Chinanews.com, Chengdu, December 3rd (Reporter Zhang Lang) The reporter learned from the Chengdu International Railway Port on the 3rd that on the same day, Sichuan’s first China-Laos Railway imported fruit cold chain train departed from Vientiane South, carrying 25 containers of Thai, Laos, etc. Imported fruits such as durian, longan, green coconut, and banana, which are abundant in Southeast Asian countries, will pass through the China-Laos Railway to the Mohan Railway Port in Yunnan for inspection and quarantine at the designated supervision site for imported fruits, and will be transported to Qingbaijiang in Chengdu through cold chain containers "one box to the end". Chengdu International Railway Port in the district, and then distributed to Chengdu and the cities and prefectures in the mainland of Sichuan.
This is the first time that Sichuan has imported fruit from Southeast Asia through the China-Laos Railway, marking the smooth opening of the direct cross-border channel for fruit imports from Sichuan to RCEP countries, laying the foundation for the normalization of fresh cold chain imports and exports in the future.
In order to ensure the quality of imported fruits, the fruit cold chain special train uses self-provided backpack-type diesel generator refrigerators, which can be refueled along the way to ensure temperature control.
At the same time, the "fresh green channel" has been opened to speed up customs clearance services, and the entire transportation time is expected to be about 5 days.
Compared with the "high sea combined transport" or single road transport mode under the epidemic, the transport timeliness can be more than doubled, greatly reducing the time and cost of cross-border fruit transport.
In the past, the import of fresh fruits mostly relied on road and sea transportation, but road transportation costs are high and sea transportation takes a long time.
"Compared with traditional road transportation and sea transportation, choosing rail transportation not only saves a lot of manpower and time costs, but also is safer and more reliable. In addition, refrigerated containers can better preserve the freshness of fruits, which is more conducive to keeping fruits fresh." Jin Guo Liu Gang, general manager of Yuan Industrial Co., Ltd., said.
Sichuan's first China-Laos railway imported fruit cold chain special train.
Photo courtesy of Chengdu International Railway Port
The smooth launch of the fruit cold chain test train on the China-Laos Railway has opened up a "fast lane" for imported fruits from Southeast Asia.
Next, the Chengdu International Express will actively take advantage of the opportunities brought about by the China-Laos Railway to improve its radiation capabilities, combine the needs of China-Russia, China-Europe food and meat trade, and ASEAN fresh fruit consumption needs, strengthen cooperation with Yunnan and Laos, and vigorously develop Cold chain transportation.
At the same time, give full play to the functions of Vientiane in Laos and Hanoi in Vietnam, strengthen the whole-process tracking and information traceability, explore the innovation of transportation organization for special commodities such as cold chain transportation, improve the "door-to-door" service of the supply chain, and accelerate the construction of the southbound "one master" Two auxiliary multi-point" network.
At the same time, accelerate the construction of overseas warehouses, support the import and export of bulk commodities, cold chains, agricultural and sideline products, etc., and serve the development of China-ASEAN West trade for Western China, ASEAN RCEP countries, and radiating Europe.
It is reported that since the first Chengdu-Laos Railway international train opened for operation on December 4, 2021, more than 100 trains have been operated in total, which strongly promotes the "coming in" of high-quality products from Laos and other ASEAN countries through the China-Laos Railway, and helps a rich China. Manufacturing "going out" has narrowed the distance between my country and ASEAN, reduced the logistics cost of cross-border transportation, expanded the bilateral market, and effectively promoted the integrated development of logistics, industry, and trade in countries along the route.
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