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The following article is sourced from China Railway Group and authored by China Railway GroupFrom January to May this year, a total of 7126 China Europe freight trains were operated, transporting 774000 TEUs of goods, an increase of 16% and 31% year-on-year, respectively, with a heavy container rate of 100%; Among them, 1515 trains were launched in May, transporting 165000 TEUs of goods, an increase of 13% and 29% year-on-year, respectively. Since May 2020, China Europe freight trains have operated over a thousand trains per month for 36 consecutive months.Since this year, China National Railway Group Corporation has made good use of the opportunity of tapping the potential and improving efficiency of port stations and expanding the capacity to build rear channels and assembly centers. Its transport capacity and efficiency have been continuously enhanced, further improving the quality of China Europe regular trains, and injecting strong momentum into high-level opening up and the construction of "the Belt and Road". From January to May, a total of 3553, 1301, and 2272 trains were operated on the West, Central, and East channels respectively, with a year-on-year increase of 21%, 18%, and 8%.The regular operation of the China Europe freight train from Baoji to five Central Asian countries, the first China Europe freight train from Houma, Shanxi to Central Asian countries, and the first grain return freight train from Uralsk, Kazakhstan to Wuhan... The railway department has made meticulous arrangements for planning according to changes in market demand, comprehensively increasing cross-border transportation volume, and promoting the expansion of China Europe freight train routes towards Central Asia, increasing freight volume, and making transportation more smooth, Contribute railway strength to the construction of the China Central Asia community with a shared future. In May, the number of China EU trains bound for Central Asia increased significantly, with the daily average delivery of 841 vehicles at Khorgos Port, the best level of monthly delivery. The number of trains and goods delivered increased by 75.5% and 103.4% respectively year on year.Each port station strengthens communication and contact with customs, border inspection, and foreign railway departments, continuously optimizes the port clearance mode, cargo organization, and handover process, and achieves rapid grouping and shipment of inbound and outbound trains. In the first five months of this year, there were 2057, 1496, 1918, 1301 and 354 China Europe regular trains passing through Alashankou, Khorgos, Manzhouli, Erlian and Suifenhe railway ports, respectively, and the number of goods delivered increased by 20.4%, 84.2%, 17.9%, 29.7% and 29.9% year on year.As of the end of May, there are 34 domestic cities that have operated over 100 China Europe freight trains, reaching 213 cities in 25 European countries.

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2024-01-10

The following article is sourced from China Railway, authored by China RailwayYexianggu Station of China Laos RailwayLocated in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan ProvinceMengyang Town, Jinghong CityNamed after its proximity to the Asian Elephant Nature Reserve"Elephant" is the biggest feature of Wild Elephant Valley StationRelevant elements can be seen everywhere hereWild Elephant Valley Station. Photo by Yang ZixuanVisiting the Wild Elephant Valley StationNot only do elephants and tourists come from afarAs Yumo Section of China Laos RailwayThe station with the largest freight volumeThere are still many "good things" hereFor example, Laotian beerLao Beer (2nd to 5th from left)Lao beer is popular in Southeast AsiaEnjoy a good reputation internationallyHow did it connect with the Wild Elephant Valley Station?It also starts with the opening of the China Laos RailwayThe China Laos railway freight train runs through the Friendship Tunnel. Photo by Yang YongquanXishuangbanna Taiyuan Import and Export Trade Co., Ltd. has been engaged in the import and export trade of Laos beer for a long time. According to Teng Hailin, the general manager of the company, before the opening of the China Laos railway, they all chose road transportation. The prolonged rainy season in Laos has led to muddy and bumpy roads, slowed logistics speeds, and doubled cargo loss rates.Specifically, before the opening of the China Laos railway, it will take about 10 days to transport to China by road from the loading of the beer factory in Vientiane, Laos; After the opening of the China Laos Railway, this time was shortened to 3 to 4 days, and the loss rate of goods transported by the railway was almost zero.The busy Wild Elephant Valley freight yard is lined up with trucks transporting containers."After our goods arrive at the Yexianggu Station through the Mohan railway port, most of them do not need to be loaded or unloaded, and can continue to be shipped to various parts of the country, greatly improving transportation efficiency." Teng Hailin said that since the beginning of this year, the company has transferred all beer transportation to the railway, and the Laotian brewery located in Vientiane is now preparing to add a beer production line to meet the strong shipping demand.After the opening of the China Laos Railway, the freight volume of the Yexianggu Station increased in a blowout manner. The gantry cranes in the freight yard kept running 24 hours a day, which was a busy scene every day.According to He Chunrong, the director of the Wild Elephant Valley Station, the Wild