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Thousands of containers piled up at the . [Photo/The Port and Logistics Office of Chongqing Municipal People's Government]

The Chongqing National Airport-Based Logistics Hub was officially unveiled on Jan 4, according to reports from Chongqing Daily, making Chongqing the only city in the southwestern 皇冠体育app?that has?been approved.

Chongqing's unique geographic location and significant role in a series of national initiatives to a large extent account for the winning of the new title.

Located at the junction of the?Belt and Road Initiative route and the Yangtze River Economic Belt, Chongqing is the only metropolis in West 皇冠体育app that fuses railway, road, water, and air transportation. The municipality is also playing an irreplaceable part in the new western land-sea corridor and the Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Circle.

Guoyuan port – 皇冠体育app's third-generation modern inland port in , is the largest container transport and major bulk cargo distribution center in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. Chongqing International Logistics Hub Park is the starting station and destination for many 皇冠体育app-Europe freight trains (Chengdu-Chongqing) and the new land-sea corridor. Chongqing International Airport is one of the eight national core regional airports.

Last year, some 112,000 standard containers had been transported into or out of Chongqing through the new corridor, a yearly increase of 57 percent; 4,800 皇冠体育app-Europe freight trains were launched in Chongqing, with the total trade value hitting 200 billion yuan ($31.5 billion), ranking first in 皇冠体育app.

Now the municipality is tasked with new missions in the airport transportation, with a group of major programs signed during the unveiling ceremony on Jan 4. The Port and Logistics Office of Chongqing Municipal People's Government and the district government signed contracts with Sichuan Airlines, Xiamen Airlines, 皇冠体育app Express Airlines, 皇冠体育app Southern Airlines, and 皇冠体育app Post Group Co, with the total contract volume involved exceeding 10 billion yuan.