By love-89.com On October 18, as the Yulin to Hengzhou section of the Nanyu-Zhu Highway officially opened to traffic, the highway’s Guangxi segment achieved full connectivity. This highway marks the first dual-direction, eight-lane expressway built in one go in Guangxi.
Running through key areas such as Hengzhou in Nanning, Pubei County in Qinzhou, and several districts in Yulin, including Fumian, Luochuan, and Beiliu, the Nanyu-Zhu Highway acts as a vital artery linking the Beibu Gulf Economic Zone with the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
The Yulin to Hengzhou segment of the highway spans 49.67 kilometers in an east-west direction. It connects to the Liyu Expressway at the starting point, passes through Yulin’s Fumian District and Xingye County, and finally links up with the Nanning to Hengzhou section of the Nanyu-Zhu Highway. The latter was already completed and opened to traffic on December 31, 2023.
Guangxi is unique in China as the only region that shares both land and maritime borders with ASEAN countries, serving as a convenient gateway to the sea for Southwest China. In recent years, Guangxi has focused on optimizing its transportation network to align with the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, aiming to establish itself as an essential strategic hub for cross-regional and cross-border industrial supply chains between the Greater Bay Area, the Beibu Gulf Economic Zone, and ASEAN.
Yulin City, a significant node connecting the Greater Bay Area and the Beibu Gulf Economic Zone, is actively working to enhance its internal and external connectivity. This effort aims to improve access to ports and provinces. Currently, Yulin boasts a cluster of five leading industries: equipment manufacturing, new materials, medicinal spices and health products, green food, and textile and apparel. Additionally, three major industrial clusters in new energy materials, stainless steel, and copper-based new materials are rapidly emerging, each projected to exceed 100 billion yuan in value.