Elephant Valley freight yard, which was originally designed to handle 750000 tons per year, completed 1.61 million tons in just 2022. As of now, the volume of goods sent is still continuously increasing, and the types of goods sent have expanded from iron ore and rubber to six major categories and 26 subcategories, including agricultural products, sugar, beer, etc."While strengthening freight loading and unloading and optimizing operational processes, we also need to consider green and environmental protection. The Yexianggu freight yard is busy with business, but mainly relies on clean and pollution-free container transportation, which has little impact on the surrounding environment." He Chunrong said that in the next step, they will strive to build Yexianggu Station into a green, efficient, and convenient modern freight benchmark station.A clean and tidy Wild Elephant Valley freight yard.With the opening of the China Laos Railway International Passenger Train, the Yexianggu Station also ushered in a new opportunity of "coexistence of people and elephants", and the smooth flow of goods. This station that makes people "like" will surely give a more moving luster

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The following article is sourced from People's Railway, authored by People's RailwayThe spring tide is surging, stirring up countless new atmospheres.At the beginning of the spring of 2023, the China Europe regular train will be full of power, the new land sea channel in the west will be full of vitality, and the China Laos railway will be both passenger and cargo prosperous... The railway will inject strong momentum into the smooth domestic and international double circulation and help the global economic recovery.  The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China proposed to promote the high-quality development of the "the Belt and Road".From the "freehand brushwork" of planning layout to the "meticulous painting", the construction of the "the Belt and Road" has achieved fruitful results.  China Europe freight trainSteel camel caravans build a mutually beneficial golden bridgeThe sound of bagpipes resounds throughout the Eurasian continent.On January 12th, Zhengzhou Putian Station welcomed a China Europe freight train carrying goods such as French red wine, German chocolate, and pasta. These "foreign New Year goods" were gradually sold to Jiangsu, Shandong, Shaanxi, Hubei and other places; On January 13th, the China Europe freight train, loaded with 1300 tons of Kazakhstani flour, arrived in Xi'an and supplied the national holiday grain and oil market through Xi'an... On the eve of the Spring Festival, the New Year's goods market was bustling, and the wheels of the China Europe freight train rolled, allowing the Chinese people to taste more world delicacies.Data reflects full vitality——Throughout 2022, the China Europe freight train operated 16000 trains and sent 1.6 million TEUs of goods. In the first month of 2023, the China Europe freight train achieved a successful start. This year's Spring Festival travel is the first time the epidemic prevention and control has entered a new stage, and the China Europe freight train has delivered impressive results.Actions demonstrate mission and responsibility——In 2022, facing the severe epidemic situation, the China Europe freight train will grow against the trend and maintain normal, safe and stable operation. China Railway Group fully leverages the strategic role of the China Europe freight train, focusing on building an all-weather, high-capacity, green, low-carbon, and smooth and safe international logistics channel. From strengthening international railway cooperation to exploring new transportation channels and paths, from expanding international full logistics business to promoting balanced transportation of two-way cargo sources, from improving transportation service quality to accelerating infrastructure construction and implementing port expansion and transformation... These strong measures provide strong guarantees for maintaining the stability and smoothness of the international industrial chain and supply chain. Mutual benefit and win-win situation, benefiting people around the world.A series of container freight trains carrying Jingdezhen ceramics, tea and other products depart from Jingdezhen East Station in Jiangxi, heading to Moscow, Russia, and toy trains depart from Yiwu to Prague, Czech Republic... With the strong promotion of China Railway Group, the overseas channel network pattern of "smooth, efficient, multi-directional extension, and sea land interconnection" is accelerating, and more and more "Made in China" are taking the China Europe freight train to the world. The goods shipped by the China Europe freight train are becoming increasingly diverse, covering over 50000 categories across 53 major categories, including clothing, shoes and hats, automobiles and accessories, grains, and wood.At present, the China Europe freight train has laid out 82 operating routes, reaching 208 cities in 25 European countries, gradually connecting points into a line and weaving into a network, covering the entire European transportation service network.By optimizing the regional opening-up pattern, expanding economic and trade exchanges between China and Europe, deepening international production capacity cooperation, and accelerating cross-border flow of factor resources, China Europe freight trains are accelerating their journey towards high-quality development.Western Land Sea New CorridorXianghai Tuqiang is full of vitalityLand ports are bustling with activity; The