China News Service, Linyi, December 13 (Reporter Zhao Xiao) The first ASEAN return train of the "Qilu" successfully arrived in Linyi, Shandong on December 13, marking the official realization of the "Qilu" of the two-way ASEAN train.
The reporter learned during the interview that the train was operated by Shandong Express Group as a whole, loaded with 41 containers, sent from the Hanoi Security Station in Vietnam, entered the Pingxiang Port in Guangxi, and reached Linyi Zhubao Station in 8 days.
According to the relevant person in charge of Shandong Hi-Speed Group, as a "famous city in the Chinese market" and "China's logistics capital", Linyi is one of the important windows for international economic and trade exchanges between China and ASEAN.
In recent years, the group has made great efforts to build Linyi into the assembly center of China-Europe Railway Express (Qilu).
Since the beginning of this year, Linyi City's China-Europe Express (Qilu) has opened a total of 155 trains, an increase of more than 80% over the same period last year.
Linyi is also a well-known wood processing base in China, and its demand for wood raw materials is large and stable.
The above-mentioned person in charge said that in the past, Vietnamese acacia, rubber wood and other timbers were transported to Linyi by sea and land.
The opening of this train has opened up the direct international logistics transportation channel from Vietnam to Linyi, providing new logistics solutions for the import of raw materials, saving transportation time, improving logistics efficiency, and effectively reducing the comprehensive logistics costs of enterprises.
"In the next step, we will accelerate the implementation of the new model of'transportation with trade, trade promotion, transport and trade integration', and actively cultivate the new business model of'train + park' and'train + trade', and create a China-Europe with Linyi characteristics The train (Qilu) assembly center promotes the high-quality development of the local economy."
ASEAN is a key area for the construction of the "Belt and Road". It is each other's largest trading partner with China, and is also the largest trading market for Shandong and Linyi.
Official data show that in the first 11 months of this year, Shandong's imports and exports to ASEAN were 383.35 billion yuan, an increase of 45.4%, accounting for 14.4% of Shandong's total imports and exports during the same period.
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