China News Service, July 17th, Yan Pengcheng, director of the National Development and Reform Commission's National Economic Integration Department, said on the 17th that in the past three months, China-Europe trains have continuously updated their monthly opening records, of which 1,169 were opened in June and 93,000 TEUs were shipped The year-on-year growth rate was 73% and 78% respectively, and 1.81 million pieces and 14,000 tons of anti-epidemic materials were delivered, which became the “green passage” and “life passage” of Unicom Asia and Europe.
Data map: 75041 times of China-Europe trains loaded with epidemic prevention materials. China News Service reporter Zhang Changshe
The National Development and Reform Commission held a routine press conference in July today. At the meeting, a reporter asked: It is understood that the National Development and Reform Commission recently issued a central budget of 200 million yuan to support the construction of a demonstration project for the China-Europe train assembly center in five cities including Zhengzhou, Chongqing, Chengdu, Xi'an, and Urumqi. Why is it necessary to carry out the construction of the demonstration project of the China-Europe train assembly center, and what will be the specific deployment?
Yan Pengcheng responded that the China-Europe train is a flagship project to jointly build the “Belt and Road” initiative and an important carrier for deepening pragmatic cooperation among Asian and European countries. Since the outbreak of the New Coronary Pneumonia epidemic, China-Europe trains have maintained safe and stable operation, and the traffic volume has grown against the trend. It has played an important role in effectively responding to the epidemic, stabilizing import and export trade, and ensuring the orderly recovery of production and life. In the past three months, China-Europe trains have continuously updated their monthly opening records. Among them, 1,169 trains were opened in June, delivering 93,000 TEUs of goods, an increase of 73% and 78% respectively year-on-year. It has become the "green channel" and "life channel" of Unicom Asia and Europe.
Yan Pengcheng stated that in order to promote the high-quality development of China-Europe trains, build an efficient collection and distribution system of "combination of trunk and support, hub distribution", promote the shift of trains from "point-to-point" to "hub-to-hub", and promote the "One Belt, One Road" "The work plan, the National Development and Reform Commission and the relevant parties coordinated research, select a group of cities with excellent location conditions, good infrastructure, and potential for standard operation, to carry out the construction of the demonstration project of the China-Europe train assembly center, increase policy support, and central budget Investment and local investment efforts to build a modern logistics hub with strong international influence, promote the cost reduction and quality improvement of China-Europe trains, and provide strong support for the joint construction of the "Belt and Road".
Yan Pengcheng pointed out that in the next step, the National Development and Reform Commission will strengthen overall coordination and guide the relevant localities to do a good job in the construction of the demonstration project of the China-Europe Train Concentration Center.
One is to optimize and enhance the guarantee capability. According to the principle of moderate advancement, the construction of China-Europe train hub facilities is planned from a high starting point, and efforts are made to fill in the shortcomings of infrastructure. Promote the planning and construction of facilities such as freight stations and railway logistics bases, strengthen the innovative application of new technologies and new equipment, promote the concentration of logistics hub resources, and improve the effective supply capacity of facilities.
The second is to improve the transportation organization system. Build a China-Europe train transportation system, support enterprises to develop facility connectivity, function integration, and resource sharing, improve the digitalization level of the entire process, orderly guide the development of train transportation, form a combination of dry and support, operate efficiently, and save intensive trains Transportation organization system.
The third is to innovate the management model. Give full play to the role of the market, in accordance with market demand and the development direction of international railway intermodal transportation, innovate the logistics format, proactively connect with the international logistics network and the global supply chain system, and create a business service system with long-term vitality and market competitiveness.
Fourth, focus on building a hub economy. Better coordinate the regional transportation layout and the development of export-oriented industries, promote the concentration of industries in the areas of regional commerce, manufacturing, circulation, etc., continuously improve the comprehensive competitive advantage and scale benefits of the hub area, and explore new paths for open development in inland areas.