building an international comprehensive transportation hub city, the overall land space plan proposes to plan and build an international aviation hub, a national railway hub and a regional shipping and logistics center to achieve regional transportation integration and integrated development of the Nanjing metropolitan area. During the preparation of the special plan for the development of Nanjing International Comprehensive Transportation Hub, the transportation development goals and strategies of the overall land space plan were fully implemented, and the layout of the city’s comprehensive transportation hub determined by the overall plan was conducted in-depth and detailed research, and the layout of the city’s “5” was laid out. +9+14″ three-level passenger transport hub system and “3+9+10+N” four-level freight hub system. The implementation of special plans will also play an important role in promoting the shaping of the land space pattern, especially the planning, construction and overall coordination of hub economic zones. Hub economic zones such as airside, port, and high-speed rail will fully integrate transportation hubs and urban functions, and be misplaced. Integrated development, build a hub economic development highland with coordinated industrial chain and supply chain and large scale of economic circulation.
At present, our bureau is accelerating the preparation of the first comprehensive land and space transportation plan in Nanjing, and various districts are also accelerating the preparation of land and space zoning plans, which will further deepen and promote the coordinated development of comprehensive transportation hubs and urban space and industries, and implement spatial element guarantees, , jointly contribute to Nanjing’s construction of an international comprehensive transportation hub city.
➤What challenges are currently facing in opening an international passenger route in Nanjing Lukou Airport? What are the response measures in the next stage?
Luo Rui, member of the Party Leadership Group and Deputy Director of the Municipal Transportation Bureau: The development of international passenger aviation is closely related to the international business and cultural exchanges of citizens and friends. As an important carrier for the development of hub cities, accelerating the improvement of the hub energy level of Nanjing Lukou Airport plays an important role in enhancing the international influence of our city. Our introduction also mentioned that Nanjing international passenger and freight transportation demand has remained strong; in recent years, we have been accelerating the preliminary work of Lukou Airport Phase III, and are currently actively promoting the approval of the preliminary feasibility study report of Lukou Airport Phase III project. Work, strive to start construction as soon as possible. However, the recovery of international routes at Nanjing Lukou Airport also faces many constraints. For example, in 2024, the country issued the “Guiding Opinions on Promoting the Construction of International Aviation Hubs”, and the difficulty of striving for international passenger routes at regional aviation hubs such as Nanjing Lukou Airport has increased. For example, the current route recovery rate between overseas airlines and my country is generally low, which has also had a significant impact on the recovery of Nanjing Lukou Airport routes.
In the planning, in the face of the new development situation, we have also proposed a series of targeted response measures: on the one hand, Nanjing is a key node connecting international air transportation channels such as the Asia-Pacific. We will continue to “promote the advantages” and focus on enhancing the international functions of Lukou Airport to specific regions such as Japan and South Korea. Through frequency encryption and timely optimization, we will strengthen the competitiveness of routes. While ensuring the convenient travel of citizens and friends, we will widely attract domestic and domestic Chinese while ensuring that the general public can travel easily. Passengers in the western region will depart through Nanjing.
On the other hand, in the face of the challenge of long-distance international route development, we will actively strengthen our connection with important global international aviation hubs such as Dubai and Istanbul in the near future, strengthen our connection with the top ten domestic international aviation hubs such as Guangzhou, Chengdu and Urumqi, through international The connection process can quickly improve the international accessibility of Nanjing. At the same time, we will closely monitor the development trends of large international airlines and the situation of air rights negotiations between China and the United States, seize the opportunity, and strive to restore routes such as Frankfurt and Los Angeles in a timely manner. In addition, we will work with relevant provincial departments to continue to report and strive to make breakthroughs in key elements such as aviation hub positioning, air rights, and time.
