China's Guangxi launches digital transformation of 5,081 km of highway and waterway corridors
2026-06-29 18:23
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en.Wedoany.com Reported - The comprehensive digital transformation of transportation in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region has been fully initiated, focusing on busy routes along the highway "One Circle, Two Corridors, One Passage" (Nanning Metropolitan Circle, Western Land-Sea Corridor, Guangzhou-Kunming Corridor, Hunan-Guangxi Passage) and the waterway "One River, One Canal" (Xijiang River Shipping Trunk Line, Pinglu Canal). It will also strengthen cross-regional coordination with five provinces and cities, including Guangdong, Hunan, Guizhou, Chongqing, and Yunnan, with a focus on advancing 24 scenario tasks. These efforts were clarified at the working mechanism meeting for the digital transformation and upgrading of highway and waterway transportation infrastructure in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

In 2024, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Transport supported and guided the digital transformation of highway and waterway transportation infrastructure through a competitive evaluation process. Guangxi was successfully selected as one of the third batch of demonstration provinces and formulated an implementation plan with the goal of "Smart Link to Xijiang, Digital Connect to Land and Sea, Intelligent Connect to ASEAN." The plan proposes building approximately 3,181 km of highway demonstration corridors and approximately 1,900 km of waterway demonstration corridors.

In the highway sector, Guangxi will focus on two core tasks: facilitating cross-border logistics transportation and enhancing corridor safety resilience. Specific measures include building a cross-border intelligent transportation system, implementing a reservation model linking expressways and ports to reduce customs clearance waiting times; promoting "mobile phone+" cardless passage, completing the intelligent transformation of 69 toll stations to improve traffic efficiency; and establishing a smart maintenance and unified emergency platform, with the construction of 12 smart tunnels.

In the waterway sector, Guangxi will leverage the Xijiang River Shipping Trunk Line to build a comprehensive smart waterway network, promote the integrated development of trunk and branch routes, establish a smart shipping service system connecting rivers and seas, innovate ship-shore-cloud collaborative applications, and develop the Pinglu Canal into China's first demonstration zone for river-sea integrated smart shipping.

In the next steps, Guangxi will accelerate the optimization and adjustment of the implementation plan, strengthen standardized management of projects and funds throughout the entire process, and create a benchmark project for transportation digital transformation that combines Guangxi's characteristics with regional demonstration value.

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