China News Service, Guangzhou, November 30th (Tangguijiang Guanyue) In the early morning of November 29th, with a loud whistle sounding, a China-Europe train full of 50 40-foot containers departed from the Guangzhou Dalang Railway Freight Station. .

This train is loaded with household appliances such as dishwashers, luggage and clothing. The cargo weighs 397.6 tons and the value is about 18.67 million yuan. It will sail to Krest, Russia after exiting the Erenhot port. The whole journey is more than 10,000 kilometers. It took 15 days.

  This is the 100th train operation of the Guangzhou China-Europe train this year. It is also the first time since the Guangzhou China-Europe train was operated in August 2016. The annual number of trains has exceeded 100, marking Guangzhou's promotion of the development of China-Europe train to a new level. It provides important support for the construction of the “Belt and Road” and stabilizing the international supply chain.

  The China-Europe Express has many advantages, such as covering a wide area along the “Belt and Road”, large transportation capacity, lower transportation cost than air transportation, shorter transportation time than sea transportation, and less impact by weather factors.

Especially during this year's epidemic, the China-Europe trains played a huge role in smoothing international logistics channels.

  "With the strong support of Guangzhou Customs and other departments, the logistics chain of China-Europe Express has been continuously optimized, and measures such as simplified declarations have made customs clearance more convenient. Guangzhou China-Europe Express has bucked the trend and developed rapidly." Currently in charge of Guangzhou China-Europe Express Operation Platform Deng Guoxian, Deputy General Manager of Logistics International Logistics Co., Ltd., said that at present, the Guangzhou China-Europe train has extended from the original “Sui-Man-Russia” route to Poland, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and other countries along the “Belt and Road” route. The region also runs through Southeast Asia in the form of multimodal transport, and the shipment of goods has gradually expanded from mainly electronic products to industrial raw materials, clothing, household appliances, etc.

  In recent years, household appliances such as air conditioners, refrigerators, and routers manufactured by enterprises in the Pearl River Delta region have been favored by European consumers, and they have been continuously sent to all parts of Europe through Guangzhou China-Europe Express.

The Guangzhou China-Europe Express has not only become a major freight channel between China and Europe, it has also become the best choice and new signboard for "widening of goods."

  Since the beginning of this year, Guangzhou Customs has actively implemented the ten measures of the General Administration of Customs to support the development of China-Europe freight trains, combined with the advantages of the manufacturing and logistics industries in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, established special work classes, and innovatively implemented rail transport as the core and multimodal transport as the link , Water and land transportation supervision points are the logistics supervision mode of the outlets, and 15 detailed work measures have been introduced to implement precise policies, promote information sharing and interconnection, establish a cross-customs clearance coordination mechanism, and promote the realization of new breakthroughs in China-Europe freight train business.

  "In 2020, the Guangzhou China-Europe train will achieve multiple'firsts': the first imported return train, the first international parcel and cross-border e-commerce train, the first export of second-hand car train business, and the first potash bonded import special train. Through the "rail-road-water" cross-border combined transportation method, the logistics channel of "Central Asia-Guangzhou-Southeast Asia" is opened up." said Xie Wanlin, head of the Customs Supervision Section of Guangzhou Railway Station under Guangzhou Customs.

  In order to facilitate the customs clearance of enterprises, Guangzhou Railway Station Customs arranges special specialist posts to actively meet the needs of operating enterprises and foreign trade enterprises, and provide guidance and support in terms of freight, soliciting goods, routes, etc.; combined with the category of goods, matters related to administrative approval, inspection and quarantine supervision requirements, etc. Content, to provide enterprises with guidance services of "one thing, one policy", to help enterprises formulate a scientific and rational train schedule, "point-to-point" to open up the "last mile", support and help more than 1,500 import and export enterprises resume work and production, and strengthen confidence in foreign trade.

  As of November 29, Guangzhou China-Europe Express has shipped 9,398 TEUs this year, with a cargo weight of 48,200 tons and a value of 2.966 billion yuan, an increase of approximately 66.5%, 79.1%, and 9.2% respectively.

  The relevant person in charge of the Guangzhou Customs Port Supervision Office said that in the future, Guangzhou Customs will continue to optimize the entire logistics chain, support the upgrading of sites and sites, and the construction of hubs, guide enterprises to choose and use customs clearance modes, and continue to improve customs clearance efficiency to further help China-Europe Class The train expands its business scope, promotes the sustained and stable development of Guangzhou China-Europe train, and better serves the construction of the “Belt and Road” and the high-quality development of Guangdong’s export-oriented economy.

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