Xinhua News Agency, Urumqi, December 31 (Reporters Sun Shaoxiong and Zhang Man) Since the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia, China-Europe Express has undertaken air and sea transport to transfer cargo sources, achieving growth against the trend.
According to statistics from Alashankou Customs, since this year, the number of China-Europe Express trains entering and leaving the Alashankou port in Xinjiang has exceeded 5,000, a record high.
At 11 a.m. on the 30th, a China-Europe Express train loaded with electronic products, clothing and general merchandise departed from Alashankou for Malašević, Poland. This is the 5000th China-Europe train that entered and exited through the Alashankou port this year.
Xu Yueheng, a staff member of the Second Section of Alashankou Customs Supervision Department, said that under the global epidemic, the China-Europe Express trains serve the domestic and international dual cycle by virtue of the advantages of fast timeliness, all-weather, and segmented transportation, helping international epidemic prevention cooperation, and protecting countries along the “Belt and Road”. And the value of the regional supply chain is more prominent.
In order to improve the efficiency of customs clearance at Alashankou Port, the local implementation of customs and railway linkage facilitation measures has set up special windows for China-Europe trains, which are available 24 hours a day. Customs departments continue to optimize manifest mergers and paperless customs transfer operations, and cooperate with railway departments Jointly promote the "digital port" system to further simplify the procedures for customs clearance of trains and reduce the time that trains stay at the ports.