On January 31, 2021, China's first East Asia-Central Asia multimodal transport channel was successfully opened in Liaogang Group. This multimodal transport channel not only enriches the logistics model of Liaoning Port’s participation in the construction of the Belt and Road Initiative, and builds a new land-sea transport channel, but also is a new attempt by Japan to participate in the joint construction of the Belt and Road Initiative. The development pattern and the vivid practice of building Dalian's Northeast Asia international shipping center.

Using this channel, the first batch of Japanese commercial vehicles arrived at Dalian Port by ro-ro sea on January 29, 2021. After the train loading operation was completed in the port on January 31, 2021, they were sent to the Khorgos port in Xinjiang by rail. The change is expected to arrive at the port of entry in Kazakhstan in mid-February 2021.

It is understood that in the past, Japanese commercial vehicles entered Central Asia through the Indian Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea by sea. After arriving in Russia, they were distributed to Kazakhstan. The whole journey took more than 80 days. Through this new multimodal transport channel for commercial vehicles opened by the Liaogang Group, the transit time of Japanese commercial vehicles has been reduced to about 30 days, which can save more than half of the transportation time compared to the past, effectively reduce the overall logistics cost, and increase the Japanese products. The competitiveness of vehicles in the Central Asian market.

The cross-border transportation of commercial vehicles is a new achievement of Liaogang Group's integration into the construction of the One Belt One Road, which not only expands the business model of the terminal, but also enriches the source structure of China-Europe Express. Through the development of this business, Liaogang Group can give full play to its role as a bridge linking East Asia in the east and Central Asia in the west, accelerate the development of foreign trade routes, and accelerate the construction of a commodity vehicle transfer center. With the smooth advancement of Liaoning's six-port integration strategy, Liaogang Group will focus on cultivating new sea-rail combined transportation routes, unblocking major international and domestic sea-rail combined transportation channels, and making a major contribution to multimodal transportation. Editor/Tian Zengpeng