harbor dock is bustling with vehicles and ships.On January 22nd, on the first day of the Lunar New Year, the first western land sea new channel sea rail intermodal train departed from the central station of Tuanjie Village in Chongqing during the New Year of the Rabbit.On February 12th, a 10000 ton giant ship shuttled back and forth at Beibu Gulf Port in Guangxi, and trains on the dedicated railway line entering the port rumbled.Since the start of 2023, the sea rail intermodal trains of the Western Land Sea New Corridor have maintained a good development momentum, transporting nearly 60000 TEUs of goods in the first month, and sending 74100 TEUs of goods during the Spring Festival travel period, a year-on-year increase of 3.7%.The 14th Five Year Plan and the 2035 Vision Outline clearly state that the Western Land Sea New Corridor is a major project aimed at serving the national major strategy. The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China clearly proposes to accelerate the construction of the Western Land Sea New Corridor.Based on serving the major national strategy, China Railway Group continuously optimizes and improves its regional road network layout, coordinates the implementation of strategic backbone channel projects such as the Western Land Sea New Channel, innovates international intermodal transportation models, and contributes actively to promoting the high-quality development of the Western Land Sea New Channel and serving the construction of a new development pattern.Logistics routes continue to expand. At present, the new land sea channel in the west has basically formed three main roads in the east, middle and west. The logistics network has covered 393 ports in 119 countries and regions, and the types of goods have expanded to more than 940. It has realized the "two wings flying together" with China Europe trains, forming a complete loop line of the "the Belt and Road" through western China.The development of sea rail intermodal transportation is accelerating. The railway vigorously develops container transportation, improves the loading and unloading efficiency of container handling stations, continuously upgrades and improves ports and logistics facilities, accelerates the construction of logistics hub projects, strives to create an industrial cluster that integrates transportation, logistics, and commerce, and accelerates the formation of a modern railway logistics port cluster.Transportation security continues to strengthen. Railway strengthens cooperation among all parties, coordinates resources from all parties, carries out collaborative services, tailors logistics solutions for customers through "one enterprise, one policy", encrypts the operation of sea rail intermodal trains, continuously expands the radiation range of trains, and improves the quality of train operation.Now, Xinjiang Hami melon, Ningxia medlar pulp, Guangxi Luosifen... the "land and sea high-quality products" jointly created by provinces, regions and cities along the channel are constantly moving towards the international market. Thai durian, Vietnamese salmon, high-quality crushed white rice from Pakistan... Rich products from Southeast Asia and even around the world are entering the homes of ordinary Chinese people through the western land sea new channel.From the western border to the forefront of opening up, sea rail intermodal trains are speeding all the way, and the western land sea new channel is fully unleashing the vitality of "going to the sea" and stimulating strong momentum for regional development.China Laos RailwayThe golden route benefits the people of both countriesOn December 3, 2022, the first anniversary of the opening and operation of the China Laos Railway, a perfect answer was handed over: 8.5 million passengers and 11.2 million tons of goods were sent in total.This golden route not only brings great benefits to the two peoples, but also provides a model for the joint construction of the "the Belt and Road" and the promotion of building a community with a shared future for mankind.Both quantity and quality increase, and both customers and goods thrive——The operation of the Fuxing and Lancang high-speed trains is safe, green, fast, and comfortable, and is favored by the people of both countries. Looking at the domestic segment, we will implement multilingual services and a new type of ticketing system for counted and scheduled tickets. We will launch air rail intermodal transportation products at 11 stations to continuously improve the travel experience of passengers. Looking at the Laos section, passenger stations such as Gaxi, Meng'a, and Namo have been gradually opened, achieving the co operation of high-speed trains and conventional trains. Ticket sales points have been opened in major cities in Laos to extend the pre-sale time.Since its opening, the monthly freight volume and cross-border freight volume of the China Laos Railway have reached new highs. China Railway Group has innovated the international transportation mode of "China Laos Railway+China Europe Train" and "China Laos Railway+New Land Sea Channel Train in Western China", launched the China Laos "Lancang Mekong Express" international freight trains with fixed points, fixed time, fixed routes and fixed train times, actively promoted the mode of rapid customs clearance and customs transfer, and significantly reduced the time for cross-border cargo customs clearance.Safe and stable transportation management——China and Laos have worked together to strengthen infrastructure inspections, repairs, and maintenance, ensuring the continuous good quality and condition