(New Year's visit to the grassroots level) China-Europe train under the epidemic: Bringing "foreign New Year goods" to enrich the dining table of Chinese people
Chinanews.com Zhengzhou, February 17th, title: China-Europe train under the epidemic: Bringing "foreign New Year goods" to enrich the dining table of Chinese people
Author: Kan Lilizhangpeng
This Spring Festival, beef and Belarusian ice cream from countries along the "Belt and Road" have enriched the Chinese people's table.
Under the normalized prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, it is not easy for "foreign New Year goods" to be placed on the Spring Festival table.
"Fruity Almond Butter Cake, from Germany, tastes very good." On the 16th, the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, Mr. Tan, a citizen of Zhengzhou, once again came to the China Europe Express (Zhengzhou) offline mall to purchase "foreign" products for his children. Snacks".
In addition to traditional foods such as pure milk, potato chips, and chocolate, he also likes cold chain foods such as imported cakes and pizzas from Germany.
The special thing about the Spring Festival this year is that the epidemic prevention and control has not been relaxed for a moment.
Under this circumstance, it is not easy for "foreign New Year goods" to be placed on the people's table.
The picture shows the busy Zhengzhou China-Europe train material distribution center.
Photo by Li Zhangpeng
“It is necessary to strengthen the management and control of all links, but also to ensure the freshness of food.” said Liming, deputy station director of Putian Station in Zhengzhou Train Department of China Railway Zhengzhou Bureau Group Co., Ltd., in view of winter and spring transportation and current epidemic prevention and control priorities, the station strengthened In order to control the epidemic situation in key locations, customers, loading and unloading operators, and car drivers entering and leaving the station must measure their body temperature, wear masks strictly, and leave the site immediately after the operation is completed.
In front of the goods shelves of the China-Europe Express trains of the importer in Zhengzhou, the reporter saw many customers picking their favorite products.
Different flavors of "foreign snacks" have become children's favorites, and parents love the table ingredients for the whole family more.
"Look at this olive oil from Spain. I bought a few bottles of olive oil a year ago and my mother said I like it. I will bring her some more when I go home for dinner today." Mr. Zhao, a citizen, said while choosing the products he likes.
As an important bearer of Henan’s "Land Silk Road", Zhengzhou China-Europe Express has continuously enriched its routes, expanded its volume and improved its quality since its inception on July 18, 2013.
Up to now, there have been 9 projects including Zhengzhou to Hamburg, Zhengzhou to Munich, Zhengzhou to Liege, Zhengzhou to Moscow, Zhengzhou to Helsinki, Zhengzhou to Katowice, Zhengzhou to Hanoi, Zhengzhou to Tashkent, Zhengzhou to Almaty, etc. The international multimodal transport logistics network hub at the destination site has a comprehensive operating capacity that ranks among the top China-Europe freight trains in the country.
The picture shows the busy Zhengzhou China-Europe train material distribution center.
Photo by Li Zhangpeng
Especially in the past year, in the face of the severe impact of the epidemic, China-Europe Express trains took advantage of the unique advantages of international rail transport and vigorously accepted the transfer of goods by sea and air. The operation of 12,406 trains throughout the year broke the "10,000 trains" mark for the first time.
Zhengzhou China-Europe Express is no exception, growing against the trend.
It is reported that a total of 1,126 lines will be opened in 2020, a year-on-year increase of 13%, with a value of 4.306 billion US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 27%, and a cargo weight of 721,100 tons, a year-on-year increase of 31%.
Liming said, “The high-frequency China-Europe trains and complete international dry ports have not only brought a wealth of imported goods to the inland people, but also sold Henan-produced small home appliances, spare parts, daily necessities, and specialty foods abroad. Let China become closer and closer to other countries in Asia and Europe."
In the new year, Zhengzhou has sent frequent news of the China-Europe train. On January 15, 2021, the China-Europe train from Hanoi, Vietnam to Hamburg, Germany successfully completed the transfer in Zhengzhou, marking the initial formation of the new mode of transit for the China-Europe train; 2021 On January 18, the first “Green Tea” China-Europe train departed from Zhengzhou to Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, which realized the effective connection of high-quality industries and trains in Henan Province, and formed the trains to promote industrial development and industry promotion. The good situation of the opening.
As the assembly center of the central China-Europe train, Zhengzhou is working hard to build a trade bridge between the Central Plains region and even the whole country and the European market.
"Since 2020, our company has transported more than 46,000 tons of materials through China-Europe Express, an increase of 60% year-on-year. Among them, more than 8,000 tons of medical supplies and epidemic prevention materials such as masks, protective clothing and isolation gowns have been transported." Shanghai Taihua Kong Weidong, General Manager of Zhengzhou Branch of Freight Forwarding Co., Ltd., introduced that since 2021, with the signing of the China-EU Investment Agreement, it will surely bring more opportunities for China-EU trade, and more and more stations from Zhengzhou to Europe will be exported. , The source of goods in the import direction will be more diversified, and the'foreign goods' on the ordinary people's table will become more and more abundant.
For example, Kong Weidong’s company, some freight forwarding companies are strengthening the cross-border e-commerce transportation between China and Europe on the basis of traditional Sino-European trade customers, increasing the transportation of European imported goods, and improving the import and export balance of Zhengzhou China-Europe train. Work hard.
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