More than 1,000 trains have been operated for 33 consecutive months, injecting impetus into the world economy
"Steel camel team" ran out of acceleration
Recently, Inner Mongolia's first agricultural product "Railway Express" China-Europe Railway Express loaded with 55 TEUs slowly departed from Ulanqab City. This train, loaded with local sunflower seeds in Inner Mongolia, will depart from Erlianhot Railway Port in Inner Mongolia and arrive in Russia Koretsovo.
This is the first time that the Ulanqab China Railway Express has exported agricultural products through the "Railway Express" mode.
Since the beginning of the year, with the optimization and adjustment of the epidemic prevention and control policy, my country's foreign trade industry has accelerated its recovery, and the "steel camel team" China-Europe train has run a new "acceleration".
Statistics show that in January of this year, China-Europe trains operated a total of 1,410 trains, transporting 147,000 TEUs of goods, a year-on-year increase of 6% and 13% respectively, and the comprehensive heavy container rate reached 100%.
The railway department has strengthened the organization of international intermodal transport, further improved the quality of China-Europe trains, and effectively guaranteed the safe and smooth international supply chain and the supply of the Spring Festival market.
Since May 2020, China Railway Express has operated more than a thousand trains in a single month for 33 consecutive months.
From the "world supermarket" to the rest of the world, the China-Europe Railway Express carries tens of thousands of commodities such as new energy vehicles and accessories, daily necessities, mechanical and electrical products, etc.
Packing, cabinet loading, inspection... The railway port located in Chengxi Street, Yiwu City, Zhejiang Province is in full swing. Tens of thousands of commodities in the "World Supermarket" are carrying a series of China-Europe Railway Express (Yixin Europe) to their destinations.
In January of this year, the Yiwu platform of the "Yixinou" China-Europe Railway Express opened 240 trains and delivered 20,140 TEUs. The shipment volume increased by 172.1% year-on-year, achieving a good start.
"I'm in a hurry every day, rushing to produce, rush to ship, and rush to get back all the lost time." Referring to the recent production and export status of the company, Zhu Zhihui, chairman of Zhejiang Gaopu Clothing Co., Ltd., revealed something in his words "Foreign trade orders have increased, and everyone's enthusiasm for production is very high. We are hard at both ends of production and shipment, and we dare not relax a little bit."
Gaopu Clothing mainly produces casual hats. Due to continuous investment in research and development in recent years, the design and quality of products have been improved, and product sales and sales have continued to rise.
Zhu Zhizhi said that the recent production workshop is "full firepower", and workers are rushing to produce 200,000 baseball caps and fisherman hats, which will be sent to France, Britain, Italy and other places.
"March to June itself is the peak season for the hat industry. After the optimization and adjustment of the epidemic prevention and control policy, orders from all directions have come. This year's production has ushered in a 'small climax' ahead of schedule."
How do the hats produced by "World Supermarket" reach Europe and other places?
"In the past, small commodities in Yiwu had to go abroad, mainly by sea and air. Now the opening of the "Yixin Europe" China Railway Express can not only reduce the cost of import and export of commodities, improve transportation efficiency, but also give Yiwu an additional direction for Chinese manufacturing. The convenient way to the world." Zhu Zhihui said that the cost of railway transportation is lower than that of air transportation, and the speed is faster than that of sea transportation. Train transportation.
After years of development, the Yiwu platform of the "Yixinou" China Railway Express has opened point-to-point international freight direct train lines in 18 directions to the five Central Asian countries, Spain, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Russia, reaching 101 overseas stations , radiating more than 50 countries and more than 160 cities in Eurasia, and successfully opened up the interconnection of Eurasia "from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean, the Baltic Sea, the Caspian Sea, and the Black Sea, and from Yiwu to Central Asia, South Asia, and Southeast Asia".
Yiwu Yuanjing Supply Chain Management Co., Ltd. is a freight forwarding company in Yiwu. After Zhu Zhizhi's hat was produced, he entrusted this company to clear customs and order containers.
