Since 2022, the development of China-Europe freight trains has accelerated. In addition to the key China-Uzbekistan-Ukraine railway on the southern line of the China-Europe freight train, which will finally start construction next year, 1,135 China-Europe freight trains were opened in the Yangtze River Delta region in the first five months, an annual increase of 8.8%, and 110,600 TEUs of goods were shipped, an annual increase of 6.5%. At the same time, the stations in various places have also continued to expand, such as the "Ulanqab-Xi'an-Duisburg" route that was successfully launched on the 10th.

In the early stage of Taiwanese businessmen participating in the China-Europe train, most of them were high-tech manufacturers. For example, as early as 2011, Acer sent 40,000 laptops made to the Yuxinou train in Chongqing. Taiwanese companies such as ASUS, Quanta, Compal and Wistron also export products from Chongqing. The relevant person in charge of the China-Europe (Xiamen) train company said that since March this year, the traditional sea transportation from Taiwan and Southeast Asia to Russia has been limited, and the new sea-rail intermodal logistics channel for Taiwan to be re-exported to Russia via Xiamen is to send goods to Russia. Goods provides a new shortcut, "solving the urgent needs of customer groups such as Taiwan".

Logistics goods are not limited to high-tech products. The above-mentioned person in charge said that this time, he helped a Taiwanese company deliver car lights worth about 860,000 yuan. First arrive in Xiamen from Kaohsiung by sea, and then transport from Xiamen to Europe and Russia by China-Europe freight train, which saves nearly half of the transportation time compared to the whole journey by sea.

Wu Jiaying, president of the Xiamen Taiwan Business Association, said that in recent years, factors such as the epidemic and the Russian-Ukrainian war have kept global shipping freight rates high. Coupled with crowded port queues, many Taiwanese companies have been hindered in shipping. On the other hand, the China Railway Express has been equal to or even lower than the shipping cost - but the land transportation is much faster, which has prompted Taiwanese businessmen to consider replacing it with the China Railway Express. Keywords: One Belt One Road, One Belt One Road News, One Belt One Road Project

Another key to the acceleration of China-Europe trains is that the service packages of countries and stations along the route are slowly getting on the right track, and there is no need to worry about complicated problems and risks such as document jams during the transfer process, and the status quo of "all China is rushing" has formed. Taking Xiamen Station as an example, not only Taiwan, but also Japan and the Philippines will now deliver goods, hoping to transport them to Europe via the China-Europe freight train.Editor/XuNing