On June 27, 2026, a batch of center console control screens produced in Haiphong, Vietnam completed a historic handover in Chongqing. They arrived at the mountain city by GMS cross-border road transport truck, and without stopping for a moment, they directly transferred to the Chongqing Xinjiang Europe China Europe Express, crossing thousands of miles westward and heading straight to Duisburg, Germany. This is not only a transfer of goods, but also a coming of age ceremony for Chongqing as a super hub connecting ASEAN and Europe. A 12400 kilometer long Asia Europe express line is now fully connected.

A box that connects land and sea to the end

The biggest highlight of the newly launched Asia Europe Express is the seamless transfer. The highway section adopts the mode of one container to the bottom and direct transportation by the original train. After entering Chongqing, the container does not need to be unloaded or reloaded, and can be directly lifted onto the railway train. This seamless connection between cross-border highways and railways reduces the traditional shipping time of 50 days to less than 20 days. For the high value-added electronic information industry, this logistics revolution of exchanging time for space completely avoids the uncertainty risks of shipping channels such as the Red Sea.

GMS Weaving South Network

The increasingly dense southward blood vessels support this northward artery. As early as 2025, the operator ASEAN Company had already established GMS direct routes from Chongqing to Haiyang in Vietnam and Chumphon in Thailand. With the support of the Greater Mekong Subregion Convenient Transport Agreement, electronic products from Chongqing can be transported directly to Southeast Asia without any transshipment or unloading. This efficient customs clearance mode not only improves clearance efficiency by 30%, but also transforms Chongqing from an inland hinterland to an open frontier facing ASEAN. Keywords: the Belt and Road news, international logistics

Dual core bidirectional cyclic activation

The value of this channel goes far beyond one-way shipping. With the deep integration of GMS routes and the Asia Europe Express, a two-way logistics loop has been formed. European medicine and high-end equipment can transit southward through Chongqing to ASEAN, while ASEAN's agricultural and consumer products can also enter the Eurasian continent through this route. The efficient connection of roads and railways not only opens up the last kilometer of multimodal transport, but also provides a solid logistics base for domestic and international double circulation under the the Belt and Road framework.Editor/Gao Xue