Nearly 200 cities in Europe, China and Europe to open a new channel for international transportation in Asia and Europe

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, August 18th.

Xinhua News Agency reporters Pan Jie and An Bei

As the flagship project and iconic brand of building the “Belt and Road”, since the China -Europe trains have opened, it has become a popular international public product. At present, China -EU trains have accumulated more than 57,000 rows and reached 196 cities in 24 European countries. The National Development and Reform Commission held a special press conference on the 18th to focus on the effectiveness and future prospects of the development of the Central and European trains.

Open a new channel for Asian and Continental Transportation

As of the end of July, China -EU trains have paved a total of 82 transportation routes, reaching 196 cities in 24 European countries, and gradually "connected into lines" and "weaving lines into nets". International transportation arteries that penetrate Eurasia.

"The China -Europe Train's running bank has improved the Asian -European transportation network, expanded the international transportation channel, greatly enhance the capacity of ports and hub nodes along the line, forms a space layout of" multi -directional extension, sea and land interconnection ', and created international logistics transportation New situation in cooperation. "Xu Jianping, director of the Open Division of the National Development and Reform Commission.

The Chinese Railway relies on the New Asia and Europe Bridge and the Siberian Mainland Bridge. Based on the early exploration and opening of the Asian and European international trains, it starts with Chongqing, Chengdu, Zhengzhou, Wuhan, Suzhou, Yiwu and other cities, and runs to Germany, Poland and other countries. The China -Europe trains have opened the curtain of China -Europe Class Unicom Asia -Europe and promoting the development of the "Belt and Road" development.

On June 8, 2016, the unified brand of the China -Europe trains was officially opened.

"With the joint efforts of all parties, the China -EU trains have entered the stage of standardized and large -scale development, and the quality of the operation has been continuously improved, helping the high -quality co -construction of the" Belt and Road "effect. The 1702 column increased to the 8225 column, an increase of nearly 5 times in three years. In 2020, the operation exceeded the column of 10,000, reaching 12406, and the 15183 column in 2021. "Zhuang He, director of the Freight of the National Railway Group, said.

Zhuang He said that in order to maintain the "China -Europe Train" unified brand, the National Railway Group will strengthen overall planning and combine the main body of the China -Europe trains to further unify the name of the China -Europe trains. Honesty well -known logistics brand.

Establish a new platform along the line of economic and trade cooperation

As of the end of July, China -EU trains have accumulated more than 57,000 columns, transporting 5.3 million standards for shipping, with a heavy box rate of 98.3%, and a cumulative value of nearly $ 300 billion. The transportation category has gradually expanded from IT products such as mobile phones and computers in the early days of the bank to clothing shoes and hats, cars and accessories, grains, wine, coffee beans, wood and other 53 categories and more than 50,000 varieties.

Xu Jianping said that the China -Europe trains are not only an important bridge for international economic and trade cooperation, an important carrier for deepening cooperation with countries along the route, but also an important support for the development of regional economic development and the "life channel" for ensuring the security of the industrial chain supply chain.

"The export -oriented industries of Zhengzhou, Chongqing and other cities in Henan, my country have achieved an average annual growth of about 30%after the China -Europe trains. High -quality construction of the core area of ​​the road. Poland, Rosz, Duisburg, Germany, with the development of the Central and European trains, the status of the international logistics hub has been continuously improved. Local products produced in the local area are sold to China in China. "Xu Jianping said Essence

According to reports, compared to sea and air transport, China -EU trains are one -fifth of aviation, and the operation time is one -quarter of the shipping. Due to the small natural environment and high stability, it has a certain amount of transportation scale and timeliness. Products with high sexual requirements are very attractive.

"After the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia, the China -EU trains have given full play to the advantages of international railway transportation 'segmented transportation' and less personnel contact, and fully undertake the supply chain of the international industrial chain." Xu Jianping said, domestic, domestic in China The China -Europe trains operation platform actively connects the export needs of enterprises, and cooperates with a large number of enterprises such as TCL, Dell, Lenovo, Geely, Volvo and other enterprises to operate "customized trains", which effectively reduces the impact of the impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic on the stability of the international industrial chain supply chain. Essence

Continuously promote the high -quality development of China -EU trains

Regarding how to promote the future development of the China -Europe trains, Xu Jianping said that it will focus on the theme of high -quality development and do a good job of five aspects of "consolidating and stable improvement", including strengthening the support capabilities of China -EU trains, improving the quality and efficiency of the China -Europe trains, innovation, innovation, and innovation China -Europe trains operate management and development model, build the China -Europe trains international cooperation network, and strengthen the operational risk prevention and control of China -EU trains.

"We will focus on the bottleneck road section and congestion port, actively promote the upgrading and transformation of the China -Europe trains 'card neck' section and the expansion of key port stations, and actively expand the new operations between Central and Eastern Europe, Central Asia, West Asia and other countries. Channel, continuously optimize the domestic layout of the China -EU trains assembly center, accelerate the transition from the "point -to -'hub to the hub" from the "point -to -" hub -hub "of the China -Europe trains, and further promote the construction of the intergovernmental cooperation mechanism between my country and European trains along the route, guide and promote related related related related The state has accelerated the problem of the "blocking point '" card point "of the China -Europe trains in its territory." Xu Jianping said.

In September last year, the National Development and Reform Commission and the National Railway Group further improved the overseas channel layout plan of the China -Europe trains, actively promoted and enhanced the northern and middle channels, and accelerated the development of the South Channel. Zhuanghe said that in the development of the South Channel, it will further strengthen the international cooperation with companies such as Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey and other national railways, ports, shipping and other companies to promote multi -type transportation and development of iron public transportation, iron sea joint transportation, etc. Together, it promotes the improvement of the timeliness, stability, and economy of the South Channel's transportation, and supports domestic cities to expand the scale of transportation through the South -Europe trains through the South Channel.

For new formats and new modes such as "China -EU trains+cross -border e -commerce" and "China -EU trains+international mail", Xia Jun, deputy director of the General Secretary for Supervision of the General Administration of Customs, said that the customs will actively strengthen cooperation with railway and postal departments. , Improve the information level of China -EU trains, support cities to conduct the China -Europe train transportation test under the premise of meeting regulatory conditions, encourage and guide more companies to participate in cross -border e -commerce transportation of China -Europe trains, support new formats and new model development development Essence

[Editor in charge: Cheng Lan]

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