Tan Xinyong, the person in charge of the company, has worked in the logistics industry for nearly 20 years and is deeply impressed by the development of China Railway Express.
"Our customers radiate to many provinces and cities such as Guangdong, Fujian, Shandong, Jiangsu, Henan, etc. Their goods are uniformly pulled to Yiwu for collection, loading, and export through China-Europe trains." Tan Xinyong said, from the beginning of irregular shipments Up to now, an average of 200 to 300 containers have been sent every month. The "Yixin Europe" China Railway Express has become more and more famous, and its radiation range has also continued to expand.
Not only that, but the types of goods shipped by trains are also becoming more and more diverse.
In addition to Yiwu small commodities, the proportion of high-value and high-value-added products such as new energy vehicles and accessories, high-end machinery and equipment has increased significantly, and customer-customized trains such as cross-border e-commerce, toys, cotton yarn, and tea have continued to operate. "Made" products continue to go to the world.
According to statistics, since 2022, as of February 7, 2023, the Yiwu platform of the "Yixinou" China Railway Express has operated a total of 1,837 trains and shipped 151,706 TEUs.
For a China-Europe train to go abroad safely to European countries, more than 60 train drivers from all over the country need to relay the journey along the way
At about 1 p.m. on February 8, Huang Wei, the dispatcher driver of Hangzhou Locomotive Depot of China Railway Shanghai Bureau stationed at Yiwu West Station, began to conduct an overall inspection of his "partner" - Dongfeng 7C diesel locomotive. He was in charge of " The "first leg" and the last leg of the "Yixinou" China-Europe Railway Express's ten-thousand-mile journey.
Before the train departed, the gantry crane hoisted the container onto the empty train board, and then Huang Wei was responsible for organizing the scattered cargo carriages in the freight yard into a row and pulling them to the Yiwu West Railway Station.
Due to the long distances of the China Railway Express, even in my country, it is not transported to the end by fixed drivers and locomotives, but by the locomotives and drivers of the various railway departments passing by.
"For a China-Europe train to go abroad safely to European countries, more than 60 train drivers from all over the country are required to relay the journey." Huang Wei said, "Nowadays, the high-quality development of China-Europe trains has attracted the attention of the world. As a participant, I Witnesses are very honored and hope to take this job as the most important career in their life.”
The same relay is also happening on other lines of China Railway Express.
On February 14, a test container of a cosmetics brand arrived in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region through the transportation mode of "China-Europe Express (Wuhan) + trailer", which means that the "Europe-Wuhan-Hong Kong" multimodal transport channel was officially opened, and the China-Europe Express ( Wuhan) added new lines.
This batch of cosmetics was loaded and departed from Duisburg, Germany, and arrived in Wuhan after entering Alashankou, and then arrived in Hong Kong by a Guangdong-Hong Kong dual-brand vehicle.
Prior to this, the China Railway Express (Wuhan) successively opened the "Japan-Wuhan-Europe/Mongolia" sea-rail combined transport line and the "Europe-Wuhan-Korea" two-way channel. Wuhan's function as a national logistics transit hub has gradually become prominent.
The relevant person in charge of Hanou International, the operating platform company of China Railway Express (Wuhan), said that the extension of the destination to Hong Kong is an innovative measure of China Railway Express (Wuhan) to promote the high-quality development of multimodal transport. Therefore, it has been further expanded, opening a new window for enterprises to "go out and bring in".
It is understood that in order to better meet the needs of international intermodal transport and adapt to changes in the freight source structure of trains, make full use of the marshalling capabilities of China-Europe trains and port handover capabilities, and improve the utilization rate of planned lines, China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. has expanded the transportation of China-Europe trains Ton increase measures.
In January, the expansion and tonnage increase of the China-Europe Railway Express achieved remarkable results. 757 outbound trains were opened, with a full capacity rate of 83%, and the volume of container cargo sent further increased.
