Suifenhe, located on the border of Heilongjiang Province in northeastern China, is known as "a city pulled by trains", "a city that speaks Russian", "a city that can use rubles" and "a place where birds and insects wake up".

On this magical land, in 1984, Xu Junshu, vice chairman of the China-Soviet Friendship Association and head of the Suifenhe Railway Station, visited neighboring countries with 500 kilograms of watermelons. The prelude to economic and trade cooperation (with the Soviet Union) has attracted gold rushers from all over the world to take root.

From the early barter trade to today's cross-border e-commerce, the ever-escalating cross-border trade has brought a happy and well-off life to the citizens of Suifenhe. Taking advantage of its border resources with Russia, Suifenhe, the "century-old port", has embarked on a development path for all people to start a business and become rich and go to a well-off society.

"Suifenhe Station is the largest railway port station to Russia in Heilongjiang Province, and it is also one of the important entry and exit ports for China-Europe freight trains." Pu Mingzhe, Secretary of the Party Branch of the Handover Office of Suifenhe Station, told a reporter from Chinanews.com. In transportation, the station plays the role of the Sino-Russian border station hub, serves the construction of the Belt and Road, and implements precise epidemic prevention measures for imported goods to effectively prevent the risk of epidemic spread of imported goods.

"The Suifenhe railway port plays an irreplaceable role in bulk trade with neighboring Russia." Guo Hongchen, workshop director of the Suifenhe Station Handover Office, knows Russian products well, "Russia is rich in products, and Sino-Russian trade is highly complementary. Timber, coal, iron Ore, etc., are continuously transported from the Suifenhe railway port to all parts of China."

In August 2018, the first China-Europe freight train was launched. The advantages of transportation have further consolidated and improved the port status, gathered more high-quality production factors and market entities, and provided a rare history for the border areas to explore more replicable and popularized experiences. Opportunities, providing a broad stage for contributing to the revitalization and development of the port.

Since the opening of the first China-Europe train, the number of trains at Suifenhe Port Station has increased rapidly year by year. From the opening of 22 trains in the first year, the annual shipment volume exceeded 100 trains, 200 trains, and then exceeded the 500 trains mark in 2021, realizing three consecutive trains. increase. "The frequency of trains has increased from an average of 6 trains per month in the initial stage to an average of 46 trains per month. The cumulative number of trains has exceeded 1,100. In March 2022, 67 trains will be operated in a single month, a record high." Li Yigang, deputy director of the workshop of Suifenhe Station Handover Office Say.

The data shows that from 2018 to the end of May 2022, 1,192 China-Europe trains have been operated at the Suifenhe railway port, and a total of 107,982 TEUs of goods have been transported. At present, China-Europe freight trains entering through the Suifenhe railway port mainly reach 2 municipalities in 8 provinces, including Chengdu, Zhengzhou, Xi'an, and Shanghai, and outbound China-Europe freight trains arrive in Russia, Belarus, Poland, Germany, Belgium and other countries.

Today, Suifenhe Port Station has become a prosperous, open and dynamic international port station, expanding from the transportation of wood, coal, iron ore and other energy sources to daily necessities, electrical products, industrial machinery, agricultural and sideline products and other categories.Editor/XuNing