Abstract

Author:
Fuchang Li, Yutong Gui, Yongxiang Ya, Wenli Ding

Doi: 10.26480/seps.02.2024.115.121

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As a significant province in southwestern China, Yunnan borders Myanmar, Laos, and Vietnam, boasting abundant geographical advantages and border resources. Yunnan’s border ports play a crucial role in advancing the “Belt and Road” initiative, fostering economic cooperation, and promoting regional integration with neighboring countries. Therefore, studying the development challenges and solutions for Yunnan’s border ports is of great significance. Through field research and interviews, it has been identified that Yunnan’s border ports face several issues: a simplistic economic development model, incomplete infrastructure construction, lack of coordinated development among ports, unclear port layout and positioning, and difficulties in monitoring cross-border e-commerce information. To fully leverage Yunnan’s strategic gateway role, several countermeasures are proposed, including promoting the diversification of the port economy, improving infrastructure construction, enhancing communication and exchange mechanisms with neighboring countries, clarifying the layout and positioning of each port, and implementing a “cross-border e-commerce + blockchain” regulatory model.