Relying on the land bridge, the China-Europe Railway Express was born inland, gradually "connecting dots into a line" and "weaving threads into a network". It not only sent "Made in China" to the countries along the route, but also brought back foreign products, enriching domestic production and consumption.
At 10 o'clock on February 7th, facing the warm winter sun, accompanied by the roar of a siren, the first return train of the China-Europe Railway Express "Tie Ling" carried 56 standard containers of about 1,400 tons of Russian wood pulp from Archangel, Russia. Departing from Nizovka Station in the Skorg region, entering through the Manzhouli Port, and successfully arriving at the Northeast (Tieling) International Dry Port Tieling Bonded Logistics Center after 18 days.
"The return train can not only carry the goods needed in my country, but also carry goods destined for other countries, which not only saves costs but also shortens the transportation time." An analysis by a logistics company in Guangxi said.
It is understood that since the beginning of this year, the railway department has strengthened the transportation organization of return trains, and required the port railway bureau group companies to strengthen communication with overseas railways, to avoid breaking up and reorganizing trains when reloading overseas port stations, and to use the original trains as much as possible. Marshalling and starting the return trip map to set the train, so that the bottom of the car can be recycled.
In January, 653 China-Europe return trains operated, a year-on-year increase of 9%.
Help countries along the "Belt and Road" to connect and communicate, cooperate and win-win
Like Huang Wei, the driver of the Hohhot locomotive depot of the China Railway Hohhot Bureau Group Corporation, a Mongolian boy named Bagana, is also one of the more than 60 drivers of the relay transport. He is responsible for the train transportation at the Erlianhot railway port. The key is "one stick".
Although the railway line from Erenhot to Mongolia is only 9 kilometers long, the work requirements are quite different from those in China.
The most worrying thing for Baga at the beginning was to look at the signal. The trains and cars in our country are all "left-hand drive", and the signal equipment is also on the left side, while in Mongolia it is completely opposite.
In order to solve the problem, he put the water glass and notebook on the right hand side, reminding himself to observe the signal on the right hand. His experience has been used for reference by many China-Europe train drivers.
The language barrier is also a topic that cannot be avoided in international joint transportation. Knowing that grassland music in Inner Mongolia is the main way for Mongolian friends to learn Chinese in their spare time, Bagana became a "cultural envoy" and carefully selected some bilingual music to recommend to Mongolia. Fang friends.
This kind of story is not an isolated case. The social and cultural exchanges between many cities where the China-Europe Railway Express operates continue to deepen, and "heart-to-heart bridges" have been built, and "development belts" have been born, forming individual cities. The "prosperous port" has created a series of "happiness roads".
This year marks the tenth anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative.
In fact, as a convenient, fast, safe, stable, and green-economy new type of international transportation organization, the China-Europe Railway Express has become the main practice for China to participate in global open cooperation, jointly build the "Belt and Road", and promote the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.
"Through interconnection, the 'Belt and Road' has brought development opportunities to these countries, which is a great event in the history of human development." Chen Wenling, Chief Economist of the China Center for International Economic Exchanges, said.
Over the past ten years, the "Belt and Road" initiative has achieved remarkable results in promoting global common development.
The first high-speed railway in ASEAN was put into trial operation, the first expressway in Cambodia was officially opened to traffic, the Peljesac Bridge in Croatia, and the Karot Hydropower Station in Pakistan were put into operation...a large number of landmark projects have come into being and blossomed, and have been sincerely welcomed by the people of the co-construction countries.
According to a World Bank research report, the “Belt and Road” initiative will lift 7.6 million people out of extreme poverty in relevant countries, increase global trade by 1.7% to 6.2%, and increase global income by 0.7% to 2.9%.
In terms of economic and trade cooperation, the "Belt and Road" initiative has always adhered to open cooperation, and trade and investment have maintained a strong growth momentum.
