China News Service, Guangzhou, January 1 (Guo Jun, Li Lei, Ming Qiqing) A reporter learned from Guangzhou Railway Group on the 1st that as of December 31, 2021, the number of China-Europe express trains in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area hit a record high, with a year-on-year increase of 123 Columns, an increase of 46.9%, with an average of more than one trip per day.
On the afternoon of December 31, 2021, with a loud and long sound, the first X8428 China-Europe Express train loaded with 100 standard containers of cargo slowly departed from the newly built Guangzhou International Port and is expected to arrive in Mara, Poland in 15 days. Sevic.
This is the 385th China-Europe Express Train to be launched in 2021 in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
So far, the number of China-Europe Express trains in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area has increased to 19. In 2021, it will transport 203,000 tons of materials for epidemic prevention, people's livelihood and industrial chain, covering more than 20 cities in 15 countries in Asia and Europe.
Since the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area's China-Europe Express Train first opened in 2013, the frequency of operation has increased from once a week at the beginning to an average of more than once a day. Thousands of products such as textiles and apparel.
In the past 8 years, the domestic and overseas distribution network of China-Europe Railway Express has been rapidly expanding market-oriented.
At present, the global situation of the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic is still fluctuating, international transportation channels have been severely affected, and the industrial supply chain has encountered unprecedented difficulties.
As a new mode of transportation across continents, countries, long distances, and large volumes, the China-Europe Express has a shorter time than sea transportation, lower cost than air transportation, and unique features such as safety, stability, green environmental protection, and low risk of infection during quarantine. The advantages are further demonstrated, providing a new third solution for alleviating the current global supply chain tension problem, which is recognized and selected by more and more customers.
According to the relevant person in charge of the Guangzhou Freight Center of Guangzhou Railway Group, Guangzhou Dalang and Dongguan Shilong are currently operating at least 2 trains a week, and Shenzhen Pinghu Nan e-commerce trains are increasing rapidly, and 3 trains per week have been normalized. Guangzhou Xiayuan and Dongguan Changping maintained a steady frequency of 1 train per week. In December 2021, the number of China-Europe express trains in Guangzhou, Dongguan and Shenzhen increased by 117% year-on-year.
While safeguarding people's livelihood and the supply of materials in the industrial chain, the China-Europe Express trains are also responsible for the transportation of anti-epidemic materials and the important task of contributing "Chinese power" to the global fight against the epidemic and boost the economy.
Since 2021, the China-Europe Express in the Greater Bay Area has transported 35.24 million pieces of anti-epidemic materials such as masks, medicines, and disinfectants, totaling 146,700 tons.
More and more countries along the route have received aid from China for epidemic prevention materials through this stable international transportation channel.
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