March 19, 2022 is the 6th anniversary of the opening of the China-Europe freight train at Horgos Railway Port in Xinjiang. As an important window for China's opening to the west and an important fulcrum of the core area of the Silk Road Economic Belt, the number of China-Europe trains at the Horgos railway port has increased year by year and the volume of goods passed over the past six years.

In the past 6 years, China-Europe trains have helped the construction of the Belt and Road, transporting Xinjiang specialty products such as walnuts and ketchup, as well as daily necessities, machinery and equipment and other goods to various places along the way. Economic and trade exchanges between countries along the route. Since 2022, as an important carrier for international transfer of materials and cooperation in fighting the epidemic, the number of China-Europe trains passing through the Horgos railway port every month has remained above 500. It has played an active role in providing assistance and guaranteeing material supply.

In order to do a good job in the organization of train transportation and further unleash the potential of port transportation, Horgos Station optimizes and adjusts the operation mode, makes good use of the interval transportation capacity, and promotes the upgrading of basic equipment. The station strengthens the coordination and cooperation with the Kazakh railway department to jointly solve the difficult problems affecting the efficiency of the handover of trains, and horizontally coordinate the customs, border inspection, freight forwarding and other departments to ensure the orderly connection of various operating links, and realize the decommissioning, refitting, and transportation of trains. Inspection and clearance are carried out alternately and simultaneously to ensure that the advantages of the "golden channel" of international intermodal transport are fully utilized.

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"During the epidemic, we continued to optimize the transportation organization, gave full play to the advantages of personnel station rotation operation, divided operation units into small operation units, and divided the operations of operators in different fields, vigorously promoted the paperless customs transfer and credit handover system, and implemented the entry and exit of China-Europe trains. The whole process of operation handover and other links is controlled by card, and the epidemic prevention and control and port opening are scientifically coordinated, which ensures the safe and stable operation of the China-Europe freight train." said Guo Chengzhi, assistant engineer of the operation management department of Horgos Station.

Chen Fang, senior organizer of the third level and fourth level of Horgos Customs Supervision, said: "We will give full play to the 'Railway Express' mode of the China-Europe freight train and the potential energy of the 'Guantietong' project, and take advantage of the momentum to improve the quality and efficiency of China-Europe freight trains. We will continue to optimize the customs clearance process and improve the efficiency of entry and exit customs clearance of China-Europe trains. The customs inspection and release time has been reduced from 3.5 hours to 1 hour now, further unblocking the international logistics channel, and helping China-Europe trains run efficiently and efficiently. Quality development." Keywords: One Belt One Road, One Belt One Road News, One Belt One Road Project

With the expansion of port trade and the improvement of the level of openness, Khorgos is gradually becoming a new highland for China to open up to the west. 29 main train lines can radiate to 45 cities and regions in 18 countries abroad. The categories of transport aircraft include: There are more than 200 kinds of clothing department stores, electronic products, mechanical accessories, etc. The speeding China-Europe freight train will continue to promote the transformation of the port economy from a "channel economy" to an "industrial economy", and promote the high-quality development of the Belt and Road Initiative.Editor/XuNing