On March 15, 2022, with the sound of the whistle, an international freight train full of machinery and equipment departed from Zhengzhou Putian Station. It will travel all the way through the Mohan Port in Yunnan, and finally arrive at the capital of Laos. Vientiane. This is the first international freight train from Henan Province to Laos, marking the official opening of the new station from Zhengzhou and the destination to Vientiane, Laos. The train carried a total of 26 containers, traveled about 2,766 kilometers, and is expected to arrive in 6 days.

This is the third new route successfully opened in Zhengzhou this year, following the opening of the new routes between Zhengzhou-Budapest, Hungary and Zhengzhou-Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam in January 2022. , The new economical international logistics channel will help drive the economic and trade exchanges and cultural exchanges between Henan and Laos and the entire ASEAN region.

"Zhengzhou Customs actively understands the needs and problems of enterprises, conducts business guidance 'point-to-point', and realizes the business of trains on-the-go; establishes an information sharing mechanism with the railway department to grasp the real-time shipping information of trains in advance, and closely links the entire customs clearance process to promote goods. The efficiency of customs clearance has been greatly improved; a series of measures to facilitate the handling of certificates of origin, such as intelligent auditing, self-service printing by enterprises, and face-to-face application, have been promoted, and enterprises have been guided through the 'Internet + Customs' platform, the online processing platform for administrative approval, and the 'single window' for international trade, etc. The channel to handle customs business has truly realized 'more data travels, less errands for enterprises'." Tian Yanping, head of the station customs office, which is affiliated to Zhengzhou Customs, said. Keywords: One Belt One Road, One Belt One Road News, One Belt One Road Project

At present, the international freight train routes from Zhengzhou cover more than 130 cities in more than 30 countries in Europe, Central Asia, Southeast Asia and other regions, and carry more than 1,500 kinds of import and export commodities, including clothing, automobiles and accessories. , electronic products, machinery and equipment, imported commodities include red wine, milk, sunflower oil, chocolate, etc., bringing trade opportunities to tens of thousands of Chinese and foreign companies and delivering benefits to people along the route. According to statistics, in the first two months of 2022, Zhengzhou Customs supervises 283 China-Europe freight trains (Zhengzhou), carrying 24,100 TEUs of containers with a value of 7.28 billion yuan, an increase of 41.5%, 36.6%, and 46.5% year-on-year respectively.Editor/XuNing