China-Europe freight trains promote economic and trade exchanges and deepen production capacity cooperation
As a new type of international transportation that spans continents, countries, long distances and large volumes, the China-Europe freight train has been traveling around the Eurasian continent around the clock since its inception. A successful example of China's participation in global cooperation.
On August 18, the Office of the Leading Group for Promoting the Construction of the "Belt and Road" officially released the "China-Europe Railway Express Development Report (2021)". The "Report" systematically summarizes the great achievements made in the development of China-Europe freight trains, condenses the development experience and enlightenment of China-Europe freight trains, and also draws a blueprint for the development of China-Europe freight trains. It has become an important action for China-Europe freight trains to enter a new stage and start a new journey. guide.
Five Achievements Honored
"As the flagship project and iconic brand of the joint construction of the 'Belt and Road', the China-Europe Railway Express has been widely praised and actively participated by the international community since its inception, and has become a popular international public product." Department of Openness, National Development and Reform Commission Director Xu Jianping said at the special press conference of the "Report".
The "Report" systematically expounds the five major achievements made by the China-Europe freight train since its inception—opening up a new Asia-Europe land transportation channel, boosting the economic development of countries along the route, maintaining the security and stability of the international supply chain, promoting exchanges and cooperation among countries along the route, becoming a A veritable international public good.
The "Report" shows that in 2021, China-Europe trains will operate a total of 15,183 trains, achieving a monthly line of 1,000 trains and an annual line exceeding 10,000 trains. The service network covers the entire Eurasian continent, and the transportation categories exceed 50,000. The comprehensive heavy box rate of the train will reach 98%. % or more, the number of banks opened between key hubs has basically achieved a two-way balance. As of the end of July this year, China-Europe freight trains have constructed a total of 82 transportation routes, reaching 196 cities in 24 European countries, forming an international transportation artery that runs through the Eurasian continent.
"The opening of the China-Europe freight train has improved the Asia-Europe land transportation network, expanded the international intermodal transportation channel, greatly improved the capabilities of ports and hub nodes along the line, formed a spatial layout of 'multi-directional extension, sea-land interconnection', and created international logistics and transportation cooperation. A new situation." Xu Jianping said.
The shuttle trains are not only hot for the economic and trade exchanges of the countries along the route, but also deepen the international cooperation in production capacity, accelerate the cross-border circulation of factor resources, promote the improvement of people's livelihood in the countries along the route, and bring tangible benefits to the countries and people along the route. sense". At the same time, more and more overseas node cities of China-Europe freight trains have established international sister-city relationships with major cities in China, creating more opportunities for cultural dissemination and integration between China and Europe.
"The opening of the China-Europe Railway Express not only brings 'Made in China' and 'China Opportunity' to the countries along the route, but also brings back 'European products', 'European hope', 'China-Europe Railway Express + trade', 'China-Europe Railway Express + port'' With the rapid development of new business forms such as China-Europe Railway Express + Park', the demand from Chinese and foreign parties for the opening of China-Europe Railway Express is increasing." Xu Jianping said.
"China-Europe Railway Express +" New Business Format Grows Rapidly
Affected by the epidemic, international air and shipping capacity has been insufficient in the past two years. In order to further unblock the transportation channels of international mail and cross-border e-commerce goods, since the previous year, with the support of the customs department, postal companies and logistics companies have used the China-Europe freight train to transport the backlog of inbound and outbound mail and cross-border e-commerce goods affected by the epidemic. . The advantages of low cost and low freight rates of China-Europe trains have also attracted more and more local cross-border e-commerce goods to go abroad through China-Europe trains.
"By strengthening cooperation with railways, postal services and other departments, the informatization level of China-Europe freight trains will be improved, information exchange will be strengthened, supervision will be formed, and customs clearance efficiency will be improved." When talking about the direction of supervision services related to China-Europe freight trains in the next step, Xia Jun, deputy director of the Supervision Department of the General Administration of Customs, who attended the above-mentioned conference, told reporters that the customs will support relevant cities to carry out the China-Europe freight train transportation test under the premise of meeting the regulatory conditions, and encourage and guide more enterprises to participate in the China-Europe freight train cross-border e-mail. Commercial commodity transportation, cultivate new trade formats, and strengthen exchanges and cooperation with customs departments of countries along the route, provide guidance and help for enterprises, and continuously improve the level of supervision services.
In recent years, the customs attaches great importance to and actively supports and promotes the development of China-Europe freight trains. In addition to introducing ten measures to support the development of China-Europe freight trains to strengthen the construction of information systems and improve operational efficiency, it also actively supports the construction of China-Europe freight trains assembly centers.
According to Xia Jun, the customs, together with the railway department, promotes the implementation of the railway entry and exit express customs clearance business model to improve the efficiency and facilitation of the transit transportation of the China-Europe freight train within the domestic section. The first exit express service and the first entry express service are respectively Implemented in Urumqi and Chongqing. At the same time, strengthen cooperation with the Ministry of Finance and the State Administration of Taxation, and promote the implementation of the tax refund pilot program at the land departure port with the railway station of Xi'an International Port Area as the departure port and Xinjiang Alashankou and Horgos railway port as the departure port, and strengthen the gathering. central function.
Digital management facilitates high-quality development
Informatization, digitization and intelligence are the inevitable trends of the new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial revolution, as well as the development direction of China Railway Express in the future. In order to improve the efficiency of the whole process of China-Europe freight trains and improve the informatization service level of international intermodal transportation, China Railway signed an electronic data exchange agreement for international railway intermodal freight transportation with Russia, Kazakhstan and Mongolia, which greatly improved the port operation efficiency. At the same time, actively promote the construction of the "digital port" system, and open the era of paperless customs clearance for railways.
Zhuang He, Director of the Freight Department of China Railway Group, introduced at the above-mentioned conference that in 2021, China Railway Group will issue the "China-Europe Railway Express Information Integration Platform" on the basis of fully soliciting opinions from ministries and commissions such as the National Development and Reform Commission, the General Administration of Customs, and local platform companies. Construction Action Plan", started the construction of the China-Europe Railway Express information integration platform project. The main construction content and tasks include opening the China-Europe Railway Express portal website, creating an important window for information release, domestic and overseas whole-process business, and customer service, and realizing the connection with China-Europe Railway Express. Information interconnection between subjects.
At present, China National Railway Group is negotiating with railway companies in Russia, Kazakhstan and other countries to promote paperless transportation based on mutual recognition of electronic signatures of both parties. At the same time, under the cooperation mechanism of the China-Europe Railway Express Transportation Joint Working Group, relevant parties are studying the implementation plans of railways in various countries to carry out blockchain information tracking, which will further expand the scope of information sharing and provide customers with more convenient services.