At 5:27 on November 25, 2021, the X8103 China-Europe train, loaded with 100 TEUs of mechanical parts, clothing, shoes and hats, slowly departed from Xinglongshan Station in Changchun City, Jilin Province, and the terminal was Yekaterinburg, Russia. This is the 571th China-Europe train operated by China Railway Shenyang Bureau Group Co., Ltd. since 2021.

In the first 10 months of 2021, China-Europe freight trains will operate 12,605 trains and carry 1.216 million TEUs of goods, an increase of 26% and 33% year-on-year, respectively. The number of trains and transport volume both exceed the total in 2020. In the face of the impact of the epidemic, the China-Europe Railway Express has played an important role in ensuring the smooth flow of goods between China and the countries and regions along the Belt and Road with the advantages of security and stability.

Transportation interconnection is the basic support and important guarantee for the construction of the Belt and Road Initiative, and it plays a key role as the "first mover". Over the past eight years since the initiative to jointly build the Belt and Road Initiative, the interconnection framework of "six corridors, six roads, multiple countries and multiple ports" has been continuously improved, which has played an important foundation and leading role in the construction of the Belt and Road Initiative.

In terms of railways, the China-Laos railway will be fully operational on December 3, 2021. Technical consultations have been completed and financing consultations have been initiated for the upgrading and transformation of Pakistan's No. 1 main railway line, and the feasibility study of the China-Nepal cross-border railway has progressed smoothly. In terms of highways, the “two major” highways of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor were successfully completed and traffic vehicles were moved. The construction of the China-Russia Heihe Bridge was completed and the technical conditions for opening to traffic were met. In terms of maritime cooperation, the Greek Port of Piraeus completed the second phase of equity delivery, and its status as the largest port in the Mediterranean has been further consolidated. Ports such as Gwadar Port in Pakistan, Hambantota Port in Sri Lanka, and Djibouti Port are operating well.

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The transportation network opens up a new dimension. According to the relevant person in charge of COSCO SHIPPING, since the establishment of the Belt and Road Initiative, COSCO SHIPPING has invested 64.2 billion yuan in countries and regions along the Belt and Road, and invested in the construction of important hub ports including Piraeus Port in Greece. There are 20 container terminals, 195 container liner routes have been laid, and more than 2 million TEUs have been invested in container ships, accounting for 68% of the group's total container fleet capacity. In recent years, my country's international road transportation network has rapidly expanded its coverage, and the level of interconnection with neighboring countries has improved significantly. Shipping services have covered all coastal countries along the Belt and Road, and the ocean liner connectivity index has consistently ranked first in the world.

New breakthroughs have been made in international cooperation. Since April 2019, China has signed international road transport agreements with the governments of Georgia, Belarus, Laos and other countries, signed a transit transport protocol with Nepal, and opened the six provisions of the "International Road Transport Facilitation Agreement among the SCO Member States" Route; promote the implementation of the "International Road Transport Convention" (TIR Convention). With the joint construction of the Belt and Road as a cooperation platform, China has signed 22 international road transport facilitation agreements with 19 countries; 70 bilateral and regional maritime transport agreements with 66 countries and regions; and bilateral agreements with 100 countries The intergovernmental air service agreement maintains regular passenger and cargo air services with 54 countries, and signs regional air service agreements with ASEAN and the European Union; and signs postal cooperation documents with 22 countries. Keywords: One Belt One Road, One Belt One Road News, One Belt One Road Project, Overseas Projects

"The next step will be to optimize and improve international logistics channels, strengthen the construction of international freight capacity, accelerate the formation of a safe and efficient logistics network with internal and external connections, ensure the safety and smooth flow of the international logistics supply chain system, and promote the high-quality development of the Belt and Road transportation interconnection." Ministry of Transport The person in charge said.Editor/XuNing