1-10 months, double the airport customs clearance of immigration for the first time exceeded a million -
January to October this year, Chengdu Shuangliu Airport Customs Customs respective cumulative control immigration for the first time exceeded a million, reaching 1.02 million passengers.
Chengdu Customs and Provincial Airport Group on November 4 to make this interpretation: the number of broken immigration million, means not only the western region in Chengdu Shuangliu Airport as an aviation hub radiation is increasing, but also means that the rapid increase in the degree of openness in our province .
Route with the world
1:10 pm on Nov. 4 about direct flights from Amsterdam to Chengdu people, such as the flood of double entry hall of the airport.
Two years studying in Germany, Mr. Sichuanese sea, in the entry hall and nearly half an hour before finding himself in a large pile of luggage bags. He does not complain, because compared to students in Beijing and Shanghai, the air has less flight time and a half hours.
When measured in 2007, passenger flights from Chengdu to Amsterdam, from only 24% of Chengdu, Chongqing, Xi'an, Wuhan, 36%, to transit to Southeast Asia about 20% and 20% of the individual. Opening of direct flights to Amsterdam, so that in western China, Chengdu became the butt of Europe portal.
"A total of 2007, clearance of the entry and exit personnel 97 million people, according to trend the following year can be exceeded a million." Chengdu Airport Customs under the Customs official said. But "5.12" Wenchuan earthquake double the number of airport immigration dropped sharply in 2008, 61 million people. Restored in 2009 to 76 million. Youyi 69% 1-10 months of this year's increase rapidly.
"It is surprise two years late." Provincial Airport Group, the relevant responsible person said, Chengdu, met with Shenzhen Airlines, Air China, China Eastern Airlines signed an agreement such as 5 to jointly build a base aviation hub. Today, Chengdu has opened 32 international air routes, navigable up to 37 cities, leading to the number of cities abroad, first in the Midwest, second only to Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou.
The next 5 years, Chengdu still have to open 15 international routes.
Open to Business
The first 10 months, double the airport from leaving or entering the number of people are 51 million people. This reflects the Sichuan business dealings with the outside world more and more frequent. Chengdu Airport is what causes a substantial increase import and export business person? Port to the airport for the window, Sichuan Chengdu Customs outlines road map for an open economy - one is the rapid development of Sichuan's foreign trade, foreign trade led to frequent exchanges of employees. Customs statistics, the province's imports and exports in the first 9 months to break the 200 billion dollars, the total ranking first in the Midwest, an increase higher than the national, is expected to exceed 30 billion U.S. dollars this year. Chengdu air ports as a convenient location and numerous international flights, is bound to become the first choice for foreign personnel exchanges. Second, continue to strengthen the investment promotion efforts to promote a large number of business visits, investment and management personnel into the country. In 2009, the province identified a number of key industry segments and a number of key industrial park, and actively go abroad to carry out investment activities, and contributed to Dell, Foxconn, Compal have settled. The investment activity will certainly result in a large number of business inspection staff from the Chengdu Air entry point inspection. Chengdu Customs said that foreign-invested enterprises to pour in, its management and technical staff will continue to increase entry and exit behavior.
Exhibition economic development, a large number of entry of foreign businessmen in Chengdu has become the norm in air ports - ranked the forefront of exhibition industry in Chengdu, more than 300 full year average of 1.5 days the intensity of an exhibition event, attracting a large number of overseas exhibitors and participants arrived. Last month, the West will be closed on the eleventh to bring 1.5 million overseas merchants.
"From the early 80s of last century, only a group of Shuangliu airport international flights a week. Now there are more than 20 a day, as many as 300 flights a week." Chengdu Customs said that the frequent international business activities, reflecting the outward Sichuan economy is improved significantly. Source: Sichuan Daily
