On April 13, 2021, with a whistle buzzing, a 3707 China-Europe train carrying 61 containers slowly departed from Manzhouli Station and headed for Malašević, Poland. So far, the number of China-Europe Express trains entering and leaving the country through the Manzhouli Railway Port has exceeded 10,000, effectively maintaining the stability and smoothness of the domestic and international supply chains.

Multi-measures and efficient operation

In January 2020, Manzhouli Station became the first port station in China to use the 95306 "digital port" system. This system realizes the functions of online sharing by all parties in international railway transportation, rapid declaration and query, automatic translation of Chinese and foreign information, and automatic feedback of customs clearance status. , The manual declaration and paper documents were cancelled, and the time from declaration to customs clearance was shortened from the original 12 hours to less than 30 minutes. It only takes a few minutes at the fastest. The convenience of the port and the efficiency of customs clearance have been significantly improved.

Since the first "Su-Manchurian-Europe" China-Europe Express train from Suzhou to Warsaw was launched at Manzhouli Station in September 2013, the number of China-Europe Express trains entering and leaving the country via the Manzhouli Railway Port has shown sustained and rapid growth, and the number has been increasing year by year. Compared with the initial period of operation, the monthly average number of inbound and outbound trains is now over 300, which is a 12-fold increase. Liu Hongliang, deputy station director of Manzhouli Station, said: “It took more than 6 years for the China-Europe train passing through the Manzhouli Railway Port to go from train 1 to train 5,000, but it took only one and a half years from train 5001 to train 10,000. In particular, in 2020, the China-Europe Express Train has not been affected by the epidemic, and the number of trains opened this year has exceeded the sum of 2013 to 2018."

International logistics channel

As an important symbol of Belt and Road cooperation, China-Europe Express has unique advantages of high efficiency, wide routes, and all-weather. Especially since the beginning of the epidemic in 2020, in the context of global anti-epidemic, China-Europe Express has implemented segmented transportation without involving personnel Quarantine has become an important logistics channel for ensuring Sino-European trade exchanges and unblocking the transportation of epidemic prevention materials for international cooperation. It has delivered "Chinese power" to the global fight against the epidemic and boost the economy.

Taking advantage of the unique advantages of international rail transport, China-Europe Express trains have vigorously undertaken sea and air transportation of land freight, which has become a stable foreign trade channel. Wang Lijuan, the person in charge of Manzhouli Xinyun Foreign Trade Transportation Agency Co., Ltd., said: "The epidemic began in 2020, and air and sea transportation were temporarily suspended, which completely closed the transportation channels for most of our export products. For food products such as biscuits and candies that our company represents, The shelf life is short and the delivery time is required. Once the backlog cannot be shipped out, it will cause great losses to our customers. Fortunately, the China-Europe train has been running and helped us through the sadness. Not only has we not been affected since the outbreak, but the export order volume continues In the first quarter of 2021, we have shipped another 364 rows of 13,000 boxes, an increase of 3% year-on-year."

Up to now, the number of China-Europe Express trains running through the Manzhouli Railway Port has reached 52, reaching 13 countries and 28 cities in Europe. The main cargo collection points include the coastal areas of southeast my country, covering Tianjin, Changsha, Guangzhou, and Suzhou. In 60 other cities, export goods have expanded to categories such as daily necessities, electrical products, industrial machinery, metals, and agricultural and sideline products. Editor/Tian Zengpeng