On April 25, 2024, as the whistle blew, a China-Europe train loaded with 55 large containers of goods slowly left the Guiyang International Dry Port and headed for Moscow, 10,000 kilometers away. It is expected to arrive within 18 to 20 days To the destination, the transportation time is shortened by 20 days compared with traditional sea transportation.

The cargo carried by this train is mainly household appliances, weighing nearly 440 tons, and exits through the Alashankou Port in Xinjiang. Reducing the logistics cost of the whole society is an important measure to improve the efficiency of economic operation. Guizhou has actively integrated into the Belt and Road Initiative and the New Western Land-Sea Corridor transportation system, and vigorously promoted the "road-to-rail" transportation system. While improving the level of clean transportation of bulk goods, it has helped the logistics industry reduce costs and increase efficiency, and accelerated the creation of a green and low-carbon modern logistics system. , injecting strong momentum into high-quality development of the local economy.

Rail-sea combined transport reaches the world

On April 17, a train loaded with desulfurized gypsum departed from Bijie East Station in Guizhou, embarked on a "cross-border journey" via Fangcheng Port in Guangxi, and was shipped to Jinpu Terminal in Vietnam.

"We have found through various preliminary investigations that Guizhou's thermal power generation produces a large number of additional products, the most representative of which are ash and desulfurization gypsum. The province and surrounding provinces and cities cannot absorb and utilize all of them. The operation of special trains can effectively alleviate the problem of thermal power plants. The pressure of processing by-products can also fully meet the demand for construction materials in the Southeast Asian market," said Wu Mingliang, chairman of Guizhou Guirenda Supply Chain Management Co., Ltd., as the organizer of this cargo.

"In the early stage, we continued to strengthen consultations with Vietnamese customers, actively explored transportation routes, and realized the integrated transportation of desulfurized gypsum, greatly increasing the sales radius and area of desulfurized gypsum, expanding the previous domestic transportation model to the international market, and truly achieving the goal of 'turning waste into Treasure'." said Yuan Qiang, deputy general manager of Guizhou Multimodal Transport Company.

The China-Europe freight train launched on April 25 is the first China-Europe freight train jointly organized and operated by Guizhou Shangchu International Supply Chain Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Guiyang Logistics Co., Ltd., and Guizhou Multimodal Transport Industry Development Co., Ltd. It is a joint cooperation between provinces and cities. This major breakthrough is also a powerful testimony to the improvement of Guiyang’s third-party logistics service capabilities.

"This train has enriched the transportation methods and realized multiple import and export channels in Guizhou. It not only saves costs for enterprises, but also brings a faster and more convenient service experience to enterprises. It also makes Guizhou Province's logistics industry stand out in the international market. More competitive." said Ma Xin, executive director of Guizhou Shangchu International Supply Chain Co., Ltd.

In order to unblock the major channel to the sea, Guizhou fully relies on the advantages of the railway transportation artery of the New Western Land-Sea Corridor and the Guizhou-Guangdong Corridor, deepens cooperation with coastal ports and shipping companies, actively promotes "road-to-rail" and "consolidation-to-consolidation", vigorously develops rail-sea combined transport, and promotes Guizhou's foreign trade products are transformed from road transportation to railway transportation. They are transported to port terminals by railway trains, and then shipped to all parts of the world after being loaded on ships.

On this basis, in order to promote the gathering of advantageous resource elements and improve the level of regional logistics services, our province established Guizhou Yuanhai Land Port Development Co., Ltd. at the end of last year, and simultaneously released the full supply chain product - "Qian Lianda" on site.

"Qianlianda" is a logistics project built by Guizhou Yuanhai Land Port Development Co., Ltd. based on the New Western Land-Sea Corridor and centered around Guiyang International Dry Port, covering railways, shipping, highways, warehousing, trailers, vehicle services, customs services, shipping services, port services and other logistics links. Logistics supply chain portfolio products. This product has one-stop service functions such as real-time inquiry, instant booking, self-service documents, and online settlement. With its high-quality experience of "one-click direct access and smooth global shipping", it provides foreign trade enterprises in Southwest China and those aiming to Provide high-quality services to global customers exploring China's inland market.

