Since its launch by east China's Fujian Province in 2018, Silk 
Road(https://en.imsilkroad.com/) Maritime has been showing strong development 
momentum and resilience, becoming an important link in promoting the "dual 
circulation" of domestic and international markets.

Despite the constantly changing global economic environment, 
trade(https://en.imsilkroad.com/trade/index.html) between Fujian and the 
countries and regions along the Belt and Road(https://en.imsilkroad.com/) 
routes reached 412.2 billion yuan (about 58.93 billion U.S. dollars) in the 
first seven months of 2022, up 19.6 percent year on year. By the end of August 
this year, a total of 9,014 trips have been made through shipping routes named 
after Silk Road Maritime, with the total container throughput reaching 10.182 
million twenty-foot equivalent units.

More achievements were seen of the development of Silk Road Maritime this year, 
as the 2022 Silk Road Maritime International Cooperation Forum kicked off on 
September 8. On June 10, the e-commerce express of Silk Road Maritime was 
launched. Earlier in January, a new shipping route was opened linking members 
of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership.

By integrating with the New International Land-Sea 
Trade(https://en.imsilkroad.com/trade/index.html) Corridor and the China-Europe 
freight train services, Silk Road Maritime has also supported Fujian in 
building overseas shipping channel for inland provinces. In 2021, the volume of 
bulk cargo from outside the province handled by Fujian's ports through sea-rail 
combined transport increased by 21.5 percent from the last year. Container 
volume of sea-rail combined transport in the first half of 2022 saw a 
year-on-year increase of 44 percent.

By further promoting policy(https://en.imsilkroad.com/policy/index.html) 
coordination with China's land and sea ports, Silk Road Maritime is committed 
to helping strengthening the connection among industrial and supply chains 
through forging closed-loop logistics channels radiating both domestic and 
international markets, according to Chen Zhiping, chairman of Fujian Provincial 
Port Group Co., Ltd. and Fujian Silk Road Maritime Management Company.

The brand is featured by cross-sector integrated cooperation, with members of 
the Silk Road Maritime Alliance each leveraging their strengths. Aiming to 
boost information sharing among relevant enterprises, Silk Road Maritime also 
provides a global shipping comprehensive service platform, whose first phase 
construction has been completed.

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SOURCE:  Xinhua Silk Road

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   Caption: Photo shows a view of Xiamen Port in east China's Fujian Province. 
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