At 15:30 on March 2, 2022, with a loud whistle, the first China-Laos Railway (Jiangjin-Vientiane) international freight train departed from the Luohuang Railway Integrated Logistics Hub (Xiaonanya) in Jiangjin Luohuang Port Industrial City. Railway Logistics Center) slowly drove out. The opening of the train has opened up a new channel for Chongqing to deepen the construction of a dry port-type national logistics hub.

In the past, Jiangjin’s products exported to Vientiane, Laos could only be delivered by road via Mohan Port to Vientiane, Laos. The whole process took 10 days. The opening of the China-Laos Railway has greatly shortened the entire transportation time. This freight train carries a total of 37 containers, including diesel engines, cloth, nuts and other goods, with a value of about 4 million yuan. It will pass through Yunnan, exit from the Mohan railway port, and arrive in Vientiane, the capital of Laos, in 5 days.

"The products are directly on the train at the 'home door' and go directly to Southeast Asia, which will open up more convenient and efficient channels for our products to be exported to Laos, Myanmar and other markets." Seeing the opening of the China-Laos Railway (Jiangjin-Vientiane) international freight train, Chongqing Jiang The person in charge of Kee Winery Co., Ltd. said happily that before the train opened, the products exported by Jiang Kee Winery to Laos mainly relied on cross-border road transportation, and the port transshipment was prone to loss of goods and poor goods. "The direct transportation of the China-Laos railway will not only greatly reduce transportation costs and improve freight efficiency, but also better enhance the closure, ensure product safety, and make the supply chain more stable."

The relevant person in charge of Luohuang Lingang Industrial City said that, as one of the main bearing places for the construction of Chongqing's land-port-type national logistics hub, Luohuang is making every effort to build the main arrival and departure point of the new western land-sea passage. Today, on the basis of the normal operation of the Jiangjin train in the new western land-sea channel, the cold chain express line in the western land-sea new channel, and the container liner from Luohuang Port to Shanghai Port, the opening of the China-Laos Railway (Jiangjin-Vientiane) international freight train will further expand The multi-modal and multi-directional logistics and freight channel brings convenience to the cross-border trade of enterprises in Chongqing, Jiangjin and even surrounding provinces and cities, and releases more opening dividends.Editor/Ma Xue