Luzhou Zhonghai Grain and Oil Industry Co., Ltd., trucks loaded with soybean meal are lining up to weigh. (Photo by Guo Qiaolu)

At the same time, the cargo ship "auspicious 919" carrying about 5000 tons of imported soybeans arrived at Luzhou port from Yangzhong, Jiangsu Province. This batch of soybeans will soon be put into production and processed into new soybean meal and soybean oil.

Freight cars and ships, going and going. "At present, the company's daily shipment volume of soybean meal is 50 to 60 trips, and that of oil is 15 to 20 trips. Due to the large stock of animal husbandry at the end of the year, since October 2023, our monthly processing volume has been 60000 tons, which has doubled compared with the off-season." Wang Yong, deputy general manager of Luzhou Zhonghai Grain and Oil Industry Co., Ltd., said that since it was officially put into production in 2020, the company has processed a total of 1.5 million tons of imported soybeans, and the data of processing imported soybeans is increasing every year.

In recent years, the Lingang area of southern Sichuan in the pilot free trade zone has actively built a 10 billion level grain, oil and food industry chain, made full use of the advantages of designated supervision sites for imported grain, and attracted a number of leading enterprises to settle down. Related industrial projects have been completed and put into production one after another, A large grain and oil industry chain integrating grain and oil processing, warehousing, logistics and trade is being formed and continuously improved, transforming "channel economy" ".

perfect industrial chain

Promote the high quality development of grain, oil and food industry

Since the opening of the park on November 28, 2023, the mechanized rice production line of Luzhou Hongyun Rice Processing Plant in Luzhou Hongyun Grain Industrial Park has been busy, with stone removal, screening, rice milling, polishing, color selection ...... All processes are automated, all production links are closely linked, and rice is continuously processed into rice.

"Our brand rice tastes good and the customer repurchase rate is relatively high. Up to now, the processing plant has processed nearly 600 tons of rice, and the first batch of finished products will be shipped to Chongbai Supermarket and the surrounding first-line distributors for sale." Talking about the original intention of choosing to settle in Luzhou, Zhang Lianzhong, director of Luzhou Hongyun rice processing plant, said that relying on the convenient geographical location and unique resource advantages of the port area in southern Sichuan in the pilot free trade zone, Hongyun Grain Industrial Park attracts a number of grain enterprises with common development vision and market competitiveness to improve the added value of the grain industry and enhance the overall competitiveness by building a whole industry chain model. Promote the transformation and upgrading of the grain processing industry in Sichuan and surrounding areas.

The creation of a 10 billion-level grain, oil and food industry chain, the commissioning of the CNOOC Grain and Oil Project and the opening of the Hongyun Grain Industrial Park in Luzhou Port have provided the leading enterprises and key node enterprises of the industrial chain in the South Sichuan Lingang area of the Pilot Free Trade Zone, and grain reserves It is also an indispensable part of the industrial chain.

Twelve shallow round warehouses with a height of 20 meters and a single grain storage capacity of up to 8000 tons are neatly arranged, and tens of thousands of tons of wheat, corn and rice are lying quietly in the warehouses, enjoying a constant temperature of 18 ℃ to 24 ℃ ...... As the largest grain storage warehouse at the provincial level, Sichuan Grain and Oil Southwest Grain Co., Ltd. has now built a 200000-ton grain warehouse and has now undertaken the storage of 100000 tons of grain at the provincial level. Wen Tianwu Xi, chairman of the company, said that the company is in the middle of the grain industry chain and is responsible for undertaking functional grain and oil reserves and related grain and oil rotation of central, provincial and other local governments. The rotated grain is transported to surrounding wineries and feed processing enterprises respectively. As most of the grain from other places enters Sichuan, the rotated grain can only be digested locally. After the completion of Luzhou Port Hongyun Grain Industrial Park, it can provide the company with raw grain supply. At the same time, rotating grain is converted and digested locally, which can save logistics costs and improve corporate efficiency for enterprises.

Enlarge the industrial volume

Construction of the largest import grain processing trade center in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River

In order to enhance the industrial value chain, in recent years, the Lingang area in southern Sichuan of the pilot free trade zone has integrated the primary processing, intensive processing and comprehensive utilization processing of agricultural products, increased the supply of diversified grain and oil products, and completed and put into operation projects such as 700000 tons of imported soybean processing by CNOOC grain and oil and 1.5 million tons of imported grain processing by CITIC. Xinmiaosen 10000 tons of imported beef processing project and Xinyuan 120000 tons of imported raw sugar processing project were newly introduced.

At present, the grain processing capacity of the Lingang area in southern Sichuan in the pilot free trade zone has exceeded 2 million tons, and the scale of special grain and oil storage has reached more than 500000 tons, attracting more than 20 grain and oil trading enterprises, such as Xiamen Jianfa and Huaxi hope, to take root in business. From January to November 2023, the operating income of the grain, oil and food industry in the Lingang area of southern Sichuan in the pilot free trade zone was 4.8 billion yuan, up 17% year on year.

"We began to import grain in 2015, reaching 150000 tons in 2019, 425000 tons in 2020, 771000 tons in 2021, and 1.0465 million tons in 2022, with a year-on-year increase of 35.8 percent. Luzhou's grain import volume ranks first in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. From January to November 2023, 1.166 million tons of grain have been imported, an increase of 27.8 percent over the same period last year, and grain imports are expected to exceed 1.3 million tons for the whole year." The relevant person in charge of the Economic and Commercial Bureau of the Management Committee of the South Sichuan Lingang Area of the Pilot Free Trade Zone stated that the South Sichuan Lingang Area of the Pilot Free Trade Zone is confident that it will import more than 2 million tons of grain during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period. The imported grain ports are in the forefront, building the largest imported grain processing trade center in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.