China News Service, Hohhot, March 27th: Under the epidemic, the China-Europe train that "activated" the rhythm of foreign trade in northern Xinjiang
China News Service reporter Li Aiping
Even under the epidemic, the China-Europe freight train from the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in northern China to Eurasia still does not stop.
At 22:10 on March 26, a China-Europe train full of 50 containers of sunflower seeds, the "Urad Rear Banner", slowly departed from the Urad Rear Banner in Inner Mongolia, bound for Russia's important transportation hub and industrial base—— Yekaterinburg, with a total mileage of 3,400 kilometers.
Official news shows that the China-Europe train, carrying local high-quality sunflower seeds, is expected to officially arrive in Yekaterinburg in 14 days.
This also means that the sunflower seeds in Bayannaoer, Inner Mongolia, which are called "the granary", have become the food on the table of the Russian people.
Yekaterinburg, Russia is only one of the international destinations that Inner Mongolia relies on to promote foreign trade by China-Europe freight trains.
Earlier on February 23, the China-Europe freight train, which was also full of 50 containers, carried another local agricultural product, flower sunflower, and sailed to Moscow, the capital of Russia.
It is worth mentioning that this China-Europe train has already brought high-quality wheat from Europe back to China, forming a "two-way interaction" of the train.
The picture shows the "Urad Rear Flag" China Railway Express.
(Data map) Photo courtesy of Bayannaoer Municipal Government
The reporter also learned from the Bayannaoer Municipal Government that on March 28, the China-Europe freight train under the "Urad Rear Flag" will set off again for Europe.
Chen Jie, chairman of Bayannaoer City Wulatehouqi Jinhaote Logistics Co., Ltd., said that the opening of the China-Europe freight train not only unblocked the cross-border material channel between the local and Europe, but also created a "model of railway port opening to the outside world" for the local area, and the construction of "China-Europe Railway Express". The "Mongolia-Russia Economic Corridor" node city is of great significance.
In Inner Mongolia, an area with a similar rhythm to Bayannaoer is Ulanqab.
Li Lu, the operator of the Inner Mongolia Qisumu China-Europe Railway Express, told reporters that the city will use the "Ulanqab" China-Europe Railway Express to organize one train every month. Co., Ltd. gathers China-Europe freight trains to support local sources of goods and expands the international market for local enterprises.
In terms of cross-border e-commerce trains, Qisumu China-Europe Railway Express will organize a train of Hohhot and Ulanqab cross-border e-commerce products every month to build export logistics channels for the cross-border e-commerce industry.
In terms of TCL trains, the city will organize 2 trains of TCL products between China and Europe every month.
According to Li Lu, the Qisumu China-Europe freight train will also rely on the 3,000-square-meter bonded warehouse of the Qisumu Bonded Logistics Center (Type B) in Ulanqab to carry out cross-border e-commerce retail import business, and build and operate the "Ulanqab Cross-border Express". E-commerce offline experience store".
Under the epidemic, the China-Europe trains that "activated" the rhythm of foreign trade in northern Xinjiang also included Erenhot and Manzhouli ports.
According to the information from Erlian Customs, this year is the 10th year that the China-Europe freight train has been operating at the Erlianhot port. In the past 10 years, the China-Europe freight train has developed by leaps and bounds, and the number of lines it operates has increased to 57. The coverage at home and abroad continues to expand, covering more than 50 domestic 22 provinces. Cities, 44 sites and cities in 9 foreign countries.
According to public information, Manzhouli Port, the most mainland port in China, has covered Tianjin, Changsha, Guangzhou, Suzhou and other cities since the opening of the China-Europe freight train in 2013. The freight train has reached 13 European countries. 28 cities in 28 countries, the main products of the return train are auto parts, plates and food, etc. The heavy box rate of the return train has reached more than 100%, and the role of the international trade channel is further highlighted.
Inner Mongolia, which is located in the north of China, borders Russia and Mongolia, and has a border line of more than 4,200 kilometers. It is an important area for China to open to the north.
Inner Mongolia economist Gai Zhiyi believes that the China Railway Express is narrowing the trade "distance" between Inner Mongolia and Eurasian countries. In the future, the China Railway Express will bring more "bonus" to Inner Mongolia.
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