The Western Land Sea New Corridor is located in the hinterland of western China and is a major land sea corridor that connects the Belt and Road Initiative, supports high-level opening up in the western region, and builds a new development pattern. This year marks the fifth anniversary of the issuance of the Overall Plan for the Western Land Sea New Corridor. In order to support the construction of an inland open comprehensive hub and further promote the construction of the Western Land Sea New Corridor, the General Administration of Customs recently issued a new round of 15 key support measures based on the 15 support measures issued in July last year. What are the considerations behind the introduction of new measures after a year? Chen Zongwang, Deputy Director of the Comprehensive Business Department of the General Administration of Customs, stated that since the beginning of this year, after extensive research and in-depth analysis, it has been found that enterprises hope to reduce the comprehensive logistics costs of the Western Land Sea New Corridor and enhance the comparative advantages of inland port logistics. In addition, the business volume of new foreign trade formats such as procurement and cross-border e-commerce in the western land sea new channel market has further increased, which has also generated a market demand for developing new types of barter trade. Guided by the demands of enterprises and market demand, while continuing last year's good practices, the support measures introduced this time mainly focus on four aspects. One is to improve the convenience level of customs clearance along the route. By innovating supervision and optimizing services, we aim to further enhance the level of customs clearance convenience. Specific measures include supporting the expansion of the import scale of bulk resource commodities through the Western Land Sea New Channel, optimizing the multimodal transport customs supervision mode through the construction of smart customs, and supporting the construction of digital land sea new channels. The second is to support the construction of open platforms along the route. Including exploring the classification supervision of domestic and foreign trade goods within the bonded logistics centers (Type B) along the route, supporting the comprehensive bonded zones along the route to undertake the industrial gradient transfer from the eastern region, and implementing the policy combination of "channel+platform" to achieve the coordinated development of "economy and trade+industry". The third is to promote the upgrading and upgrading of industries along the route. Focusing on supporting the cultivation of new foreign trade drivers in areas along the channel, assisting in the expansion of import and export of characteristic high-quality agricultural and food products, piloting the "inspection before packing" regulatory model, supporting localities to carry out new barter trade in an orderly and standardized manner according to local conditions, and steadily promoting the inspection and access process of high-quality agricultural products in ASEAN. The fourth is to help reduce logistics costs along the route. Continuously deepen the application of freight deduction policies for the domestic section of the Western Land Sea New Corridor, actively cooperate with relevant departments, and promote the expansion of the scope of tax refund policies for land departure ports; In response to market demand, we will carry out the reform of convenient customs clearance for the import of goods with the same origin as medicine and food. For the western region, the Western Land Sea New Corridor is not only a logistics channel, but also an industrial channel. These days, walking into Baizi Town located in Tongnan District, Chongqing, in the 10000 acre lemon planting base, the reporter saw golden fruits hanging on the branches, and farmers were busy picking, sorting, and loading. In the near future, these fresh lemons will appear on the table of the common people of the countries jointly building the "the Belt and Road". Thanks to its vast territory, diverse climate and ecological environment, the western region has abundant characteristic agricultural resources. Nowadays, relying on the radiation and driving effect of the Western Land Sea New Corridor, advantageous and characteristic agricultural products such as Yunnan's fresh flowers, Sichuan's wogan, and Gansu's wine have "entered" the international market. Data shows that in the first 10 months of this year, provinces (regions, cities) along the Western Land Sea New Corridor exported agricultural products worth 26.88 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 12.3%. With the increasingly dense logistics network of the Western Land Sea New Corridor, covering more and more ports, and the variety of goods is becoming more and more diverse Chen Zongwang said that this year, efforts will continue to be made to connect and interconnect with the China Europe freight train and the Yangtze River Golden Waterway, further optimizing the customs supervision of the railway sea multimodal transport of the Western Land Sea New Corridor; Copy and promote the policy of deducting domestic freight charges from rail sea intermodal transportation to China Laos and China Vietnam trains... allowing more enterprises to enjoy policy dividends and making the development of economic and trade industries along the line more dynamic. Xiang Qian, Deputy Director of the Port Logistics Office of the Chongqing Municipal Government, stated that "in the next step, we will focus on breakthroughs and refine measures in four aspects: enhancing transportation security, digital services, leading institutional openness, and driving channel industries to better promote channel connectivity, reduce costs and increase efficiency, better serve international economic and trade cooperation and industrial development, and create more landmark reform and opening-up achievements. (New Society)