of equipment and facilities, and ensuring the safety and smooth flow of international transportation channels. In response to the fact that the railway passes through more than 10 areas where Asian elephant family groups are active, the railway department has taken measures such as setting up patrol posts, fences, and prevention and early warning systems to minimize interference with wild elephant activities, contributing railway strength to achieving harmonious coexistence between humans and nature and strengthening ecological environment protection along the line.The big channel brings big logistics, big logistics drives big trade, and big trade activates big industries.Nowadays, from Vientiane, Laos to the important tourist city of Luang Prabang in the north, 85% of tourists choose to travel by train, and the tourism economy along the route is developing rapidly. The flow of people, logistics, capital, and information is accelerating, and various industries are expanding and upgrading. The cross-border goods of the China Laos Railway cover Laos, Thailand, Myanmar and other countries jointly building the "the Belt and Road". The category of goods has expanded from more than 10 kinds of fertilizers and general merchandise at the initial stage of opening to more than 1200 kinds of electronics, photovoltaic, cold chain fruits, and economic and trade exchanges have been deepening. In 2022, the Vientiane South Station Reload Yard will be completed and put into operation, the China Laos Thailand Railway will be interconnected, and the radiation and driving role of the China Laos Railway will be further expanded.The steel dragon gallops freely, crossing mountains and seas to build a smooth path. Looking thousands of miles away, a large number of railway construction projects have landed overseas. In November last year, the Yawan high-speed railway project, which was the first high-speed railway project in China to have a full system, all elements, and all industry chains landed overseas, successfully completed its trial operation, and the "Thousand Island Country" launched China's high-speed trains. The Belgrade to Novi Sad section of the Hungarian Serbian Railway has been successfully opened for operation, achieving the first integration of Chinese railway technology and equipment with the European Union's railway interconnection technical specifications... The pace of China's high-speed rail "going out" is becoming more and more vigorous.The great road leads far, and the sea embraces all rivers. On the new journey of high-quality co building the "the Belt and Road" and promoting the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind, China's railway will play a more vigorous symphony of the times.

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In ancient times, there were camel bells ringing along the Silk Road, but now there is an endless engine of China Europe freight trains. It came into being in response to the continuous expansion of China EU investment and trade, and grew with the continuous promotion of the joint construction of the "the Belt and Road" initiative. Under the epidemic situation, China EU trains once again "ran" to a new record: the number of trains opened in July exceeded 1500 for the first time, and "thousands of trains per month" for 27 consecutive months.At a special press conference held by the National Development and Reform Commission on August 18th, Xu Jianping, Director of the Opening up Department of the Commission, said that the China Europe freight train has become an important bridge for international economic and trade cooperation. With the continuous improvement of its scale and quality, the China Europe freight train has played an important role in promoting practical cooperation among countries and regions along the route.Ensuring the stability of international industrial and supply chainsTCL, Dell, Lenovo, Geely, Volvo... In the face of sea and air transportation disruptions, China Europe freight trains have collaborated with a large number of enterprises to launch "customized freight trains" and provide full logistics transportation solutions. Since the beginning of this year, a total of 1150 customized trains have been operated, effectively ensuring the stability of the international industrial and supply chains."The China Europe freight train has built a new land transportation channel that is all-weather, high-capacity, green and low-carbon, which is a major innovation in the international transportation service system." Xu Jianping introduced that the transportation price of the China Europe freight train is 1/5 of that of air transportation, and the operating time is 1/4 of that of sea transportation. It is less affected by the natural environment, has high stability, and has strong attraction for products with a certain volume scale and high timeliness requirements.Under multiple challenges, the China Europe freight train has developed a curve of rising against the trend: in 2020, it exceeded 10000 trains, reaching 12406 trains; 15183 trains will be launched in 2021.In the face of the COVID-19, the China Europe Express has given full play to the advantages of international rail intermodal transport, such as "segmented transport" and less contact with personnel, and has made every effort to undertake the transfer of goods by sea and air. As of the end of July this year, the China Europe freight train has shipped a total of 14.2 million pieces and 109000 tons of epidemic prevention materials to Europe, becoming a "lifeline" for international anti epidemic cooperation.After the outbreak of the