According to data from the General Administration of Customs of China, from 2013 to 2022, the average annual growth rate of trade in goods between China and countries along the “Belt and Road” was 8.6%. The annual growth rate is 19.4%; the volume of trade in goods between China and countries along the route accounted for 32.9% of China's total trade in goods, an increase of 7.9 percentage points compared with the 2013 proposed by the initiative.
The China-Europe Railway Express is "running continuously", the "Belt and Road" is bearing fruit, and China's foreign economic and trade cooperation is booming
Recently, the China International Import Expo Bureau reported that the sixth CIIE will be held offline in Shanghai from November 5 to 10. At present, more than 500 companies have signed contracts to participate in the exhibition, with an exhibition area of more than 200,000 square meters.
After five years of development, the CIIE has become a window for China to build a new development pattern, a platform for promoting high-level openness, and an international public product shared by the world.
Theland Dairy of New Zealand is an old friend of the 5th CIIE. The company’s global R&D general manager Roy Van Denk said that the CIIE is not only an important platform for new products to enter the Chinese market, but also an important opportunity for foreign companies to expand their business. We have already signed up for the sixth CIIE!"
Behind the "continuous flow" of the China-Europe Railway Express, the blossoming of the "Belt and Road" initiative, and the fact that national-level exhibitions attract businessmen from all over the world are the vigorous development of China's foreign economic and trade cooperation.
In 2022, facing the impact of many unexpected factors, the scale of my country's foreign trade will reach a new level, exceeding 40 trillion yuan for the first time. my country's foreign trade will withstand multiple pressures and maintain stable operation.
Since the beginning of the year, a number of measures to stabilize foreign trade have been introduced and implemented, which not only boosts the confidence of enterprises, lays the foundation for stabilizing and improving the quality of foreign trade throughout the year, but also injects vitality into the recovery of the global economy.
The newly revised Foreign Trade Law deletes the provisions on the filing and registration of foreign trade operators. From December 30, 2022, local commercial authorities will stop handling the filing and registration of foreign trade operators.
This system was established in 2004. According to this system, enterprises that are newly entering or planning to enter the foreign trade field need to go through record filing and registration before engaging in foreign trade business.
"The cancellation of the registration system for foreign trade enterprises has opened the door to the integration of domestic and foreign trade." Zhao Ping, vice president of the Research Institute of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, said that this move clears away qualification obstacles for domestic market players to carry out foreign trade business and promotes the domestic market. A better connection with the international market will help various market players make full use of both international and domestic markets and resources. It will not only enhance the endogenous power and reliability of the domestic cycle, but also help improve the quality and level of the international cycle.
On February 2, the Ministry of Commerce stated that it will fully resume offline exhibitions of a series of domestic export exhibitions such as the Canton Fair.
For a period of time, the national-level "exhibition matrix" has frequently spread good news: In Hainan, preparations for the third Consumer Expo are in full swing, global leading companies and brands gather, key countries and regions actively participate in the exhibition, and the international exhibition area accounts for 80% of the total exhibition area. %; in Guangzhou, the area of the 133rd Canton Fair has expanded from 1.18 million square meters to 1.5 million square meters, and the number of offline exhibition booths is expected to increase from 60,000 to nearly 70,000. Domestic and foreign buyers, 177 global partners, etc. sent invitations to participate in the conference... The open Chinese market has made the world full of expectations.
More than that, from January 1st, the new version of the Catalog of Industries Encouraging Foreign Investment will be officially implemented; China will implement a provisional import tax rate lower than the most-favored-nation tax rate for 1,020 commodities; The eighth step of tax reduction is implemented...In the international context where protectionism and unilateralism are on the rise, and "decoupling and broken chains" are disturbing the world, China has always promoted cooperation through opening up, seeking development through cooperation, sharing opportunities with all parties, and is committed to To achieve common development.
With the optimization and adjustment of China's epidemic prevention and control policies and the full return to normal production and life, China's economic and social vitality will be further released, and it will continue to become the "stabilizer" of the world's economic recovery and the "engine" of growth.
(Xue Peng, reporter from China Discipline Inspection and Supervision News)