The Silk Road leads the world, and the trains circulate smoothly

At 8 o'clock on the 10th, Jiaozhou Station in Qingdao, Shandong. The 75,052 China-Europe train is slowly departing and is expected to arrive in the hinterland of Europe in 17 days. So far, the cumulative number of China-Europe freight trains has exceeded 110,000 trains, with a value of more than 450 billion US dollars, and the number of trains in a single month has remained above 1,000 for 61 consecutive months...... Two thousand years ago, the camel caravan measured the Silk Road, and now the "steel dragon" gallops through the golden passage between Asia and Europe, and the power of opening up is growing vigorously. The China-Europe Railway Express is becoming a "stable increment" of high-quality development.

More intensive

From 2016 to 2024, the annual number of China-Europe freight trains will grow from 1,702 to 19,000, the annual value of goods transported will increase from US$8 billion to US$66.4 billion, and the time required for 10,000 trains will be shortened from 90 months at the beginning of the train to less than 7 months......

In China, the western, central and eastern corridors built by the China-Europe Express have taken shape, 128 cities in China have opened the China-Europe Express, and 28 China-Europe train routes have been mapped starting from coastal ports such as Dalian, Tianjin, Qingdao and Lianyungang.

Overseas, the China-Europe Railway Express and countries along the route continue to promote the diversified development of corridors, and the train can reach 229 cities in 26 European countries and more than 100 cities in 11 Asian countries.

More efficient

According to the characteristics of the domestic and foreign transportation organization of the China-Europe train, the railway department has increased the maximum number of trains and the traction quality of the 120 km/h China-Europe train to 55 vehicles and 3,000 tons respectively. In close cooperation with the customs department, the railway "fast pass" mode has been optimized, and the customs clearance time has been shortened from about half a day to less than 30 minutes, and it only takes a few minutes at the earliest.

China Railway Container Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of China Railway Group, has also set up overseas subsidiaries in Kazakhstan, Germany and other countries to deepen pragmatic cooperation with local railway, logistics, port and freight forwarding enterprises, and jointly organize the development of two-way cargo sources. At present, the outbound and return trips of China-Europe freight trains are basically balanced, and the comprehensive heavy container rate is basically stable at 100%. In order to continuously improve the overall competitiveness of the China-Europe trains, the railway department has innovatively launched the China-Europe trains with domestic and overseas timetables, which currently run 17 trains per week, with the whole running time reduced by more than 30% on average compared with ordinary trains, and the average value per container of goods increased by 41% compared with ordinary China-Europe trains.

More deeper

The rise of the industry goes hand in hand with the China-Europe train. As an important port city of China-Europe trains, Erenhot has accelerated the transformation of the channel economy to the industrial economy, and now forms a cross-border logistics network with the railway as the backbone, attracting auto parts, wood processing and other industries to agglomeration; China-Europe freight trains such as Lodz in Poland, Duisburg in Germany, and Madrid in Spain have actively modernized local infrastructure, driving the rapid development of related industries......

Li Tiegang, a professor at the School of Economics at Shandong University, said: "The whistle of the 110,000th China-Europe train is an ensemble rather than a solo. With its unique advantages of efficiency, stability and greenness, the China-Europe Railway Express is profoundly reshaping the regional economic and trade pattern. ”

The "Steel Silk Road" has run out of the "new speed" of the Eurasian continent, witnessing China's solid pace in promoting the construction of an open world economy and promoting common prosperity.(This article is from the official website of Seetao www.seetao.com. Reprinting without permission is strictly prohibited. Please indicate Seetao.com + original link when reprinting) Seetao.com Strategy Column Editor/Sun Fengjuan