On the morning of September 9, 2021, with a whistle buzzing, Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei's first cross-border e-commerce China-Europe train departed from Shijiazhuang International Dry Port with the whistle and headed to Mara, the largest railway transit port in Poland, more than 10,000 kilometers away. Shevic, and then radiated all of Europe.

This special train is loaded with 50 40-foot containers of household goods, pet supplies, auto parts and other e-commerce goods, with a total value of nearly 3 million U.S. dollars. It is expected to arrive at the destination station in about 14 days. This train mainly undertakes goods sent to Europe by foreign trade merchants on the Alibaba international station. It is the first cross-border e-commerce special train opened by Alibaba in the country. The hub attractiveness of the port is further highlighted.

Facilitate the rapid development of cross-border e-commerce

The opening of this special train is a powerful measure to implement the major decisions and deployments of the State Council and the provinces and municipalities to build a comprehensive cross-border e-commerce pilot zone in Shijiazhuang. The border e-commerce industry has opened up new channels and new markets, which will accelerate the transformation of Shijiazhuang's cross-border e-commerce logistics and trade formats, and promote the high-quality opening up and international development of Shijiazhuang.

Although the cross-border e-commerce train has to travel across the vast Eurasian continent, it takes more than twice as fast as sea transportation, and the transportation cost is only one-fifth of air transportation. For cross-border e-commerce companies, this is a convenient, efficient, safe and stable cross-border logistics "golden channel" with high quality and low price.

"Cross-border e-commerce special train is a specific action for Shijiazhuang International Dry Port to support and serve the development of emerging industries," said Ren Yongchang, deputy general manager of Shijiazhuang International Dry Port. The advantages will help Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei cross-border e-commerce companies to quickly enter the international market while reducing costs and increasing efficiency. Shijiazhuang International Dry Port will use the opening of cross-border e-commerce special trains as an opportunity to strengthen cooperation with Alibaba International Station, promote the development of "China-Europe Express + cross-border e-commerce", and help Shijiazhuang and even Hebei Province in the field of cross-border e-commerce circulation Overtaking on a curve, with every effort to create a new highland for the opening and development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei.

Realize the regular operation of special trains every week

Compared with ordinary China-Europe freight trains, the goods of cross-border e-commerce special trains are mainly based on consolidation and grouping. With the rise of overseas small and medium-sized e-commerce buyers, order purchases are characterized by small batches and multiple frequencies, and buyers pay more attention to the timeliness of purchases and purchase experience. The transportation cost of single-ticket goods can be greatly reduced through the form of consolidation and grouping, so that overseas buyers have a better purchasing experience, and the reduction of freight charges can feed back online to promote transactions.

Wang Tiantian, head of cross-border supply chain at Alibaba International Station, said that Alibaba International Station has been creating a variety of national, localized and industrialized transportation methods to help foreign trade businesses go faster, better, and more economically, and help China Foreign trade and goods flow all over the world. The choice to open Alibaba's first cross-border e-commerce special train in Shijiazhuang this time is because of the international railway transportation capacity of Shijiazhuang International Dry Port. The opening of special trains has not only realized the improvement of cross-border logistics capacity and timeliness, but also realized a win-win situation for suppliers, retailers and consumers. With the increasing demand for Chinese products in the European market, Alibaba International Station will deepen cooperation with Shijiazhuang International Dry Port, promote the deepening and solidification of cross-border e-commerce special trains, and better serve cross-border e-commerce in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region develop.

With the opening of the cross-border e-commerce special train, the Alibaba International Station Shijiazhuang International Land Port Cross-border E-commerce Central Warehouse also opened and operated simultaneously on the same day. In the future, Alibaba’s cross-border goods in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region will continue to be assembled at the Shijiazhuang International Dry Port, and sent to Europe through cross-border e-commerce special trains, realizing the normalization of at least one train per week, so that more cross-border electricity Commercial products go to all parts of Europe through Shijiazhuang.

Pang Jiachen, Director of the Land Port Office of Gaoyi County, said that the cross-border e-commerce China-Europe Express will not only provide stable supply support for the development of China-Europe Express, but will also promote the development of Shijiazhuang’s cross-border e-commerce logistics while deepening the important nodes of the Shijiazhuang One Belt and One Road. City status, attract more commodities to gather in Shijiazhuang, buy and sell globally, build a cross-border e-commerce logistics center, in order to accelerate the construction of a modern and international beautiful provincial capital city, and be the vanguard and leader of a modern economic province and a beautiful Hebei in the new era. Goose contributes. Editor/Tian Zengpeng