Original title: CHINA RAILWAY Express Helps "Good Chinese Goods" Go to Sea Efficiently

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, May 24 - The Economic Information Daily published an article on May 24, "China Europe Express Helps" China's Good Goods "Go to Sea Efficiently". According to the article, from January to April this year, 6184 China EU trains were operated, and 675000 TEUs of goods were delivered, up 10% and 11% year on year respectively; By the end of April, more than 89000 China EU trains had been operated, reaching 223 cities in 25 European countries... A group of figures witnessed the acceleration of China EU trains, and also demonstrated the economic and trade vitality of China and the countries along the trains.

According to the experts interviewed, as the flagship project and landmark brand of the "Belt and Road" initiative, the China Europe Express has opened up a new channel for Eurasian land transport, built a new platform for international economic and trade cooperation, and enabled "good Chinese goods" to move to a broader market. With the continuous enrichment of routes and continuous improvement of services, the China Europe Express will also open up new space for international economic and trade cooperation.

In Zhejiang, on the afternoon of May 20, a train full of 110 TEUs of goods such as cloth, hardware, motor vehicles and accessories set off from the customs supervision site of East China International Combined Transport Port to Russia. This is the second China Europe train from East China International Combined Transport Port on the same day. In the first four months of this year, Hangzhou Customs supervised 980 China EU trains, up 3.48% year on year, and 80000 TEUs of containers, up 3.2% year on year.

it happens that there is a similar case. As the starting point of the ancient Silk Road and the assembly center of China Europe regular trains, Xi'an has now regularly operated 18 international trunk lines, including Almaty in Kazakhstan, Tashkent in Uzbekistan, Hamburg in Germany and the Trans Caspian Sea, covering the whole Eurasian continent. In the first quarter, China Europe Express (Xi'an) launched 1047 natural trains, up 16.7%; The total weight of goods transported was 1.134 million tons, up 13.1%.

It is worth noting that, in addition to the steady growth of the number of trains and the total volume of goods transported, China EU trains are also playing an increasingly significant role in driving the development of local industries and upgrading of foreign trade.

At the beginning of May, the first GAC Trumpchi auto export train in Guangdong was bound for Europe, adding a new channel for the export of "Made in Guangdong" domestic cars. "Since this year, the proportion of high-quality manufacturing products in the Pearl River Delta, such as household appliances and electronic products, has increased significantly in the export goods loaded by the China Europe Express at the Guangzhou International Port, and the operation of the express train has shown a steady trend of qualitative growth," said Xie Wanlin, head of the Customs Supervision Section of Guangzhou Railway Station.

In the first April of this year, Guangzhou Railway Station Customs supervised the opening of 141 export trains to Guangzhou International Port, including 68 "boutique trains", covering many manufacturing brands such as Midea, Changhong, Skyworth, Hisense, Hualing and TCL.

Efficient logistics has brought more business opportunities, and cross-border e-commerce, market procurement and other new forms of foreign trade are booming. Many cross-border e-commerce companies report that they can enjoy a complete supply chain and cost-effective international distribution services by relying on China Europe Express, so that overseas customers can enjoy door-to-door delivery services and business development is more efficient. Take Xi'an as an example. At present, 27 enterprises in the city have set up 51 overseas warehouses in 24 countries and regions. Last year, cross-border e-commerce transactions exceeded 16.8 billion yuan, up 16.7% year on year.

Then look at Chongqing. After being approved as one of the new batch of pilot cities for market procurement trade in China, Chongqing Customs has actively explored the business model of "market procurement+China Europe Express". Up to now, a total of more than 400 million yuan of local small commodities have crossed mountains and seas through China Europe Express (Chongqing) and gone to the world.

While expanding the market, China Europe Express has also become a powerful guarantee for foreign trade enterprises to reduce costs and increase efficiency. The National Development and Reform Commission has previously said that compared with sea transportation and air transportation, the transportation price of China Europe regular train is 1/5 of that of air transportation, and the operation time is 1/4 of that of sea transportation. It is less affected by the natural environment, has high stability, and has a strong attraction for products with a certain volume scale and high timeliness requirements.

Zhang Xiaotao, Dean of the School of International Economics and Trade of the Central University of Finance and Economics, told reporters that these advantages of the China Europe Express can better meet the specific logistics needs of high value-added, time sensitive and green low-carbon products. He also pointed out that in recent years, the proportion of cars, computers, robots and other high-value, high-tech goods carried by the trains has increased year by year, which not only promoted the upgrading of China's industry, but also provided a richer choice of goods to the Asian and European markets.

China Europe Express has broadened the channels for Chinese goods to be sold to the world, and has also driven more high-quality products to enter the Chinese market. Taking Chongqing as an example, the return goods supply of China Europe Express (Chongqing) covers tens of thousands of goods such as food, electromechanical products, medical devices, etc., and the arrival and departure volume of the train has grown from ten shifts a year to ten shifts a day, effectively linking the domestic and international markets. From January to April, Yuzhou Customs supervised China Europe Express (Chongqing) to import drugs of 445 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4.68 times.

Zhang Xiaotao further analyzed that the CHINA RAILWAY Express connects inside and outside, runs through the east and west, establishes a logistics service network that basically covers the whole Eurasian continent, and strengthens the trade links between China and Eurasian countries. Looking forward to the future, with the continuous promotion of high-quality co construction of the "Belt and Road" and the continuous deepening of the China EU economic and trade cooperation mechanism, the transportation network of China EU trains will be more perfect, the services will be more diversified, and the role of connecting countries as a new growth pole of global economy and trade will become increasingly prominent. (Reporter Wang Wenbo, Zhang Sijie, Wu Kunpeng)