Consumption is booming, tourism is hot, and ports are busy. During the National Day holiday, the reporter visited Shanghai, Tianjin, Hainan and other places and found that new momentum of opening up is everywhere in China, bringing together the boom of China's economy.

Looking at the market: "International style" of consumption during the long holiday

Italian ice cream, Greek yogurt, French crepes, Belgian beer, American hot dogs, and global food is open on the "tips of the tongue". In the alley of Qiantan Park in Shanghai, an "international" food festival is being held.

During the National Day holiday, the Shanghai Qiantan International Food Festival has become a popular "check-in spot" for citizens and tourists. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhou Rui

"I often amazed the diversity and richness of Shanghai's catering market." The British Rosa family, who came to "check in", found that in the hundreds of meters of open block, Qiantan International Food Festival gathered more than 60 catering brands. If you want to slow down the pace, you can also choose to taste it carefully in the "Slow Flash Restaurant".

Italian restaurant chef Francesco Bonvini is busy preparing for the "chef's outdoor dinner" here. He said that considering the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holiday, he specially added a lot of "red elements" to the dishes, "For example, use Shandong tomato sauce with Italian angel noodles, and choose red peppers in the side dishes to set off the festive atmosphere of family and country reunion."

"Our restaurant business is very hot." Francesco Bonvini said that the steaming catering industry has returned, especially with the help of visa-free policy, foreign tourists who visited restaurants have increased from 10% last year to 30%. With the influence of favorable policies such as various consumption coupons in China, "I am very confident in this year's business."

From "foreign products", "foreign customers" to "foreign store owners", this holiday is full of "international flavor".

See entry: Foreigners travel to China with pleasure

On October 3, a Vietnamese tour group of more than 20 people flew to Sanya Phoenix International Airport. In just 20 minutes, the group of tourists completed the customs clearance process. They will go to famous Hainan tourist attractions such as Tianya Haijiao and Haihua Island.

There are more and more foreign tourists coming to China "just leave", and Zhang Xinchao, a tour guide from Sanya Shanda International Travel Agency, has a lot of experience with this. From October 1st to 4th, the travel agency he worked for had Russian tourists entering Hainan every day. At most, there were 7 chartered flights a day, with about 200 people in one plane. "The customs clearance procedures are getting more and more optimized, and the tourists have a very good experience."

Foreign passengers lined up at Sanya Phoenix International Airport to wait for entry and customs clearance and security check. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Deng

Data "run more" and passengers "wait less", and "smart travel inspection" allows entry to truly achieve "sensitivity-free customs clearance". Qu Yitong, the fourth-level sponsor of Sanya Airport Customs, introduced that in order to better achieve the convenience of passenger customs clearance, relevant departments have made improvements in policies and equipment. "The 'one-machine dual-screen' inspection mode realizes the interaction between customs and security inspection image information, and double inspection is completed in just one inspection. The application of intelligent image review technology can accurately identify various contraband products, greatly improving the speed of customs clearance." Qu Yitong said.

Driven by the visa-free opening policies, more and more foreigners come to China for trade, tourism, work, study and life. The State Immigration Administration predicts that the average daily inbound and outbound passengers during the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays will exceed 2 million.

Since the beginning of this year, the number of people entering and leaving the Sanya Phoenix International Airport port has exceeded the total of 2024. As of September 23, there were 571,000 foreigners entering and leaving the country at this port, accounting for 83% of the total number of people entering and leaving the country; 264,000 foreigners using visa-free entry, accounting for 93.1% of the total number of foreigners entering the country. Visa-free entry has become the main way for foreigners to "open Hainan".

See the sea: the flow of goods is smooth and the "golden business card" is voyage

On October 1, the terminal of Tianjin Port No. 4 Port Co., Ltd. was busy. 120 heavy-duty dump trucks manufactured by Sany Heavy Industry were successfully loaded and rushed to the countries that jointly build the "Belt and Road" and will be used for the construction of municipal engineering projects in related countries in Central America.

On October 1, the freighter was carrying out loading and unloading operations at the terminal of Tianjin Port No. 4 Port Co., Ltd. (Photo by Xia Desong)

Considering the large size of the dump truck and the difficulty of unified dispatch, Tianjin Port No. 4 Port Port Co., Ltd. has specially formulated loading and unloading operation plans for key links such as the characteristics of the cargo and transportation needs, terminal operation area division, customs clearance inspection process.

"We demarcated independent operating areas to reserve sufficient vehicle turnover space; scientifically coordinated existing berths, optimized the ship's entry process, and achieved the optimal operating status of "cargo-for-ship ships"." said Li Jinyong, deputy manager of the Operation Department of Tianjin Port Fourth Port Co., Ltd.

"The freighter arrives in port 3 days in advance and completes loading and unloading operations one day in advance, so that the products can be delivered to customers faster." Li Xiang, overseas product manager of Sany Heavy Industry Engineering Vehicle Division, said that with the help of all parties, the company has saved more than 20% of logistics costs.

Large-scale equipment, new energy vehicles and other electromechanical products are increasingly becoming the "golden business card" of China's exports, and the proportion of China's goods exports has exceeded 60%.

This holiday, from the endless stream of ports, to the dazzling array of global commodities, to the efficient output of goods from ports, the land of China is surging and opening up, and a new picture of high-quality development is unfolding.