In the city of Ice and Snow, a sports event is in full swing. As a highland for China to open north, Heilongjiang has shown an unprecedented prosperity in promoting foreign trade and promoting personnel exchanges with its unique ice and snow charm. Riding on the east wind of the Asian Winter Games, Heilongjiang is using ice and snow as a link to convey the open attitude of ice and snow China to the world.

CCTV reporter Zheng Yizhe: Harbin Taiping International Airport is one of the important international aviation hubs and a window for Heilongjiang to connect the world.

Especially, the popularity of ice and snow tourism continues to rise. With the joint efforts of multiple favorable factors such as visa-free policy, Harbin has added many new international routes, which has effectively driven the development of inbound tourism.

In 2024, Harbin Taiping Airport had more than 5,000 inbound and outbound flights, an increase of 58.06% over the previous year. There were more than 500,000 people entering and leaving the country, an increase of 72.9% over the previous year.

Of course, an open attitude is not only reflected in policies and numbers, but also in many invisible details.

In the Asian Winter Games dedicated channel of the customs of Taiping Airport in Harbin, this channel with a total length of only 200 meters is integrated in places where we cannot see it. In addition, the multi-functional hand luggage machine inspection has a total of 9 inspection functions.

After entering the passage, passengers only need to put their carry-on luggage into the X-ray machine, and the relevant content will be transmitted to the Asian Winter Games on-site command center. The background intelligent AI inspection and manual inspection can be carried out as soon as possible.

The entire inspection process is concentrated but not crowded, rigorous but not delayed, and the maximum customs clearance guarantee capacity exceeds 900 people per hour. At the international checked baggage collection office, I believe many people have the experience of getting their luggage, going out, and then carrying it to an X-ray machine for inspection. Not only do you have to queue up twice, but you also have to carry large luggage on and off, which is very inconvenient.

So in order to solve this problem, on the eve of the Asian Winter Conference, the T1 terminal international area implemented the "early machine inspection" model of checked baggage.

"Pre-in-time machine inspection" mode:

On the 3 checked baggage sorting lines, the latest generation of static CT equipment and equipment that automatically locks problem luggage are embedded in the domestic latest generation of static CT equipment and equipment that automatically locks problem luggage. The luggage coming out of the conveyor belt has passed the customs inspection and can be directly passed from the no-declaration channel to quickly pass. "The passengers are in a state of contact with each other and the customs are not disturbed."

According to customs statistics, in 2024, the total value of imports and exports of goods in Heilongjiang Province exceeded 300 billion yuan for the first time, reaching 312.28 billion yuan, an increase of 4.8% over the previous year, and it has been a four-year continuous increase.

In particular, exports grew by 14.4%, exceeding the double-digit number. So which countries are doing business with Heilongjiang? Where does the exported goods come from and where does they go? While the total import and export of goods hit a record high, exports to countries jointly built by the Belt and Road Initiative, the EU and ASEAN have achieved double-digit growth. In terms of product types, Heilongjiang's mobile phones, passenger cars, furniture and clothing exported in 2024 increased by 183.5%, 96%, 52.1%, and 46.1% respectively. It belongs to the type with a large increase in exports.

In the cross-border e-commerce logistics center in northern China, small packages in international mail, such as hair dryers and coffee machines, foreign netizens place orders through online platforms, and domestic merchants from all directions will concentrate the packages in Harbin, and then Harbin will distribute them to surrounding countries according to different countries.

In the Greater Northeast, the import and export of energy and commodities are actually particularly huge. In terms of amount, the proportion of small packages for cross-border e-commerce in international imports and exports is not that large, but in this busy state at the scene, we feel that this is capillary. This is a specific person in one country and a specific person in another country, through this small package. Every package comes with the sender's enthusiasm and warmth. In 2024, we have witnessed Heilongjiang’s efforts as China’s highland to open north.

CCTV reporter Zheng Yizhe: In 2025, Heilongjiang started with an ice and snow appointment, with smoother goods entering and leaving, more frequent personnel exchanges, and more fusion of culture. The opening up in the ice and snow has brought a broader space for development to Heilongjiang.

Ice and Snow Appointment Witness the Open China

With an ice and snow appointment, Heilongjiang opened his arms to the world, continuously deepened foreign trade cooperation and strengthened personnel exchanges in the process of opening up, bringing vitality and opportunities to the region's economic and social development.

In 2024, the number of passengers at ports in Heilongjiang Province was 2.75 million, an increase of 86.7% year-on-year. In addition, on December 17 last year, Harbin Taiping International Airport implemented a 240-hour transit visa-free policy. According to statistics from the public security and entry and exit department, from the implementation of the policy to the opening of the Asian Winter, more than 100,000 foreigners came to Harbin temporarily, an increase of nearly three times year-on-year.

In terms of foreign trade, Heilongjiang takes the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" as the core and has become an important part of the economic link connecting the Eurasian continent, and has built a new pattern of all-round opening up radiating to Northeast Asia. In 2024, the total value of import and export of goods in Heilongjiang Province exceeded 300 billion yuan for the first time. Using ice and snow as a medium, Heilongjiang promotes economic and trade cooperation, cultural exchanges and people-to-people communication, not only injects strong impetus into regional development, but also conveys the world the open attitude of ice and snow China. In the future, Heilongjiang will continue to use ice and snow as a bridge to write a new chapter in China's open cooperation and win-win development.