In the early morning of April 16, with a long whistle, Beijing's first China-Europe train in 2025 slowly drove out of the special line of Liulihe Jinyu Railway in Fangshan District and headed for Moscow, the capital of Russia. The smooth departure of the train not only marks the official opening of the Beijing-Moscow China-Europe Express in the new year, but also means that Fangshan District has successfully become an important hub for international logistics and transportation as the starting point of the China-Europe Express for the first time.

It is reported that this China-Europe train full of hope is loaded with household appliances, tires, non-woven fabrics and other export commodities, in 90 standard containers, more than 450 tons of goods are ready to go, with a total value of more than 4.9 million yuan. It will leave the port of Manzhouli, all the way through the vast Siberian Plain, along the way will distribute goods to Novosibirsk, Ulyanovsk and other cities, the whole journey of nearly 9,000 kilometers is expected to be completed in about 16 days. The planning of the transportation route has greatly shortened the logistics time between North China and cities in central and western Russia, and injected new vitality into economic and trade exchanges along the route.

"We will take this first train as an opportunity to accelerate the normalization of the China-Europe train from Fangshan." Wang Chuanmeng, chairman of Beijing Xinlugang Group, said with confidence at the departure ceremony. In fact, for Beijing Xinlugang Supply Chain Co., Ltd., the opening of the China-Europe train has been its "three successes" in Fangshan District. As early as March 19 this year, Beijing's first Central Asia train was successfully dispatched from Fangshan District; On April 7, the Beijing Central Asia Railway Express was normalized. Now, with the addition of the China-Europe train, Fangshan District has officially built a two-line parallel international train channel of "Central Europe + Central Asia", which has added a strong touch to Beijing on the map of the Belt and Road Initiative.

"The China-Europe Express is not only a logistics channel connecting China and Europe, but also a golden link connecting the economic development of countries along the route." Liu Shouzhi, manager of the logistics dispatching department of the Beijing Railway Logistics Center of the Beijing Bureau of the National Railway, emphasized. In order to ensure the safe and efficient operation of this China-Europe train, the Beijing Bureau of China Railway has carefully deployed and selected experienced professional and technical personnel to go deep into the site to provide whole-process business guidance. In terms of transportation arrangements, we strictly implement the principle of "five priorities", that is, give priority to formulating transportation plans, giving priority to the allocation of empty trains, giving priority to organizing loading, giving priority to arranging hanging, and giving priority to releasing trains, so as to ensure that each link is closely connected and operates efficiently, so as to build a solid transportation guarantee for the smooth operation of the trains.

With the departure of this China-Europe train, in the future, Fangshan District is expected to attract more enterprises to gather with its increasingly perfect international train transportation system, further promote the deep integration of regional economy and international trade, and write more new chapters of win-win cooperation under the guidance of the Belt and Road Initiative. (This article is from the official website of Jiandao www.seetao.com it may not be reproduced without permission, otherwise it must be investigated, please indicate Jiandao.com + original link) Jiandao.com strategic column editor / Sun Fengjuan