The 2023 China Logistics Industry Development Conference was held from Oct 19 to 20 in Guangyuan, Southwest China's Sichuan province, attracting experts and scholars in the logistics industry to seek development and promote win-win cooperation among all parties.

Ships depart from the Guangyuan Port. [Photo provided to cngy.gov.cn]

This is a major event for Guangyuan city, which is known as the "gateway to northern Sichuan and the throat of ancient Shu Road".

Guangyuan is at the intersection of the four major urban traffic arteries: Chengdu, Xi'an, Chongqing and Lanzhou. It is also a significant portal for the Chengdu-Chongqing twin-city economic circle and the Guanzhong-Tianshui Economic Zone.

It has five expressways and four railways intersecting within the territory. The China-Europe Express (Chengdu-Chongqing) passes through the city.

The Guangyuan Panlong Airport [Photo provided to cngy.gov.cn]

At present, Guangyuan airport has opened 17 domestic routes. In addition, Guangyuan port is the closest port to the Yangtze River in the northwest China region. Thousand-ton ships can directly reach Chongqing, Shanghai and other places.

In the first half of the year, Guangyuan's regional gross domestic product (GDP) was 54.91 billion yuan ($7.50 billion), a year-on-year increase of 4.3 percent. The corresponding figure for tertiary industries, including logistics, stood at 24.68 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4.6 percent.