Innovative model moves forward green

Guiyang Railway Logistics Center is one of the 40 railway logistics centers in the country. It was officially established in January 2024. It mainly undertakes railway cargo transportation, loading and unloading, general cargo warehousing services, etc. It continues to deepen railway freight reform, innovate logistics development models, and through the market We will continue to promote the "road-to-rail" transformation and vigorously develop the logistics general contracting business.

The advantages of railway transportation are large transportation volume, low energy consumption, low emissions and low pollution. For this reason, as a railway logistics business operation and production unit, Guiyang Railway Logistics Center takes Guiyang as the axis, with the project system as the starting point, and has reform There are 11 sales departments and 16 project departments in Maung, Huchao, Anshun, Kaili, Gelaoba, Liupanshui, Shuicheng and Bijie.

In early 2024, Guiyang Railway Logistics Center completed the integration of thermal power solid waste (ash) resources together with the local government. Guiyang Railway Logistics Center conducted in-depth research on solid waste transportation in major power plants. Under the leadership of relevant provincial departments, it held a symposium on solid waste transportation in Guizhou thermal power plants with Dafang Power Plant, Tangzhai Power Plant, Tongzi Power Plant, and Dalong Power Plant. Discuss transportation aspects such as site storage, freight rate adjustment, and capacity support. As of April 30, a total of 215,000 tons of thermal power solid waste (ash) had been transported out of the center.

Li Huahui, deputy secretary of the Party Committee of Guiyang Railway Logistics Center, introduced that relying on the natural advantages of railway transportation with large kinetic energy, all-weather, green and environmental protection, the center has conducted a comprehensive survey of large-scale factories and mines in the province to accurately grasp the company's transportation volume, sales flow and logistics The organizational model is tailor-made. On the basis of providing transportation services such as goods delivery, arrival, distribution and warehousing to the majority of enterprises and customers, it can be extended to receive and deliver, circulation and processing, financial services and other supporting projects.

In order to deepen the tripartite cooperation between road government and enterprises, vigorously promote "road-to-rail", reduce social logistics costs, and achieve mutual benefit and win-win for all parties, on April 11, the Guizhou Railway Logistics Service Promotion Conference was held in Guiyang. This is an important measure for the Provincial Energy Bureau and China Railway Chengdu Bureau Group Co., Ltd. to work together to seek common development for local governments and enterprises and build a win-win cooperation platform. It is also an important step for Guiyang Railway Logistics Center to deepen the linkage between government and enterprises, integrate local resources, and help local economic development. A solid step forward.

Dedicated railway lines reduce costs and increase efficiency

Compared with the advantages of "door-to-door" road transportation, the "last mile" of rail transportation from the freight yard to the factory has always been a constraint. As the "nerve endings" of the railway network, dedicated railway lines connect "stations" and "factories" and are crucial to promoting the "road-to-rail" transportation of bulk goods.

In January 2024, Guiyang Qingzhen International Dry Port Co., Ltd. was officially established, marking the first practice of Guizhou Railway Investment Group Co., Ltd.’s “one port, multiple districts” development plan. The company is located in the Aluminum and Coal Ecological Industrial Base in Qingzhen City, Guiyang City. The surrounding road network is highly interconnected and the road-rail combined transport can be connected and converted in the port area, providing services for "road-to-rail", "consolidated transport" and "road-rail combined transport". To establish feasible conditions and promote enterprises to reduce costs and increase efficiency.

"Since the operation of the station, the large-scale and intensive management of the dry port has reduced the cost of our company by more than 15%, improved the efficiency of cargo circulation, and enhanced the competitiveness of the company. It not only helps to integrate corporate resources and complement each other's advantages, but also It will help us implement the development concept of low-carbon and environmental protection," said Yang Dengjie, the main person in charge of Guiyang Shengtongxing Logistics Co., Ltd., a company in the port area.

Tan Qisong, executive director and general manager of Guiyang Qingzhen International Dry Port Co., Ltd., introduced that "one port, multiple districts" aims to focus on the mission, development plan, and business goals of Guiyang International Dry Port, linking all cities, states, and important cities outside the province. The logistics park promotes the improvement of the logistics infrastructure network, realizes the sharing of resource elements and coordinated development, promotes local goods to smoothly leave the province and go abroad on multi-directional trains, and foreign goods to enter the port and enter enterprises quickly, making Guizhou's economic and trade cooperation with the world more frequent and convenient.Editor/Zhao E