Auto & Transportation

According to the China National Railway Group Co., Ltd., with the departure of the China-Europe freight train (Xi'an-Hamburg) from Xi'an International Port Station on August 21, the total number of China-Europe freight trains has reached 10,000 this year, exceeding 10,000 trains 10 days earlier than last year. ; A total of 972,000 TEUs of goods were sent this year, a year-on-year increase of 5%, and the comprehensive heavy container rate reached 98.4%.

"The China-Europe freight train has become an important bridge for international economic and trade cooperation." At a recent press conference, Xu Jianping, director of the opening department of the National Development and Reform Commission, said that with the continuous improvement of the scale and quality of the China-Europe freight train, the China-Europe freight train has become more and more important to countries and countries along the route. Regional pragmatic cooperation has played an important role in promoting.

As of the end of July, China-Europe trains have operated more than 57,000 trains, transporting 5.3 million TEUs of goods, with a heavy container rate of 98.3% and a cumulative value of nearly 300 billion US dollars. The categories of transported goods have gradually expanded from mobile phones, computers and other IT products in the early days of the opening to 53 categories and more than 50,000 varieties, including clothing, shoes and hats, automobiles and accessories, grain, wine, coffee beans, and wood, covering the “Belt and Road Initiative”. All aspects of the production and life of the people in the countries and regions along the route.

"The China-Europe Railway Express is the flagship project and iconic brand of the joint construction of the 'Belt and Road'." Xu Jianping said that after more than ten years of solid foundation and accumulation, the China-Europe Railway Express has been used by countries and regions along the route and its enterprises. , widely accepted and utilized by the public, which is an important crystallization and major achievement of the Belt and Road countries through extensive consultation, joint contribution and shared benefits.

As of the end of July, China-Europe freight trains have laid a total of 82 transportation routes, reaching 196 cities in 24 European countries, gradually "connecting points into lines" and "weaving lines into a network". The transportation service network covers the whole of Europe, forming a The international transportation artery that runs through Eurasia.

The normal operation of China-Europe trains has improved the global resource allocation capabilities of multinational companies and played an important role in optimizing the layout of the industrial chain and supply chain. According to the latest "China-Europe Railway Express Development Report (2021)", TCL Group uses China-Europe Railway Express to transport spare parts to Poland, where they are assembled locally and then distributed to various regions in Europe. International Competitiveness. Lenovo, Dell and other companies have built an efficient, flexible, and low-cost global production and distribution system through the China-Europe Railway Express. Automakers such as Volvo and Dongfeng Shenlong have optimized their supply chain organization model by relying on China-Europe Railway Express to better integrate into the global industrial division of labor.

"After the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, under the circumstance that sea and air transportation were blocked, the domestic China-Europe train operation platform took the initiative to meet the export needs of enterprises, and cooperated with a large number of enterprises such as TCL, Dell, Lenovo, Geely, Volvo and other companies to open 'custom trains' , provides full logistics and transportation solutions, and provides important support for domestic and foreign enterprises to maintain the stability of the industrial chain and supply chain through matching shifts, encryption plans and other measures.” Xu Jianping said that since 2022, a total of “customized trains have been launched. "1150 columns, effectively reducing the impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic on the stability of the international industrial chain and supply chain.

In addition, the rapid development of new business forms and new models such as "China-Europe Railway Express + Cross-border E-commerce" and "China-Europe Railway Express + International Mail" not only facilitates the smooth flow of goods, but also provides strong support for the stable development of foreign trade.

"In order to effectively make up for the lack of international air and shipping capacity affected by the epidemic, and to further unblock international mail and cross-border e-commerce commodity transportation channels, since 2020, the customs has actively supported postal companies and logistics companies to use the China-Europe trains to evacuate the backlog affected by the epidemic. Inbound and outbound mails and cross-border e-commerce goods. Give full play to the advantages of low cost and low freight rate of China-Europe trains, attract local cross-border e-commerce goods to go abroad through China-Europe trains, provide a powerful tool for small and medium-sized enterprises to unblock logistics channels and support the stable development of foreign trade Support." said Xia Jun, deputy director of the Supervision Department of the General Administration of Customs.

Regarding the promotion of the development of China-Europe Railway Express, Xu Jianping said that in the next step, we will adhere to the principle of quality first and efficiency priority, improve the quality and benefit-oriented China-Europe Railway Express operation evaluation system, and guide more transportation resources to be tilted towards enterprises and routes with good quality. . Innovate service models, improve multimodal transport services, and promote the joint development of China-Europe freight trains, Silk Road shipping, and the new western land-sea corridor, so as to create "high-quality freight trains".

"At present, my country is actively building a new development pattern, which will help promote the economic development along the China-Europe freight train and promote the connectivity of domestic and foreign markets." Hu Yadong, president of the China Transportation Association, said that with the in-depth development of the "Belt and Road" national connectivity, from From Southeast Asia, Central Asia to Europe, the interconnection of facilities will form a superposition effect, which will provide more space, better paths and more development opportunities for China-Europe freight trains.