Crossing mountains and rivers to open a new path - China-Europe freight train's first-line journey
Envoys look at each other on the road, and business travelers never stop traveling. More than two thousand years ago, camel bells were ringing along the Silk Road, and friendly exchanges between China and other Asian and European countries continued.
Today, trains of China-Europe freight trains cross mountains and rivers, paving a new path for cultural, economic and trade exchanges between the Eurasian continent.
The China-Europe train is an international railway intermodal transport train that runs between China and Europe and the countries jointly building the “One Belt, One Road”. It relies on land bridges and is built towards the mainland. With the joint efforts of countries along the route, it has created a new pattern of international transportation between Asia and Europe and has become a part of the joint construction of the “Belt and Road”. All the way” iconic brand.
The land and sea are connected at home and abroad, and the inland hinterland also has a "seaport"
On the shore of the Yellow Sea, at the foot of Huaguo Mountain.
At 17:20 on September 16, the whistle sounded at the China-Kazakhstan Logistics Base in Lianyungang. A China-Europe train loaded with generator sets, auto parts, steel plates, washing machines and other goods slowly started and headed west...
Lianyungang is the starting point of the eastern end of the New Eurasian Continental Bridge. Nowadays, with the launch of China-Europe freight trains, Lianyungang has become the most convenient seaport in Central Asia. It has 74 container routes, 24 ro-ro general cargo liner routes and 2 China-South Korea passenger and cargo liner routes. Starting from Lianyungang, goods can reach nearly a thousand ports in more than 150 countries and regions.
Crossing mountains and rivers to open a new path - China-Europe freight train's first-line journey
Gantry cranes are unloading trucks at the Lianyungang China-Kazakhstan Logistics Base in Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province.
China-Europe freight trains loaded with wheat from Central Asia are performing a new round of "wheat marching eastward"; it has become normal for fertilizers from Uzbekistan and other countries to be sent to Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia and other countries and regions via Lianyungang; Kazakhstan exports most of its minerals Through Lianyungang port distribution and distribution...
"Kazakhstan has gained direct access to the Pacific Ocean, which means new economic potential." said Timur Shaimelgenov, an expert on international issues in Kazakhstan.
In recent years, under the guidance of the joint construction of the “Belt and Road” initiative, China Railway has relied on the New Eurasian Continental Bridge and the Siberian Continental Bridge, starting from Chongqing, Chengdu, Zhengzhou, Wuhan, Lianyungang, Yiwu and other cities, to Central Asia, China-Europe freight trains from Germany, Poland and other countries and regions closely connect the hinterland with seaports.
Crossing mountains and rivers to open a new path - China-Europe freight train's first-line journey
Workers perform vehicle reinforcement operations at the Lianyungang China-Kazakhstan Logistics Base in Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province.
Walking into the SCO Demonstration Zone Multimodal Transport Center in Qingdao, Shandong Province, eastbound agricultural products and cotton yarn and westbound household appliances and cars travel between the two places on the China-Europe train. This is also a platform for Central Asia to embrace the ocean.
Said, 28, is from Uzbekistan and will work in the SCO Demonstration Zone in 2021. "When I first started working, I only had to receive one or two groups of Central Asian guests every month. Now more and more Central Asian businessmen come to the demonstration area for inspection, and it is not unusual to receive more than 10 groups a month," Said said.
Crossing mountains and rivers to open a new path - China-Europe freight train's first-line journey
Qingdao Customs staff inspect the "SCO Express" international train at the Multimodal Transport Center in the SCO Demonstration Zone.
Connect the mainland bridge and pave a new thoroughfare. In the past 10 years, a total of 77,000 China-Europe trains have been operated, transporting 7.31 million TEUs of goods with a value of more than 340 billion US dollars. They have reached 217 cities in 25 European countries and have become an important bridge for international economic and trade cooperation.
