Shandong's first "China-Laos International Train" opened to open a new south-bound land-sea combined transport channel

　　China News Service, Qingdao, December 9 (Reporter Hu Yaojie) The China-Europe Express (Qilu) "China-Laos International Express" started its first operation at the Qingdao Multimodal Transport Center in the Shanghai Cooperation Demonstration Zone on the 9th.

The train departs from the Shanghai Cooperation Demonstration Zone in China to Vientiane, the capital of Laos. It is another new route connecting Southeast Asia after the opening of the "Shanghai Cooperation Demonstration Zone-Hanoi, Vietnam" route, marking the further opening of the Shanghai Cooperation Demonstration Zone to the south. A new channel for sea combined transport.

　　According to reports, this train has a total of 50 TEUs, carrying goods worth about 1.02 million US dollars, such as steel, tires, auto parts and daily necessities. After completing customs procedures at Jiaozhou Customs under Qingdao Customs, the train will be demonstrated by SCO. The district Qingdao Multimodal Transport Center issued the transfer to the Mohan Port of Mengla Customs for exit, and it is expected to arrive in Vientiane, the capital of Laos, in about 7 days.

　　In order to ensure the smooth flow of the China-Europe Express (Qilu) "China-Laos International Express", Jiaozhou Customs has established liaison with Mengla Customs in advance to do a good job of business connection. This time the train adopts the transit mode for export, and the goods are declared and reviewed. , Inspection, release and other links are all completed at Jiaozhou Customs. After the goods arrive at Mengla Customs, they can leave the country after completing the transfer and verification.

This move can provide enterprises in the Shanghai Cooperation Demonstration Zone with a more convenient customs clearance program, and at the same time will further improve the efficiency of railway port transportation.

Compared with traditional shipping methods, this international train can save more than half of the transportation time.

　　Liu Jianjun, member of the Standing Committee of Qingdao Municipal Committee, Secretary of Jiaozhou Municipal Committee, Secretary of the Party Working Committee of the SCO Demonstration Zone, and Director of the Management Committee, said that the SCO Demonstration Zone is connected to Japan and South Korea in the east, Asia-Pacific, Mongolia and Russia in the north, ASEAN in the south, and SCO in the west. Organize important coastal logistics hubs for countries and countries and regions along the "Belt and Road", and undertake the important task of interconnection between China and the SCO countries.

When the China-Laos railway was opened, the SCO Demonstration Zone actively unblocked the logistics channels between the SCO countries and ASEAN countries, and made every effort to build a carrier for local economic and trade cooperation between the SCO and RCEP countries.

The opening of the China-Europe Railway Express (Qilu) SCO Demonstration Zone-Vientiane Railway in Laos is an important measure for the SCO Demonstration Zone to expand foreign economic and trade cooperation and seize the policy opportunities of the RCEP agreement. It is positive for the promotion of multilateral economic and trade cooperation between the SCO and ASEAN. significance.

He hopes to take this as an opportunity to further promote deeper cooperation between the Shanghai Cooperation Demonstration Zone and ASEAN countries in areas such as logistics, economic and trade cooperation, park construction, and cultural and tourism exchanges.

Shandong's first "China-Laos International Train" opened.

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　　This year marks the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Laos. The China-Laos Railway is an important project for the joint construction of the “Belt and Road” initiative and the Laos “turning a land-locked country into a land-linked country” strategy. The main investment is to construct an international railway that adopts Chinese technical standards, uses Chinese equipment, and is directly connected to the Chinese railway network.

　　Since the beginning of this year, in the context of the continued tension in global international trade capacity, the Shanghai Cooperation Demonstration Zone has successively opened routes to Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Almaty, Kazakhstan, Dushanbe, Tajikistan, and Baku, Azerbaijan. The frequency of large openings has effectively ensured the safety, stability and smooth flow of the international supply chain.

　　As China’s only demonstration zone for local economic and trade cooperation between the SCO countries and countries and regions along the “Belt and Road”, the SCO Demonstration Zone has been approved for establishment in 2018 and has opened 24 international and domestic trains, including "Japan, South Korea, land and sea". 15 international trains such as "Express Line", "Lu-Europe Express Line", "Shanghai Cooperation Express Line", etc., connect to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and 48 cities in 20 countries and regions along the "Belt and Road" route.

According to Jiaozhou Customs statistics, from January to November this year, the Qingdao Multimodal Transport Center in the Shanghai Cooperation Demonstration Zone opened a total of 524 China-Europe freight trains, a year-on-year increase of 45.6%.

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