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      China boosts global reach with over 70 new int'l air freight routes in H1

      2024-08-11 14:52 Last Updated At:23:47

      China's air freight sector took off in the first half (H1) of this year, with the country launching 90 new routes, including over 70 international connections to meet surging demand, the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing said on Sunday.

      China launched 16 new domestic air freight routes and 74 international ones, including 39 linking countries and regions in Asia, 17 to Europe, 15 to North America, two to Africa and one to Oceania, according to H1 data.

      "Due to geopolitical conflicts, many consignors have switched from ocean freight to air freight, which has driven up a strong demand for air freight. In general, with the same cargo volume, one to two percentage points of reduction in maritime transport will bring around 20-percent growth for air logistics," said Cui Zhongfu, deputy head of the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing.

      During the same period, China's civil air transport turnover was 70.3 billion tonne-kilometers, up 32.2 percent year on year, with domestic routes handling 47.04 billion tonne-kilometers, up 16 percent, and international routes completing 23.26 billion tonne-kilometers, up 84.1 percent year on year.

      The country saw 26,700 scheduled cargo flights in H1, a year-on-year increase of 6 percent. It maintained regular cargo flights to 48 overseas air destinations in 42 countries, with Chinese airlines carrying out 8,784 such flights and foreign airlines completing 17,900 such flights.

      "A sentiment that is prevalent in the air freight market is that the slow season is not slow at all. Both Chinese and foreign airlines are upbeat about the Chinese market. So currently we are seeing a sound growth momentum regarding scheduled cargo flights, but such a momentum is more obvious in terms of unscheduled cargo flights," said Shang Kejia, an official with the Civil Aviation Administration of China.

      Amid rising demands from deliveries of products in cross-border e-commerce as well as electric vehicles, lithium-ion batteries, and photovoltaic products, China implemented 3,300 international cargo charter flights in the first half of the year, up 9 percent year on year, and up 8.5 times from the number during the same period in 2019.

      China boosts global reach with over 70 new int'l air freight routes in H1

      China boosts global reach with over 70 new int'l air freight routes in H1

      China boosts global reach with over 70 new int'l air freight routes in H1

      China boosts global reach with over 70 new int'l air freight routes in H1

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      Xi calls for strengthening China-Russia ties to address global uncertainties

      2025-01-21 22:51 Last Updated At:01-22 01:17

      Chinese President Xi Jinping called for joint efforts to guide China-Russia relations to a new height in 2025 so that the stability and resilience of their bilateral relationship can better cope with the uncertainties of a challenging global environment, when talking with Russian President Vladimir Putin via video link on Tuesday.

      Xi expressed his pleasure at meeting with Putin ahead of the Chinese New Year, which falls on Jan 29 this year, describing it as a time for reflection and planning.

      "At the turn of the year, it is a moment to review achievements and chart new plans," he said.

      Xi noted that this year marks the 80th anniversary of the victories of the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, the Soviet Union's Great Patriotic War and the World Anti-Fascist War, as well as the 80th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations (UN).

      "China and Russia should take the opportunities presented by the anniversaries to jointly safeguard the U.N.-centered international system, and the hard-won fruits of victory in World War II. Both countries, as founding members of the UN and permanent members of the Security Council, must uphold their institutional rights," he said.

      "In the new year, I'm willing to work with you to continue guiding China-Russia relations to a new height in 2025, to respond to external uncertainties with the stability and resilience of China-Russia ties, to boost the development and prosperity of both countries, and to uphold international fairness and justice," Xi said.

      Putin said he agrees with Xi's views, saying that Russia-China cooperation is built on a broad commonality of national interests.

      "Our perspectives on how to properly handle relations between major powers are increasingly aligned. Our bilateral relationship is built on friendship, mutual trust, support, equality and mutual benefit. It is independent and unaffected by domestic political factors and the current international situation," he said.

      Xi calls for strengthening China-Russia ties to address global uncertainties

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