East-west two-way mutual assistance opens up a new Asia-Europe land transportation channel
On September 14, China-Europe train X8015 departed from Wuhan Wujiashan Station. The train is loaded with electronic components, auto parts and other goods produced in Hubei. They will leave the country from Alashankou in Xinjiang and eventually arrive in Moscow.
This is the 188th China-Europe freight train departing from Wujiashan Station this year. Up to now, Wuhan has opened 7 lines including "Soligorsk, Belarus-Wuhan", "Uralsk-Kazakhstan-Wuhan", and "Kokshetau-Kazakhstan-Wuhan".
Relying on the golden waterway of the Yangtze River and opening up the rail-water intermodal transport, Wuhan has successively opened trains to Manzhouli-Ust-Luka-Duisburg, Germany, Wuhan-Mohan-Vientiane, etc., connecting the Europe-Wuhan-South Korea transit trade channel and realizing the eastward direction. Going out to sea, heading west through Central Asia and entering Europe, south to ASEAN, and north to Russia is a "four-way development" pattern.
Crossing mountains and rivers to open a new path - China-Europe freight train's first-line journey
This is the container reloading operation site in the freight workshop of Manzhouli Station taken on September 20. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Zhipeng
Wuhan is just a microcosm of the development history of China-Europe trains. In the past 10 years, China-Europe trains have grown into a new trunk road for Asia-Europe land transportation:
——Within the territory, three main exit channels have been formed in the west, middle and east through the five major ports of Alashankou, Horgos, Erenhot, Manzhouli and Suifenhe. There are 86 scheduled operating lines with a speed of 120 kilometers per hour, connecting 112 cities in China;
——Overseas, three major corridors, north, central and south, have been initially formed, connecting more than 200 cities in 25 European countries and more than 100 cities in 11 Asian countries.
Crossing mountains and rivers to open a new path - China-Europe freight train's first-line journey
A China-Europe freight train enters Manzhouli through the national gate.
Big channels shape the big pattern. China-Europe trains originate from China, run through Europe and Asia, and benefit the world:
——At the western end, it connects the United Kingdom, Northern Europe, the Mediterranean coast and the hinterland of the European continent through the Baltic Sea, Black Sea, Mediterranean sea-rail combined transport, etc., basically covering the entire Eurasian continent;
——At the eastern end, it connects East Asian countries such as South Korea and Japan, and Southeast Asian countries such as Singapore and Thailand through coastal port sea-rail combined transport, the New Western Land-Sea Corridor, and the Yangtze River Waterway.
Crossing mountains and rivers to open a new path - China-Europe freight train's first-line journey
Train X8103 departs from the China-Europe Express (Shenyang) Assembly Center and will sail to Europe via Manzhouli Port.
The trains are speeding and the journey is becoming more and more convenient. In Northeast China, the China-Europe Express (Shenyang) Consolidation Center is the first in the country to share container security equipment between railways and customs, providing international transport customers with a full one-stop service from demand reporting to online delivery, and continues to create a multi-modal "road-rail sea" As an intermodal international logistics hub, trains can directly reach 11 overseas terminals including Hamburg, Duisburg, and Frankfurt, radiating to more than 20 countries and more than 50 cities.
"The China-Europe train has built an all-weather, large-volume, low-carbon Asia-Europe logistics channel, and is a major innovation in the international transportation service system." Zhang Wei, deputy chief engineer of the Institute of Transportation and Economics of the China Academy of Railway Sciences, said that the China-Europe train The comparative advantages of the train are obvious. The transportation price is about 1/5 of that of air transportation, and the running time is about 1/4 of that of sea transportation. It is less affected by the natural environment and has high stability. It is very suitable for products with a certain transportation volume and strong timeliness. Great attraction.
Crossing mountains and rivers to open a new path - China-Europe freight train's first-line journey
This is the China-Europe Express (Shenyang) assembly center taken on September 19 (drone photo).
Economic channels integrating humanities, economy and trade radiate into channel economy
At 12 noon local time on September 18, Carlos, who lives in Madrid, Spain, placed an order for a batch of fitness equipment produced in China. He received the goods the next day. "This speed is amazing!" he said excitedly.
