2025 ASEAN Mainstream Media Tour in Huaihua Officially Launches
5月8日，东盟国家主流媒体怀化行活动在湖南怀化启动。未来五天，来自菲律宾、柬埔寨、老挝、马来西亚、缅甸、泰国、印度尼西亚等7个东盟国家的10余家主流媒体将走进怀化，参加第二届湖南（怀化）RCEP经贸博览会，采访怀化国际陆港等重要对外平台，感受湖南与东盟经贸往来的活力与机遇；探寻芷江、新晃、溆浦等地，捕捉独特地域文化背后的自然、人文和经济发展故事。
On May 8, the 2025 ASEAN Mainstream Media Tour in Huaihua officially launched in Huaihua, Hunan Province. Over the next five days, more than ten mainstream media outlets from seven ASEAN countries—namely the Philippines, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Indonesia—will embark on a deep-dive tour across the city and surrounding regions. As part of the program, media representatives will attend the 2nd Hunan (Huaihua) RCEP Economic and Trade Expo, report on major platforms such as the Huaihua International Land Port and experience firsthand the vitality and opportunities in Hunan’s economic and trade exchanges with ASEAN. The tour also includes visits to Zhijiang, Xinhuang, and Xupu to explore the natural, cultural, and economic development stories behind the region’s distinctive cultural heritage.
怀化是西部陆海新通道“13+2”省际协商合作机制成员之一，也湖南唯一面向东盟的货运集结中心。2022年《区域全面经济伙伴关系协定》（RCEP）生效，依托西部陆海新通道与面向印度洋国际陆海大通道交汇的区位优势，怀化成为中西部地区对外开放新平台，2022年至2024年对RCEP其他成员国进出口额年均增长87.23%，进出口增速连续三年居湖南首位。
Huaihua is a member of the “13+2” inter-provincial consultation and cooperation mechanism of the New Western Land-Sea Corridor and is the only freight hub in Hunan that oriented toward ASEAN markets. Since the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement came into effect in 2022, Huaihua has leveraged its strategic location—where the New Western Land-Sea Corridor meets the international land-sea corridor to the Indian Ocean—to become a new gateway for China’s inland regions to open up to the outside world. From 2022 to 2024, Huaihua’s imports and exports with other RCEP member countries have grown at an average annual rate of 87.23%, maintaining the highest growth rate in Hunan for three consecutive years.
依托国际陆港，怀化开辟了中老、中越、中缅等七条国际物流大通道和155条国际国内运输线，覆盖全球50个国家和地区138港口和站点，吸引西部陆海新通道70%的货物经由怀化通达东盟。2024年，怀化累计开行班列1009列，其中东盟班列迈入中国第一方阵，中老班列居中部地区第一。
Leveraging its international land port, Huaihua has opened seven international logistics corridors linking China with Laos, Vietnam, and Myanmar, as well as 155 domestic and international transport routes, covering 138 ports and terminals in 50 countries and regions. In 2024, Huaihua operated a total of 1,009 freight train services, with its ASEAN-bound trains ranking among the top tier nationwide and its China-Laos trains ranking first in central China.
此次活动期间，东盟国家主流媒体将前往怀化国际陆港的规划展示厅、海关监管区、箱包产业园及临港企业，探寻怀化如何以国际陆港为核心载体构筑开放枢纽，形成“陆港枢纽+规则创新+产业协同”的内陆开放新模式；前往怀化芷江县、新晃县、溆浦县，走访农产品加工、中药材、新材料等相关企业，感受怀化发展“东盟资源—怀化制造—RCEP市场”模式，实现从“通道经济”向“产业经济”跃迁。
During the media tour, ASEAN journalists will visit the planning exhibition hall, customs supervision zone, luggage industrial park, and port-adjacent enterprises within the Huaihua International Land Port. These visits will showcase how Huaihua is building an open logistics hub centered around the land port and establishing a new inland development model that integrates “port logistics + regulatory innovation + industrial coordination.” The tour also includes visits to Zhijiang, Xinhuang, and Xupu counties to explore enterprises in agricultural product processing, traditional Chinese medicine, and new materials—showcasing Huaihua’s transition from a “logistics economy” to an “industrial economy” under the model of “ASEAN resources – Huaihua manufacturing – RCEP markets.”
怀化是中国九大生态良好区域之一，民族风情浓郁，有侗、苗、土家、瑶等50多个民族，中国传统村落数量居湖南省第一。活动期间，媒体记者还将参观五溪非遗园、中国人民抗日战争胜利受降纪念馆、龙溪古镇、溆浦思蒙碧水丹霞景区等地，欣赏苗族银饰、辰河目连戏、溆浦傩戏等中国技艺，亲身感受文化与旅游深度融合的强劲活力。
Beyond economics, the tour offers insight into Huaihua’s rich ethnic and cultural heritage. As one of China’s nine ecologically rich regions, Huaihua is home to over 50 ethnic groups including the Dong, Miao, Tujia, and Yao. It also has the highest number of traditional villages in Hunan. During the tour, ASEAN journalists will visit the Wuxi Intangible Cultural Heritage Park, the Memorial Hall of the Victory of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Longxi Ancient Town, and the Simeng Bishui Danxia Scenic Area in Xupu. These visits offer a close-up look at Chinese craftsmanship such as Miao silver jewelry, Chenhe Mulian Opera, and Xupu Nuo Opera, providing an immersive experience of the integration of culture and tourism.
此外，东盟国家主流媒体还将同步参加以“共享机遇、共赢未来”为主题的第二届湖南（怀化）RCEP经贸博览会。本届博览会共有RCEP其他14个成员国、中国国内20余个省（区、市）参与，采取线上线下双线形式办展，打造产供销一体化的对外开放平台。（完）
In addition, the media delegation will attend the 2nd Hunan (Huaihua) RCEP Economic and Trade Expo, themed “Sharing Opportunities, Winning the Future.” The Expo brings together all 14 other RCEP member countries and over 20 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities across China. It is held both online and offline, aiming to build an integrated open platform for production, supply, and sales.
