Five container trucks drove out of the comprehensive bonded zone of Daxing Airport, carrying Beijing Tianjin Hebei manufacturing to Shijiazhuang Port, and then boarded the China Europe freight train all the way west - the first real handshake between the airport and the port, paving a new cross-border logistics channel with one customs declaration and one order to the end into the map of Beijing Tianjin Hebei cooperation and opening up.

Dual port linkage officially landed

Recently, five container trucks loaded with 110 tons of manufactured goods from Beijing Tianjin Hebei region departed from the comprehensive bonded zone of Beijing Daxing International Airport, heading towards Shijiazhuang International Land Port. They will then take the China Europe freight train to Moscow, Russia. The simultaneous unveiling and launch of the Hebei Land Port China Europe Railway Express Service Center in the Daxing Airport Economic Zone marks the cross-border logistics connection between the Beijing Hebei Airport and the North China China China Europe Railway Express Assembly Center, and the linkage between the airport and land port dual hubs has officially entered the substantive operation stage.

Unlock a new path for going out to sea

The Daxing Airport Airport Economic Zone spans across Beijing and Hebei provinces, and is the only cross provincial co built airport economic zone in China, with the advantages of five major opening-up policies. Shijiazhuang International Land Port has opened 20 China Europe freight train routes, fully covering the core economic and trade regions of Asia and Europe. The linkage of the two major hubs has broken the binary limitations of high air freight prices and time-consuming sea freight for enterprises going abroad. In the past, the procedures for shipping China Europe freight trains were cumbersome and the process was complicated. Now, by settling in the comprehensive bonded zone, enterprises can enjoy one-stop customs clearance and integrated transportation services, adding an efficient overseas channel for regional foreign trade enterprises.

Reform of customs clearance mode

This logistics connection relies on the policy support of improving quality and efficiency in the national comprehensive bonded zone, and innovatively uses a new integrated customs declaration model. The goods will complete the entire customs declaration process in the Daxing Comprehensive Bonded Zone in one go, and will be directly connected to the China Europe freight train at Shijiazhuang Land Port without the need for secondary customs declaration, greatly reducing transit time and logistics costs for enterprises. The relevant departments have stated that they will continue to deepen the coordination between the two ports, establish a multi-channel logistics system for air freight, China Europe freight trains, and air rail intermodal transportation, and achieve one-time entrustment and one-stop delivery of enterprise freight. Keywords: dual port collaboration, China Europe freight trains, logistics, cross regional collaboration, opening up to the outside world

The joint operation between Beijing and Hebei ports has broken down the barriers between customs clearance in the comprehensive bonded zone and the transportation of China Europe freight trains, streamlined intermediate logistics links, and effectively reduced costs and increased efficiency for enterprises. This new logistics model of cross regional hub collaboration and integrated customs clearance provides practical reference for the construction of a unified national market, and also helps the Beijing Tianjin Hebei region build a new pattern of high-level opening up to the outside world. This airport land port joint operation, relying on the advantage of the flagship channel of the China Europe Express, deeply enables high-quality joint construction of the the Belt and Road, continues to strengthen the capacity of Beijing Tianjin Hebei cross-border logistics hub facing the Asia Europe market, and adds strong momentum to the long-term development of regional opening up and economic and trade exchanges.Editor/Gong Ziwei