On May 28th, the First Kunming Imported Durian Promotion Conference and the unveiling ceremony of the South Asia and Southeast Asia Fruits Import and Export Trade Distribution Center (Kunming) were held at Yunnan Hongyun International Trade Port in Kunming Economic and Technological Development Zone (Free Trade Pilot Zone, Kunming Area).

This first edition of the Imported Durian Promotion Conference attracted over 300 government and business representatives. During the event, Xu Bo, Director of the Modern Logistics Industry Chain Office in Kunming, and Li Rongping, Chairman of Yunnan Hongyun International Trade Port, jointly unveiled the South Asia and Southeast Asia Fruits Import and Export Trade Distribution Center (Kunming). Yunnan Hongyun International Trade Port signed cooperation agreements with Thailand’s KAF Group, Chongqing HAWEI Fresh Food Supply Chain Technology Co., Ltd., and Guangzhou Jiafeng Agricultural Products Trading Co., Ltd.

According to reports, Yunnan Hongyun International Trade Port has partnered with China United International Rail Containers Co., Ltd. to establish an “Off-site Station,” creating a “railway hub + integrated park” model. The “Durian Special Railway” travels directly from Thai orchards to the Kunming market in just three days, ensuring seamless cold chain logistics with preserved freshness. Since April last year, over 9,000 containers of imported durians and mangosteens, worth more than 7.2 billion RMB, have been dispatched through the port. 

Li Rongping stated, “The ‘Off-site Station’ of Hongyun Port is characterized by ‘speed, efficiency, quality, and cost-effectiveness,’ enabling the world’s durians to reach customers’ homes in one stop.” With an area covering 224 “mu” (a traditional Chinese unit of area), the park features over 10,000 square meters of smart cold storage facilities and 274 logistics outlets. It has attracted 106 enterprises, forming a distribution hub for Southeast Asian fruits. Relying on the China-Laos Railway “Lancang-Mekong Express” and the seamless connection with the “Off-site Station,” the multimodal transport speed has improved significantly: customs clearance from Mohan Port to Kunming has been reduced from 40 hours to just 5 hours. The cold storage is fully temperature-controlled and equipped with rapid sorting facilities, locking in freshness from harvesting to sale. Additionally, the one-stop service significantly reduces logistics costs by over 30%, allowing the benefits of the “Belt and Road Initiative” to be tangible for businesses. 

Li Rongping remarked, “Today’s durian promotion event brings together top suppliers from Thailand and leading distributors nationwide. In the future, more than 8,000 refrigerated containers of Southeast Asian fruits will pass through here annually, reaching thousands of households.”

Zhao Hongwei, Deputy General Manager of HAWEI Supply Chain Group, explained that establishing the “Kunming Central Station” is a strategic move to extend the scope of the logistics hubs, expand service areas and chains, and create a unified platform with standardized pricing for the China-Laos, China-Vietnam, China-Myanmar, and Western Land-Sea New Corridors. This “one-stop” service model aims to reduce logistics costs further, enhance efficiency, and promote the healthy development of surrounding industrial chains.

Zhao Hongwei added that the promotion conference facilitated the exchange and dissemination of durian cultivation techniques, supporting the scaling-up, standardization, and professionalism of durian farming. It aims to improve both yield and quality, providing a solid foundation for all parties to collaboratively build an open, inclusive, transparent, and sustainable trade ecosystem for Southeast Asian agricultural products.

5月28日，首届昆明进口榴莲推广会暨南亚东南亚水果进出口交易集散（昆明）中心揭牌仪式在昆明经开区（自贸试验区昆明片区）云南鸿运国际贸易港举行。

本次首届进口榴莲推广会吸引超 300 位政企商代表共襄盛举。活动中，昆明市现代物流产业链办公室主任许波、云南鸿运国际贸易港董事长李荣平共同为南亚东南亚水果进出口交易集散（昆明）中心揭牌。云南鸿运国际贸易港分别与泰国KAF集团、重庆哈威鲜品供应链科技有限公司、广州市佳沣农产品贸易有限责任公司签署了合作协议。

据介绍，云南鸿运国际贸易港与中铁联集创新合作，建设“站外站”，打造“铁路场站+综合园区”模式，“榴莲专列”从泰国果园到昆明市场仅需3天，实现冷链不断链、鲜味不流失的无缝衔接。去年4月至今，已分拨进口榴莲、山竹超9000余柜，货值突破72亿元人民币。

“鸿运港站外站的‘多快好省’，让世界榴莲‘一站到家’。”李荣平说，园区占地 224 亩，拥有 1万多平米的智能冷库、274 个物流档口，吸引 106 家企业入驻，形成东南亚水果的集散中心；依托中老铁路“澜湄快线”和“站外站”无缝衔接，实现了“铁路转公路、冷链不断链”的多式联运新速度，从磨憨口岸到昆明，通关时间从40小时压缩至5小时，真正让“热带果园”直通“中国餐桌”；1万多平方米冷库采用全程温控、快速分拣，让榴莲从采摘到销售“锁鲜如初”；此外，通过统一平台、统一服务的一站式服务，为客商降低物流成本超 30%，让“一带一路”的红利可感可及。

“今天的榴莲推广会，汇聚了泰国顶级供应商和国内龙头经销商，未来每年将有超 8000余条冷柜的东南亚水果通过这里走向千家万户。”李荣平说。

云南鸿运国际物流港位于昆明经开区洛羊街道，紧邻滇中海关及中铁联集昆明中心站，园区总建筑面积16.3万平方米，总投资人民币8.5亿元，于2022年04月28日建成并投入运营；是集公铁联运、电子商务、运输仓储、供应链管理、东南亚农副产品及水果集散为一体的综合性园区。

截至今年3月，园区入驻企业130家，入驻园区企业实现营业收入约30亿元，准四上企业3家（批发2家、零售1家）。