Founded in June 2009, Xi'an International Inland Port Investment & Development Group (ITL Group) is a large state-owned enterprise approved by the Xi'an Municipal People's Government. Over more than a decade of development, ITL Group has practiced a distinctive inland port model characterized by port moving backward, handling orders on the spot, multi-modal transportation, and seamless connection. As the primary entity for the investment, development, and management of Xi'an Port, ITL Group has emerged as a comprehensive inland port service provider in China, forming an industrial landscape centered on international logistics and trade and supported by services in finance, investment, and facilities for production and daily living. With over 50 subsidiaries and a workforce of nearly 1,000 employees, ITL Group boasts an asset scale of about RMB 40 billion. In 2023, it secured the 68th position among the top 100 enterprises in Shaanxi Province.
ITL Group delivers specialized and integrated services based on port construction and operation. It operates the Xi'an Comprehensive Bonded Zone and the three designated ports of entry for meat, grains, and automobiles at Xi'an Port. Key infrastructure developments include port-supporting warehouses, factories, cold storage facilities, and multi-modal transportation demonstration bases. It has improved soft and hardware infrastructure for Xi'an Port. With a professional and internationally experienced port operation team, it provides customers with integrated supply chain services, including customs clearance, logistics transportation, FCL & LCL, loading and moving, warehouse service, and information processing.
ITL Group leverages international logistics as a link to build an international multi-modal transportation corridor. Focusing on the China Railway Express (CRE) Chang'an international freight train, the group integrates regional resources to create a comprehensive three-dimensional multi-modal transportation system. With Xi'an Port as the center, this system covers the Eurasian continent and reaches the globe. Specifically, westwards, it effectively connects to European, American, and African continents through sea-rail combined transport. Eastwards, it links to domestic coastal ports to facilitate the Asia-Europe Land-Sea Trade Corridor to Japan and South Korea. Northwards, it connects with the China-Mongolia-Russia Economic Corridor via border ports. Southwards, it interfaces with the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor for railway-sea and highway-sea transportation routes to ASEAN and South Asia, as well as the whole world at large.
ITL Group focuses on port trade to create an integrated trade industry chain. Guided by the philosophy of integrating trade with transportation, promoting trade through transportation, and attracting industries through trade, the group engages in bulk commodity trading, cross-border e-commerce, and the exhibition and sale of import-export goods to create an integrated trade industry chain for port-centered trade with inland-port characteristics. Its diverse trade system includes bulk commodities, consumer goods, and cross-border e-commerce, along with the development of the Ulife Xi'an Port Imported Goods Direct-Sale Store as a physical platform for display and trade.
ITL Group seeks to foster multi-industry development through investment and financial services. By leveraging trade and logistics resources at Xi'an Port and the advantages of state-owned investment and financing platforms, the group actively promotes supply chain finance, providing diversified financial services such as financing guarantees, commercial factoring, finance leasing, and industry funds. Additionally, it stays committed to and invests in strategic emerging industries, such as healthcare for the elderly and biomedicine, nurturing new industries, business forms, new models, and new growth points for its development.
ITL Group enhances the park' environment for business and living by providing supporting services for production and life. It has invested in the construction and operation of over 200,000 square meters of office assets and nearly 300,000 square meters of commercial projects, including notable developments such as the Ganghang Building, Xi'an Port International Purchasing Center, and ITL Sports Park. Additionally, it has introduced a premier selection of high-quality brand hotels within the park, along with the ITL Outpatient Department of Shaanxi Eye Hospital. Its establishment of the ITL Golden Garden Nursing Center marks the first healthcare institution in the park. Furthermore, a variety of dining options, featuring brands such as Gang Xiao Yu Riverside Garden Restaurant and Zhejiang Gourmet Chinese Restaurant, have been developed to enhance the supporting service system throughout the park.