In the first half of 2021, the Xi'an Railway Department will increase the number of China-Europe Express trains to 50 trains; Khorgos and Alashankou Railway Ports have both exceeded 3,000 in and out of China-Europe and Central Asia.

The rising indicators reflect the rapid development of China-Europe Express. According to data from China National Railway Group Co., Ltd., in the first half of 2021, a total of 7,377 trains and 707,000 TEUs of China-Europe freight trains were operated, representing a year-on-year increase of 43% and 52% respectively, a new high. Olaf Kruger, chairman of the German International Railway Freight Business Association, said that the China-Europe Railway Express is of great significance to promoting the strengthening of infrastructure construction and improving the construction of transportation networks in countries along the route, and makes the railway transportation between Europe and China more stable. With the establishment and improvement of an interactive and complex railway network, the trade exchanges between Europe and China will deepen, which will further promote the process of economic globalization and allow the fruits of economic development to benefit the people of the countries and regions along the route.

Open up new lines to increase the frequency

On the morning of June 2, the 75002/75001 China-Europe train, loaded with treadmills, exercise bikes, sterile syringes and other supplies, departed from Shanxi Zhongding Logistics Park to the Valenton Railway Station in Paris, France. Shanxi opened for the first time. The China-Europe Express train to France. "After this train started, the number of China-Europe Express train lines provided by our company has increased to 9, which is more competitive." said Zhou Zhifei, deputy general manager of Shanxi Zhongding Logistics Group Co., Ltd.

While the routes continue to expand, the number of China-Europe trains has also continued to increase. “From the beginning of 1 trip a month, to at least 3 trips a week now, the record is 8 trips a week at most." Wang Guoqing, manager of Shanxi Jinou Logistics Co., Ltd., said that in the first half of 2021, only Zhongding Logistics Park will start operations in China There were 74 trains, and a total of 7,148 TEUs were sent. The shipment volume increased by 48% year-on-year.

As a transcontinental, transnational, long-distance, and large-volume transportation method, the coverage of China-Europe Express has expanded to 168 cities in 23 European countries, and it has become an international public product widely recognized by countries along the route. In the first half of 2021, the opening of China-Europe freight trains has achieved both quantitative and quality improvements.

New lines continue to be opened, and China-Europe Express trains operate in more and more cities. In Xi'an, Shaanxi, after the adjustment of the national railway operation chart for the third quarter on June 25, the number of separate routes for the China-Europe express train increased from the original 7 to 10, and the daily round-trip frequency increased from 9.7 to 10.2; in Jinhua, Zhejiang , The first China-Europe train from the Yangtze River Delta to Hungary, which opened on June 7, marked the official opening of the 18th China-Europe train in Zhejiang Province...

The variety of goods is constantly enriched, and the added value of China-Europe freight train transportation is getting higher and higher. According to Chen Dengke, deputy director of Jinhua Freight Center of China Railway Shanghai Bureau Group Co., Ltd., in the first half of the year, Zhejiang China-Europe trains opened 1,079, and the volume of container shipments increased by 204.4% year-on-year. The cargo structure also changed from small commodities to automobiles and photovoltaic power generation equipment. Technical products.

Improve service capabilities

During the new crown pneumonia epidemic, roads and waterways at the port were slow to pass, and the export trade of Liugong Group was once affected. The Nanning Railway Department took the initiative to come to the door and opened up a new route "Liuzhou-Moscow" for Liugong Group. "Compared with the previous sea shipment and trailer transportation, the transportation time of the China-Europe Express train has been saved at least two weeks." Xue Bing, director of the International Business Department of Liugong Group, was very pleased.

Identify the pain points of customers and solve the difficulties in the market. At present, the total number of China-Europe trains has exceeded 40,000. The increasing increase comes from the continuous improvement of comprehensive service capabilities. Build a gathering network to improve the efficiency of China-Europe train operations. In 2021, the Xi'an Railway Department will open 15 trains from other provinces and 4 trains within the province. The containers that have been sealed by customs will be exempted from unpacking inspection, and the trains will be directly released for loading according to the customs inspection and release notice, which improves the efficiency of the train operations.

Multi-departmental linkage has improved the efficiency of China-Europe Express customs clearance. Since 2021, Manzhouli Station has made full use of the 95306 "digital port" system networking advantages, realized online information sharing with customs, freight forwarding companies and other joint inspection and intermodal transportation departments, and formulated detailed schedules for customs clearance and transportation. The average time from declaration to customs clearance was changed from the original About half a day is shortened to less than 30 minutes.

Strengthen the sea-rail combined transportation to seamlessly connect the China-Europe train and the Golden Waterway of the Yangtze River. On June 29, Wuhan launched the "Japan-Wuhan-Mongolia" sea-rail combined China-Europe train for the first time. The new frequency saves 5 days of transportation cost compared with the traditional scheme, and also connects the One Belt One Road and the Yangtze River Economic Belt.

Zavier Vandel Pippen, head of Sino-European trade development at the French national railway company, said that under the influence of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the China-Europe train has withstood the test and grew against the trend, in order to help Europe and China to jointly fight the epidemic and stabilize the EU-China supply chain Made a contribution. We are committed to promoting the development of railway freight transport, and are willing to work with China to develop trains with higher quality, shorter transit time, and simpler solutions, so that Europe and China will become ‘closer neighbors’.

Develop high-quality channel economy

On July 1, the China-Europe Express train carrying 29.5 tons of cross-border e-commerce cargo was sent from the Alashankou port to Malašević, Poland.

"The transportation of goods by China-Europe Express train is 80% shorter than the shipping time, and the price is only about 20% of air transportation. The advantages of stability, speed and efficiency, and cost-effectiveness have made Alashankou cross-border e-commerce present a rapid development trend." Alashankou Comprehensive Bonded Zone Jingang Zhang Shenshen, director of the Asset Management Department of the Development Co., Ltd. said.

With the help of the east wind of the China-Europe Express train, the port economy, hub economy, and e-commerce economy have grown rapidly, the opening of inland cities to the outside world has opened up new space, and the economy along the route has developed rapidly.

In Xi'an, Shaanxi, the railway department and Xi'an International Port District are stepping up discussions to study and jointly develop the international logistics park project, and build a high-end cold-chain consumer goods distribution base in the northwest region by building an industrial platform for rail-sea combined transportation. In Ulanqab, Inner Mongolia, the Qisumu China-Europe Railway Express Logistics Hub Base, which has opened 9 routes, has gradually grown into scale. Relying on the China-Europe Railway Express, inland cities have also had a powerful way to develop an open economy such as the import and export processing of grain, oil, timber, and minerals.

"As an important carrier of the international industrial chain supply chain under the new situation, the China-Europe Express has assumed a historical mission and played an important role in building a new development pattern with the domestic cycle as the main body and the mutual promotion of the domestic and international double cycles. A major development opportunity will come.” Ning Jizhe, deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission, said, “We must consolidate the foundation for development, transform the accumulated volume of China-Europe Express trains into the future development momentum, and form a stronger market competitiveness.”

You Delian, the representative of the Polish Investment and Trade Bureau in China, said that in October 2020, the first China-Europe train carrying Polish dairy products arrived in Wuhan, China, and found new business opportunities for the Polish dairy industry affected by the epidemic. During the second China-CEEC Expo in 2021, a large number of Polish products took part in the exhibition on the China-Europe train, allowing more and more Chinese consumers to come into contact with high-quality Polish products. Editor/Tian Zengpeng