Recently, the People's Daily published a report on the front page of "Breaking out of the Kimen Gate"(the 15th Five-Year Plan starts a good start)"Let's take a look ↓

▲ People's Daily, page 1, April 05, 2026.

The Three Gorges of the Yangtze River runs from west to east. The first is Qutang Gorge in Fengjie, Chongqing.

The entrance of Qutang Gorge was called Kimen in ancient times. There is an old saying among the Bayu people: "If you rush out of Kimen, you will be a dragon." In the past, all the mountains in Chongqing could only be connected with good times by water and eastward.

"Rush" means courage and yearning.

In April 2024, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized during his inspection in Chongqing that "strive to build an important strategic fulcrum for the development of the western region in the new era and a comprehensive hub for inland opening" and "Chongqing must use the courage to be the first to comprehensively deepen reforms and expand high-level external development. Open up".

The General Secretary gave orders and the Party Central Committee made arrangements, and Chongqing took action: westward, as of the end of 2025, the China-Europe freight trains (Chengdu-Chongqing) had operated a total of more than 38,000 trains; southward, the New Western Land-Sea Corridor has access to 127 countries and regions. 590 ports; eastward, the ancient Kimen witnessed the direct connection of a 10,000-ton sea liner from Chongqing to Ningbo Zhoushan Port for the first time.

The "15th Five-Year Plan" outline proposes to "promote reform and development through opening up." During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, Chongqing will give full play to its comparative advantages and latecomer advantages, strive to achieve a significant increase in the energy level and radiation power of the integrated hub of inland opening up, and become a strategic highland for my country's south-west opening up.

--Breaking out of the "Kimen" relies on deepening reforms and promoting efficient connection between the domestic market and the international market.

At Yuzui Station in Guoyuan Port, Liangjiang New Area,the first special train of new energy vehicles from Chongqing-Guangzhou set off. 108 "Made in Chongqing" units sailed to Nansha Port in Guangzhou, and then changed ships for shipment to overseas markets.

"Check the box where it is packed and check the ship where it is loaded." Fang Kun, deputy general manager of Chongqing Chongqing-Guangzhou Port Railway International Logistics Co., Ltd., talked about the new regulatory mutual recognition model established in Chongqing and Guangdong,"The overall logistics timeliness has been increased by about 20%, and costs have been reduced by about 25%."

The Chongqing-Guangzhou freight train, which has direct access to the hub port of the Greater Bay Area, cooperates with more than 10 major shipping companies in the world to empower inland enterprises to go out to sea with "one commission, one order to the end"; the Chongqing City Higher People's Court has taken the lead in establishing a "13+2" inter-provincial judicial cooperation mechanism serving the construction of the new Western Land-Sea Corridor, making enterprises have a stronger backbone to enter the market...

Forging ahead in the "15th Five-Year Plan", Chongqing will promote reform through opening up. It will speed up pilot projects in transportation, customs clearance, finance, dispute resolution and other fields, and create more normalized "integrated express lines", including "ASEAN Express" sent from Southeast Asia to Europe via Chongqing."Express","door-to-warehouse" short shuttle services from Chongqing Highway Logistics Base, etc. "It is not only the integration of transportation capacity, but also the integration of policies." said Wang Shanli, deputy director of the Port Logistics Office of Chongqing City Government.

--Breaking out of the "Kimen" anchors high-quality development and better drives the international cycle with the domestic cycle.

At the central station of Tuanjie Village, containers are piled up and arranged, and there are more and more "three new things" such as new energy vehicles. In 2025, the value of Chongqing's exports via the New Western Land-Sea Corridor will be 41.36 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 144.9%, of which the "three new products" exports will increase by 332.9% year-on-year.

Promoting development through openness and facing the "15th Five-Year Plan", Chongqing will accelerate the construction of a modern industrial system with international competitiveness, guide the efficient aggregation and circulation of logistics, finance, data and other industrial elements, and proactively serve and integrate into the new development pattern. Not only are products sold, but technology, brands and services are also comprehensively "exported".

"At Rayong factory in Thailand, the supply chain localization rate will strive to exceed 70% in the next three years." Deng Zhitao, general manager of the Southeast Asia Business Department of China Changan Automobile, spoke sonorous. Changan Automobile is deploying globalization, with overseas sales reaching 637,300 units in 2025, a year-on-year increase of 18.9%.

--To rush out of the "Kimen", we urgently need to further open our minds and continuously optimize the open environment and service scenarios.

Watch "Go Out". Xiao Hong, head of the sales support department of Chongqing Shenchi Import and Export Trading Co., Ltd., calculated the accounts: in 2025, the company's export tax refund will exceed 93 million yuan, with an average tax refund time of 2.5 days. Supported by the New Digital Land-Sea Corridor, Chongqing will continue to improve and strengthen the "three-in-one" comprehensive service platform for trade, logistics and finance.

See "Please come in". By the end of 2025, Chongqing was selected as a pilot city for new consumption formats, new models and new scenarios and the construction of an international consumption environment. The coverage rate of foreign card POS machines in key areas such as Jiefangbei and Hongyadong reached 98%, and more than 120,000 merchants connected to overseas versions of Alipay and Weixin Pay. In 2025, the number of overseas passengers departing for tax refunds will increase by approximately four times year-on-year.

Facing the future, Chongqing has taken the initiative to align with high-standard international economic and trade rules and deepened international people-to-people exchanges and cooperation in finance, education, medical care, culture and tourism. High-level openness has never been planar or linear thinking. Only when it diverges in three dimensions will it suddenly become clear.

Yuan Jiajun, Secretary of the Chongqing Municipal Party Committee, said that it is necessary to fully implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important instructions during his inspection of Chongqing and the spirit of the National Two Sessions, strive to create landmark results in the construction of inland open comprehensive hubs, and promote Chongqing's opening up pattern from platform construction and accelerated channel links to expansion of institutions. Open up, amplify the comprehensive efficiency of the hub, and strive to achieve a good start to the "15th Five-Year Plan".

New start, new start, new mission. Breaking out of the "Kimen" and strengthening confidence, Chongqing strives to open up a new world of reform and development.

Sources: People's Daily, Chongqing Liangjiang New Area

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