Mengkang Port welcomed the primary batch of Lao medicinal supplies on Feb. 19, 2025. (Photograph:China Information Community/Tan Xinyue)
(ECNS) — On Wednesday, 31 metric tons of Chinese language medicinal herbs from Laos entered China by the Mengkang Port on the China-Laos border in Yunnan Province, marking the primary time the port has facilitated the customs clearance of medicinal herbs.
The medicinal herbs included glabrous greenbrier rhizome and suberect spatholobus stem.
The purchasers had been two pharmaceutical firms based mostly in Yunnan.
To optimize the method, the border inspection station established a “inexperienced channel” for the cargo and designated employees to help the clearance.
Xiang Zhihong, head of a Yunnan pharmaceutical firm, said that the time from declaration to customs clearance for this batch of herbs was roughly 30 p.c lower than anticipated.
Kuang Longbin, teacher of the responsibility workforce at Mengkang Frontier Inspection Station, stated they are going to proceed to optimize the port clearance procedures to advertise the event of the normal Chinese language drugs business.
Situated in south Yunnan’s Jiangcheng Hani and Yi Autonomous County, the Mengkang Port is a crucial land passage connecting Yunnan to Laos and serves as a vital gateway for China to Southeast Asia.
In November 2024, the port was designated as a border port for the import of medicinal herbs, opening a brand new channel for the commerce of medicinal supplies between China and Southeast Asia.
