Recently, representatives of 48 companies nationwide came to the town of Mohan to seek development opportunities. The China-Laos Mohan-Boten Economic Cooperation Zone signed contracts with five of those companies.
Over the past year, it's been reported that over 100 projects have begun in Mohan, with fixed asset investment reaching 3.4 billion yuan in 2023, nearly quadrupling the previous figures, and the resident population has grown to 35,000.
Mohan town, once a far-flung town in Southwest China’s Yunnan province bordering Laos, is taking on a new profile as a booming international land port.
In May 2022, Mohan was put under trusteeship of the provincial capital in the hope of shaping the border town into an international port and a highland of investment and international cooperation.
People and capital are flowing faster towards Mohan, making it a new hotspot for investment in Kunming.
Regarding investment in Mohan, the Mohan-Boten Cooperation Zone highlighted the Mohan International Freight Hub and the Border Trade market.
Mohan Port is the only national-level first-class land port in China connecting to Laos. Leveraging its port advantages, the Mohan-Boten Cooperation Zone has identified modern logistics as one of the important aspects for Mohan's industrial cooperation. Various logistics services such as goods transit warehousing and multimodal transportation combining road and rail are gradually being developed.
The Mohan International Freight Hub project, located east of the Mohan Railway Station, enjoys significant transportation advantages with a planned total land area of 2,656.77 acres. Leveraging the advantages of road and rail ports, Mohan currently imports a variety of primary products including durians, cassavas, rubber, rice and iron ore. Around these imported goods, secondary industries such as primary processing and deep processing are being developed, benefiting from natural market price advantages, as well as comprehensive advantages such as border trade, bonded zones, and logistics, thus yielding broad potential for development.
