Inauguration ceremony for the China Jinshuihe-Vietnam Ma Lu Thang highway border gates
The inauguration ceremony for the China Jinshuihe-Vietnam Ma Lu Thang highway border gates was held at the China-Vietnam Friendship Bridge in Jinping county, south Yunnan’s Honghe prefecture, on November 10, marking the formal upgrade of the Jinshuihe border crossing into an international port.
The Jinshuihe border gate serves as a vital gateway for Yunnan to reach northwestern Vietnam and connect with the Indochina Peninsula. In recent years, the gate’s infrastructure and smart technology have been improved, handling 2 million passengers and 1 million tons of freight annually.
A freight truck passes through the Jinshuihe border gate.
The border gate was upgraded to an international land port and passed the national joint inspection In March this year,, achieving an upgrade from bilateral customs clearance to international multilateral customs clearance.
Jinshuihe border gate has realized fast, seamless customs clearance for passengers, with freight vehicles clearing customs within 5 minutes. Registered border residents can pass through self-service channels in under 10 seconds, and customs clearance time for freight vehicles has been reduced by 40%.
International travelers pass through the Jinshuihe border gate.
In the first three quarters of this year, Jinshuihe handled 22,000 tons of import and export cargo with a total value of 443 million yuan, and it recorded 293,600 border crossings. Achieving 383 million yuan in border residents' mutual trade, the border gate generated 339 million yuan in local processing output.
Reporting by Rao Yong and Ma Chipeng (Yunnan Daily); Trans-editing by Wang Shixue
