Xinhua International Time Review: New journey of China -EU trains milestone

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, July 21: New journey of China -EU trains milestones

Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Rong

This is the site of the China -EU trains (Chongqing), which was taken in Duisburg, Germany on July 11th. Xinhua News Agency reporter Ren Pengfei

As China's first China -Europe trains line, China -EU trains (Chongqing) have recently ushered in a new milestone -the China -Europe trains (Chongqing) operating through 10,000 columns. The China -EU trains (Chongqing) driving trains exceed the new starting point of the interconnection and joint development of the Asia and Europe, which also shows the bright prospects of China's foreign economic and trade and broader cooperation.

In March 2011, the first international joint transport train from Chongqing to Duisburg, Germany explored and opened, opened the uninterrupted journey of China's "Iron and Steel Team" across the Asia -Europe mainland, and established a friendly bridge for open cooperation. At present, the China -EU trains that spans the Asia and Europe "connected into the line" and "weaving into the net", which has reached 180 cities in 23 European countries, with more than 50,000 transportation goods. Especially in the early days of the new crown epidemic, air transportation was blocked, and the China -EU trains showed a large number of shortage of epidemic prevention materials to countries along the road through land, and made great contributions to global cooperation resistance. In 2021, China -EU trains opened 15,000 columns, transporting 1.46 million -in -bargains to countries along the route.

Since the beginning of this year, the China -EU trains have continuously expanded the new line -the China -Europe train Chengyu (Mianyang) for the first time. There are frequent biography of various lines -Hefei China -EU trains have achieved import and export trade over 10 billion US dollars since 2014; From the month to the hairline, the Central and EU trains have increased by nearly 40 % year -on -year ...

As an important cooperation between the “Belt and Road” in co -construction, the booming of the China -Europe trains has injected new impetus into high -quality co -construction of the “Belt and Road”. The "Iron and Steel Dragon" will bring the concept of Chinese concepts to the mainland of Asia and Europe, which will help the "Belt and Road" cooperation set foot on a new level to benefit the local people. "Lianxinqiao", "development bands", "prosperous ports", and "happiness roads" were born one after another. Data show that in 2021, China and the countries along the “Belt and Road” reached 11.6 trillion yuan, which directly invested 138.45 billion yuan in direct investment in countries along the route. Fabio Massimo Palenti, an expert in the Institute of International Relations of Italy, pointed out that since the proposal of the “Belt and Road” initiative, related countries and regions have made fruit in terms of economic development and people ’s livelihood improvement. Tired, prove the value and significance of building the "Belt and Road" to the world.

Whether it is the "endless flow" of the China -Europe trains or the "Belt and Road" and "Blossoms", it is a vivid embodiment of China's booming foreign economic and trade cooperation. In recent years, China has actively carried out foreign economic and trade cooperation, continued to expand its high levels of opening up, and made important contributions to stabilizing the global supply chain and alleviating global inflation pressure, and benefited many partners. In the first half of this year, the scale of China's foreign trade reached 1.9 trillion yuan, which has achieved positive growth year -on -year in eight consecutive quarters; China's imports and exports to ASEAN, the European Union, and the United States have increased by 10.6%, 7.5%, and 11.7%. National and regional comprehensive economic partnerships (RCEP) trading partners' import and export of import and export increased by 17.8%and 5.6%, respectively. In the future, China will be expected to create more new cooperation highlights in the fields of clean energy, smart cities, 5G, artificial intelligence and other fields, and make big cakes of cooperation together to create opportunities for the global economy.

The engine of the Central and EU trains is endless day and night, and China's foreign cooperation has moved forward. The wind is suitable for a long time. Development is the total key to solving all problems. It is believed that the power of cooperation will eventually win, leading the world to get out of the haze.

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