Source: China Trade News Author: Zhou Dongyang
Since the beginning of this year, under the impact of various external unfavorable factors such as repeated new crown pneumonia epidemics and continuing geopolitical conflicts, the number of China-Europe trains has continued to grow, and it has made a good start. 10,000 TEUs increased by 7% and 9% respectively year-on-year. In the past few days, there has been good news from China-Europe freight trains. On May 10, China-Europe freight trains (Yuxinou) south channel crossed the "two seas" line for the first time; On May 9, the number of China-Europe freight trains entering and leaving the country through the Erenhot railway port exceeded 1,000; on April 29, the first China-Europe freight train in Shijiazhuang departed from the Alashankou port in Xinjiang from Shijiazhuang International Land Port; on April 29, Longyan The city's first China-Europe train (Honggutian) departed from Longyan Shanghang Railway Station...
Smooth international trade channels
"The continuous growth of the number of China-Europe trains has provided a guarantee for stabilizing the global supply chain and integrating market factor resources." Chen Chao, an assistant researcher at the International Cooperation Center of the National Development and Reform Commission, said in an interview with a reporter from China Trade News that the China-Europe trains The number of new routes and new stations continues to break through, expanding the international logistics network and trade channels, and promoting the flow of factors between cities. Especially when other modes of transportation such as global shipping are blocked, the normalized operation of China-Europe freight trains can better help "Made in China" to go global, and help my country to accelerate the construction of domestic circulation as the main body and domestic and international dual circulation to promote each other new development pattern.
On May 10, the China-Europe freight train (Yuxin-Europe) loaded with 96 standard boxes of household appliances, clothing and other goods departed from Chongqing Tuanjie Village Station, and will leave the country through Khorgos Port, passing through Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Romania and other countries cross the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea, and finally reach European countries through rail-sea combined transportation, which marks the successful operation of the China-Europe Railway Express (Yuxin-Europe) South Channel across the "two seas" line.
The relevant person in charge of Yuxinou (Chongqing) Logistics Co., Ltd. introduced that this route was innovatively explored by Yuxinou in order to improve the layout of the overseas channel of the China-Europe freight train and achieve the goal of "expanding the radiation range of the overseas south channel to the Black Sea and Mediterranean countries". New channel line. Along the way, it can connect to surrounding regions and countries such as Central Asia, the Caspian Sea, the Black Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea, and the back end can reach European countries.
On April 29, Shijiazhuang's first China-Europe freight train departed from Shijiazhuang International Dry Port via Alashankou Port in Xinjiang. "Alashankou Port is the closest railway port to Europe in my country." Li Jiangna, Manager of the International Train Division of Shijiazhuang International Dry Port, introduced that compared with previous routes, the mileage of trains departing from Shijiazhuang International Dry Port via Alashankou Port will be shortened. 1000 kilometers, the aging time is 2 days faster. In addition, Alashankou Port has a large scale and strong refitting capacity, which can effectively improve the traffic efficiency of trains at the port and provide new and more convenient line services for foreign trade enterprises.
Radiation-driven effect is increasingly prominent
"The China-Europe Railway Express not only plays the role of transportation mode and trade carrier, but also becomes an important support for the aggregation of platforms, industries, cities and other elements." Chen Chao said that at present, the spillover effect of China-Europe Railway Express is gradually emerging, inland ports, comprehensive The superimposed advantages of bonded areas and transportation channels help smooth the internal circulation from the southeast coast to the western region of my country.
Relevant experts said that the radiation effect of China-Europe trains has become increasingly prominent. It has greatly promoted the development of Chongqing's IT, automobile, cross-border e-commerce industries and the rapid growth of entrepot trade, provided strong support for the construction of Chengdu import and Export Commodity Trading Center and Zhengzhou's modern international logistics center, and helped Yiwu realize its transformation from "the largest in the world". The “small commodity wholesale market” has been successfully transformed and upgraded to a “global small commodity trade center”.
In addition, while the China Railway Express has continuously transported high-quality goods to China for countries along the route, it has also spawned many new investments, logistics, and industries. Relying on the China-Europe Railway Express, Xi'an Aiju Grain and Oil Industry Group invested and built a factory in Kazakhstan, which has become an agricultural project of Sino-Kazakhstan production capacity cooperation, and has established long-term cooperative relations with local farmers through the "contract farming" model. The group has also built a comprehensive bonded area agricultural product logistics processing park in Alashankou, carrying the functions of intensive processing and distribution and transfer, and built an agricultural product logistics processing park in Xi'an International Port Area, which has preliminarily constructed a grain and oil planting, storage, processing, trade and logistics. "One-stop" system. Liu Dongmeng, deputy secretary of the Party Committee and deputy general manager of Aiju Cereals and Oils Industry Group, said that with the help of China-Europe trains, enterprises can make better use of both domestic and international markets and resources.
Industry insiders said that with the continuous improvement of my country's economy and the continuous development and growth of foreign trade, the transportation demand of China-Europe freight trains will remain high in the future. many pressures and influences. On the one hand, the operator of the line train should closely track the operation of the train along the line, the arrival of goods and customs clearance, and make emergency plans at any time; on the other hand, enterprises can also try to set up logistics nodes in countries and regions along the line and build overseas warehouses. bases, disperse or avoid the concentration risks caused by emergencies, centrally plan and organize the supply of goods for the return journey, and further solve the problem of insufficient supply of goods for the return journey of China-Europe trains.
In the first quarter, China-Europe freight trains made a "good start"
Date:2022-05-20 Hits:44