Ukraine crisis, countries along the China Europe freight train worked together to resist risks, achieving "non-stop", "strong timeliness", and "stable growth" of the China Europe freight train. From January to July this year, the China Europe freight train operated 8990 trains, transporting 869000 TEUs of goods, maintaining a monthly level of one thousand trains for 27 consecutive months."It is precisely because the China Europe freight train has become a truly international public good that it continuously demonstrates strong development resilience and growth potential," said Xu Jianping.Effectively promoting economic and trade cooperation along the Belt and RoadIn the early stages of operation, the China Europe freight train mainly transported IT products such as mobile phones and computers. Now, the goods category has expanded to 53 categories and more than 50000 varieties, including clothing, shoes and hats, cars and accessories, grain, wine, coffee beans, wood, etc., covering all aspects of people's production and life in countries and regions along the route.The China Europe freight train is an important carrier for deepening cooperation between China and countries along the route. As of the end of July this year, the China Europe freight train has laid out a total of 82 transportation routes, connecting 24 countries and 196 cities in Europe. The transportation service network covers the entire Europe, forming an international transportation artery that connects the Eurasian continent.Xia Jun, Deputy Director of the Supervision Department of the General Administration of Customs, introduced that in the first half of this year, China's imports and exports with 24 countries connected by China Europe freight trains reached 3.45 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 7.3%; The proportion of import and export value to China's total foreign trade import and export value during the same period is about 17.4%. "The operation of the China Europe freight train has played a positive role in promoting economic and trade exchanges between China and relevant countries, especially those with convenient access to the train," Xia Jun said.The China Europe freight train is still an important support for promoting regional economic development. After the launch of the China Europe freight train, the outward oriented industries in cities such as Zhengzhou and Chongqing in Henan Province achieved an average annual growth rate of about 30%. The international logistics hub status of cities such as Lodz in Poland and Duisburg in Germany is constantly improving, and locally produced specialty products are sold in large quantities to China by taking the China Europe freight train."The rapid development of the China Europe freight train has effectively promoted policy communication, facility connectivity, and smooth trade between countries along the route, driving financial and public connections, and promoting connectivity between Asia and Europe," said Xu Jianping.Continuously enhancing international influenceOn June 8, 2016, China Railway officially launched the unified brand of China Europe freight trains. China Europe freight trains with a unified brand and logo were sent out from multiple parts of the country at the same time. China Europe freight trains entered the "fast lane" of unified standards, win-win cooperation, and healthy and sustainable development.Zhuang He, Director of the Freight Department of China Railway Group, said that with the joint efforts of all parties, China Europe Express has entered the stage of standardized and large-scale development, and the quality of its operation has been continuously improved, which has increasingly highlighted the effect of helping to jointly build the "the Belt and Road" with high quality. From 2016 to 2019, the number of China Europe freight trains increased from 1702 to 8225, a nearly 5-fold increase in three years.In addition, in response to the actual needs of small and medium-sized enterprises, new formats and models such as "China Europe Express+Cross border E-commerce" and "China Europe Express+International Mail" are rapidly developing, which not only helps to facilitate the smooth flow of goods, but also provides strong support for the stable development of foreign trade. In the future, what further breakthroughs will the China Europe freight train make?Xu Jianping introduced that he will focus on the theme of high-quality development, focus on the main line of "consolidating stability and improving" work, and coordinate and do a good job in related work: focus on strengthening the capacity of China Europe freight train facilities guarantee. We will focus on bottleneck sections and congested ports, actively promote the upgrading and renovation of domestic "bottleneck" sections and the expansion and renovation of key port stations of the China Europe freight train, and actively expand new operating channels with countries in Central and Eastern Europe, Central Asia, West Asia, and other regions; Efforts will be made to improve the quality and efficiency of the operation of China Europe freight trains. We will continue to optimize transportation organization, vigorously expand the supply of return goods, and promote the intensive and efficient utilization of transportation resources. Enrich the brand connotation from multiple aspects such as operational efficiency, service quality, innovation ability, and brand culture, further expand and strengthen the China Europe freight train, and continuously enhance its international influence.

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