Ezhou Huahu Airport in Central China's Hubei Province, the country's first cargo-focused airport, exceeded its cumulative international capacity of 100,000 tonnes last June.
The airport, which began international operations in April 2023, now operates 18 international routes in addition to 50 domestic routes. It has its own 750,000 square metre cargo handling facility with 52 kilometres of cargo sorting lines.
In June last year, a new international air cargo route was launched connecting Ezhou Huahu Airport with the Hungarian capital Budapest. This direct air route will serve, among other things, the express transport of parcels and e-commerce goods. It will expand air logistics channels between the two countries and promote economic exchanges between China and Europe.
China's General Administration of Customs (GAC) on Sunday unveiled 16 key measures aimed at further reviving the country's central region.
These measures include optimising fast rail clearance, promoting cross-border e-commerce and setting up demonstration areas to absorb relocated manufacturing trade.
GAC plans to boost international cargo traffic by promoting the introduction of new and more frequent cargo flights at Ezhou Huahu International Airport in Hubei Province. In addition, it will facilitate the construction of a new land port site in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, and the upgrading of the land port in Hefei, Anhui Province.
It will also assist Changsha Huanghua International Airport in Hunan Province and Kenya's Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in signing a new cooperation agreement.
It will also help improve the capacity of food, energy and resource security safeguards, such as coal and minerals, and make efforts to promote environmental protection and reduce carbon emissions in the region.
Customs will also work with the central region to promote environmental protection and green, low-carbon development. Key measures include strengthening coordinated epidemic and disease prevention at ports and deepening reform of inspection models for imported and exported hazardous materials.
CMG/ gnews - RoZ
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