Crossing mountains and rivers to open a new path - China-Europe freight train's first-line journey
China-Europe train X8020, fully loaded with 110 TEUs of export goods, departed from the Yiwu West Railway Station, bound for Madrid, Spain.
This batch of equipment was shipped from a cross-border e-commerce overseas warehouse in Spain. They were previously transported by the China-Europe train from Yiwu, Zhejiang, covering more than 13,000 kilometers to Madrid, and then sent to various parts of Europe through local overseas warehouses.
Night has just fallen, and people are bustling on Jingguang Road in Zhengzhou, Henan. There is an endless stream of customers at the Jingguang Road store of the China-Europe Express imported goods self-operated supermarket.
"What a surprise!" said Ms. Li, who had just settled the bill. "I used to have to find purchasing agents, but now I can buy imported goods at my doorstep."
Crossing mountains and rivers to open a new path - China-Europe freight train's first-line journey
Consumers purchase imported goods at the China-Europe Railway Import and Export Commodities Expo Center in Zhengzhou City, Henan Province.
At present, self-operated supermarkets for imported goods from China-Europe trains have been stationed in many places in Henan, covering more than 2,000 kinds of commodities such as food, drinks, cosmetics, grains and oils.
The launch of China-Europe freight trains has brought a real sense of gain to the people of countries along the route, and also opened a convenient way for domestic enterprises to "compete" in overseas markets.
In September, under the organization of the freight personnel of the Tianjin Freight Center of the China Railway Beijing Bureau, a batch of bicycles produced by Tianjin Fujita Bicycle Industry Co., Ltd. were shipped on the China-Europe freight train, departing from the Tianjin Port Wujie Third Storage Yard and shipped to Moscow, the capital of Russia. .
"The China-Europe freight trains shipped from Tianjin can directly reach the countries co-building the 'Belt and Road', and the delivery time is more than a month faster than sea transportation. So far this year, the value of the bicycles we have exported through the China-Europe freight trains has exceeded last year's total value. Several times." said Liu Yu, director of the storage and transportation department of Tianjin Fujida Bicycle Industry Co., Ltd.
Crossing mountains and rivers to open a new path - China-Europe freight train's first-line journey
A China-Europe (Central Asia) train bound for Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, performs container hoisting operations at the Tianjin Port Logistics No. 3 yard.
Nowadays, the products shipped by China-Europe trains are becoming more and more abundant, and the categories are constantly being upgraded.
More than 50,000 kinds of goods are shipped to Europe, including daily necessities, clothing, shoes and hats, photovoltaic modules, cars, and home appliances. Guo Jian, director of the Freight Department of China Railway Shanghai Bureau Group Co., Ltd., said that Yiwu small commodities are sold all over the world through China-Europe trains, and local specialty products such as Huangshan tea and Yongkang hardware are also exported abroad.
Return cargo from Europe includes wood, food, medical equipment, automobiles, machinery and equipment, alcohol, etc.
Crossing mountains and rivers to open a new path - China-Europe freight train's first-line journey
The 10,000th train of the China-Europe Railway Express (Chongqing) is waiting to depart at Chongqing Tuanjie Village Central Station and is about to leave for Duisburg, Germany.
There are more than 10 China-Europe trains running between Chongqing and Duisburg, Germany, every week. The construction of this channel has made Duisburg a European hub with the largest number of China-Europe trains, the largest transport volume and the highest cargo value.
Chongqing and Chengdu have also leveraged their efforts to attract global capital, and the China-Europe freight trains connecting Asia and Europe have helped Chengdu and Chongqing emerge as a base for electronic information, automobile, and equipment manufacturing industries.
Li Wenxin, deputy general manager of China Railway Group, said that the rapid development of China-Europe freight trains has created a resilient international supply chain with strong radiation, driving force and influence, promoting economic and trade interoperability and industrial integration of countries along the route, opening up a A new chapter in the cooperative development of the Eurasian continent.
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