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Huizhou’s air link with Hulunbuir opens up Greater Bay Area city to northern China, belt and road neighbours
- The twice daily flights launched by Juneyao Air can carry around 2,660 passengers a week between the two cities
- The new route focuses on serving tourists, but also facilitates trade between Greater Bay Area and cities in northern China, Russia and Mongolia, say experts
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Huizhou, a fast-growing mainland city, is getting to play a bigger role in Beijing’s Greater Bay Area and Belt and Road Initiative plans.
Shanghai-based Juneyao Air has launched a new route connecting Huizhou to Hulunbuir in Inner Mongolia, with a stopover in Changsha, capital of Hunan province in central China, linking the bay area city with the autonomous region in northern China.
The route will also provide a further boost to Hulunbuir as it is a relatively important trading bridge connecting Russia and Mongolia, two countries that figure prominently in the Belt and Road Initiative, Beijing’s global infrastructure investment plan that links China with dozens of countries in Asia, Europe and Africa.
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The new route can bring tourists to Inner Mongolia city, known for its natural beauty such as grasslands and lakes, while boosting cargo movement between the Greater Bay Area and cities and countries in the north, said Diao Weimin, a professor at the Civil Aviation Management Institute of China.
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“These three cities [Huizhou, Changsha and Hulunbuir] connecting with each other can facilitate cargo, logistics and trade between the Greater Bay Area and the middle and eastern parts of China.”
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