CAFTA

Cold storage facilities are being constructed in two phases, The first phase, now operational, offers whole-process integrated cold-chain logistics services that encompass warehousing, distribution, processing, inventory management, purchase and sale agency, financing and pledging, information platforms and business advisory services. More

Pingxiang is a Class 1 border checkpoint with international train services that connect directly to Hanoi, Vietnam in the south and to Beijing and Moscow in the north. In 2012, Pingxiang’s revenue from rail freight transport amounted to about Rmb150 million, accounted mostly by exports to Vietnam such as daily necessities, steel products and chemical raw materials. More

Located in downtown Dongxing, the Class 1 border checkpoint of Dongxing is the only checkpoint of its kind with both sea and land links to Vietnam, adjoining the latter’s Mong Cai checkpoint with a bridge. More

Along with the establishment of the CAFTA, Guangxi has become China’s springboard to the ASEAN. Enterprises there can largely flexibly trade with their ASEAN counterparts either in the form of “border trade” or “general trade”, effectively helping exporters solve logistics and customs clearance problems. Hong Kong companies wishing to tap the ASEAN opportunities can consider appointing such Guangxi enterprises as their agents when exploring the Vietnam and other ASEAN markets. More