Auto & Transportation

In midsummer, at Dongjia Town Station in Jinan, Shandong, the loading and unloading of the "Qilu" Eurasian train is busy and orderly. A train is loaded with domestic goods and is ready to sail to Central Asia and European countries. Since 2020, in the face of the stricter control of international shipping and air transportation caused by the impact of the epidemic, the "Qilu" Eurasian train has provided strong support for the steady growth of Shandong's foreign trade, and has become a Shandong foreign trade import and export enterprise with direct access to the Eurasian market. main logistics channel.

"Judging from the recent situation, the dispatch volume of Eurasian trains is gradually increasing, especially after the resumption of work and production by enterprises in various places, the recent export demand is very large." He told reporters that due to factors such as the epidemic and the international situation, the number of deliveries of the "Qilu" Eurasian train declined in April, but the number of deliveries has continued to rise recently.

Jinan Maison New Materials Co., Ltd. is a start-up company mainly engaged in the export of construction chemicals. Li Yiwei, the person in charge of the company, said that on April 19 this year, the company's export goods "ride" the Eurasian train for the first time and were exported to European countries. Up to now, the company has exported goods by train 5 times. Through the Eurasian train, the recent export sales of Maison New Materials increased by 3 million yuan.

Fu Shihao, assistant to the general manager of Shandong Expressway Qilu International Land Port Development Co., Ltd., told reporters that the Eurasian train has provided convenience for Shandong's foreign trade import and export enterprises to further develop the European market, and has also built a more convenient and efficient international logistics channel. At the end of April this year, the cumulative number of "Qilu" trains has exceeded 5,000, and the number of trains sent in the future is expected to improve.

"From January to May this year, 'Qilu' made 751 trains, a year-on-year increase of 3.6%, reaching 54 cities in 23 countries along the 'Belt and Road'." Ma Chunbo, deputy general manager of Shandong Expressway Qilu Eurasian Train Operation Co., Ltd. Said that "Qilu" also runs customized special trains for many well-known domestic enterprises and small, medium and micro enterprises.

"Under the current background of poor global logistics and shrinking international trade due to the impact of the epidemic, the high-quality, normalized and stable operation of the 'Qilu' Eurasian train has deepened the economic and trade cooperation between Shandong and countries along the 'Belt and Road'. With this as a guide, Shandong is accelerating the formation of a new pattern of comprehensive opening up to achieve high-quality development of an open economy." said Liu Ze, a professor at the Economics Teaching and Research Department of the Party School of the Shandong Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China (Shandong School of Administration).