PIA's Debut on International Logistics Expo in China
On Nov.19th-21st 2008, China (Nanjing) International Logistics Expo 2008 was held in Nanjing International Expo Center. Parchim International Airport (PIA) and its partners----Goodman Group, Nanjing New & High Technology Industry Development Zone (Nanjing Hi-Tech Zone) and Department of Commerce of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, jointly presented at the event. Among more than 300 exhibitors, the booth of PIA, the largest with an area of 144 sqm, was exceptionally eye-catching, displaying the latest design and the functions of the bonded business parks of the first and only oversea airport owned by the Chinese people to its Chinese audience.
On ending of the opening ceremony, governmental leaders and audients flooded into the exhibition hall. Deputy General Secretary Mr. Han Qinghua was the first coming into the booth of PIA. He communicated genially with Mr. Knan and Mr. Pang Yuliang, Goodman’s Managing Director in Germany and President of LinkGlobal Group respectively about the cooperation among the trios, and highly praised the interaction model between Nanjing Hi-Tech Zone and PIA Bonded Business Park. In its “Going Global” plans, Nanjing Hi-Tech Zone will build branch in PIA Bonded Business Park and the latter will build a branch in Nanjing vice versa. Through the interaction between the two parks, the innovative cooperation model of ＂Outside Customs Inside Territory & Outside Territory Inside Customs＂will be realised to boost China’s export-oriented economy. The world largest industrial & logistics real estate developer Goodman Group exhibited its world leading design of PIA Bonded Business Park. The new cargo terminal planned in the bonded logistics park is about 58,000 sqm, in which outbound and inbound cargos will be operated separately. There are 2000 sqm for live animals, 3000 sqm for frozen and cold storage and preservation. Subarea for dangerous goods, valuable goods, diplomatic letters, courier goods, transit area for ULD air goods and sea container yard are also planned. Over 60,000 sqm of 2nd class customs bonded warehousing area are provided to cargo agents and logistics companies. In the planned industrial park, there are 180,000 sqm of standard workshops, equipped with 30,000 sqm bonded exhibition hall to provide customers with exhibition and trade platform.
With multi-model transportation of Road, Air, Sea & Railway ready at service, 24-hour-operaion permission, a capacity of 180,000 flight movements per year, PIA obliges itself to be an air hub for internaitonal passenger and cargo transportation in centeral Europe. It mainly focus on cargo transport, and meanwhile develop passenger transport, with Berlin and Hamburg as backup, serving medium-scaled cities such as Rostock, Wismar, Luebeck and Schwerin that are within ＂100 km business circle＂. It will be upgraded to 4F international airport, parking stands increased to 46, suitable for wide-bodied aircraft like B747F/ AN124F/ A380F, runway extended to 4000 m long and taxiway expanded to 55 m wide. The passenger terminal building is designed after the advanced concept of terminal 3 of Dubai airport, which is over the railway that runs accross the middle of the airport and integrates with the new Parchim Railway Station. The airport bonded hotel is on the 4th and 5th floor of the terminal building, where transit passengers can take a rest without entry procedures. The terminal also provides transit passengers with entertainment and leisure facilities, equiped with branded Chinese restaurant, street hawkers, western restaurant and cafe. In bonded shopping center, there are exclusive shops and bonded procurement center,facilitating bonded shopping for transit passengers. The managerment company of PIA will cooperate with the immigration authority of Germany to provide convenient entry service and assist Chinese people entering via PIA.
At 15:00 on Nov. 20th, PIA, Goodman Group, Nanjing Hi-Tech Zone and Department of Commerce of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region jointly held the Forum of Parchim International Airport plus Bonded Business Park to present the airport attached functional zones planned on PIA’s 850 hectares of land: Bonded Logistics Park (BLP), Bonded Industrial Park (BIP), Bonded Trading Center (BTC), Asia Center (AC), and Business Park (BP). In order to support Chinese enterprises endeavor to exploite international market, PIA Bonded Business Park provides enterprises with a new platform for their production, supply, sales, general service, ehixbition and promotion in Europe, which is functioning research, training, production, assembling, exhibition, procurement, promotion and service. Services like insurance, finance, logistics and trading are available in the function zones. PIA Bonded Business Park will work hard to make a brand of quality. It will provide after sales service to customers. Further, in its service to “export-oriented” enterprises, through PIA 4PL Logistics Portal, it will provide online demand & supply information of goods and logistics and international transportation services, international trade and logistics facilitation, logistics and supply chain management, etc.
Chairman of LinkGlobal Group Mr. Pang Yuliang made a speech on the forum. In view of new problems in international trade incurred by the financial crisis, he addressed the value of PIA Bonded Business Park as a platform, and summoned logistics companies, international transporters, importers and exporters and export processing companies to make use of the platform to exploit business. In times of financial crisis, oversea importers transfer losses to exporters through bankruptcy and exporters cannot get payment for goods; timebargain with L/C for payment brings risks to export-oriented companies because of change of exchange rate of RMB against USD and increased transport charges caused by fluctuating oil price. However, through this platform, Chinese logistics industry can “go global” and extend its service chain to provide services to Chinese enterprises that are “going global”, while Chinese importers and exporters can move forward their industrial chain and supply chain to be near customers and materials, so that they suffer less risks and strengthen international competitive power.
General Manager of Nanjing Hi-Tech Zone Mr. Xu Jianqing addressed in his speech that Nanjing Hi-Tech Zone cooperating with LinkGlobal Group and building branch in PIA Bonded Business Park is to fulfill China’s “going global” strategy. In supporting enterprises’ oversea development, Nanjing Hi-Tech Zone walks ahead of other Hi-tech zones in China and creates the 4th model of international cooperation. It will report to Ministry of Commerce and apply for preferable policies in the near future. Goodman’s Managing Director in Germany Mr. Werner Knan addressed that Goodman Group highly agrees with LinkGlobal International’s business plan of logistics and supply chain integration throughout Asia, Europe and Africa, and it has signed with LinkGlobal an agreement of global strategic cooperation to support LinkGlobal’s logistics development projects. Goodman Group is the world’s largest industrial and logistics real property developer, through property development and management, developing industrial and logistic properties and leasing properties according to customers’ needs. It will provide value-added services to LinkGlobal and its customers to cut down risks Chinese enterprises may be confronted in exploiting oversea market. According to related regulations, Goodman Group will be able to assist enterprises that rent property developed by Goodman to operate business getting subsidy from the federal government amounting to 30-50% of the total investment including Goodman’s construction project.
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