Why does the "Steel Camel Team" frequently break records? The reporter learned from China National Railway Group Co., Ltd. that on August 21, with the departure of the China-Europe train (Xi'an-Hamburg) from Xi'an International Port Station, the cumulative number of China-Europe trains has reached 10,000 since 2022, 10 days earlier than last year. Breaking 10,000 trains; in 2022, a total of 972,000 TEUs of goods will be sent, a year-on-year increase of 5%, and the comprehensive heavy container rate will reach 98.4%.

On February 23, 2022, an X75048/7 China-Europe freight train loaded with 50 containers of anti-epidemic materials and production and living materials departed from Jiujiang South Station and arrived in Moscow, the capital of Russia, after exiting through Khorgos.

According to the person in charge of the freight department of the China Railway Group, since 2022, the China Railway Group has conscientiously implemented the deployment requirements of the central government to stabilize the economic market, adhered to high standards, sustainability, and benefited people's livelihood, actively promoted the high-quality development of China-Europe trains, and built an all-weather train , large-volume, green and low-carbon, smooth and safe international logistics channels provide strong support for maintaining a stable and smooth international industrial chain supply chain and high-quality joint construction of the Belt and Road.

The first is to strengthen international railway cooperation. Make full use of the cooperation mechanism of the seven-country railway China-Europe freight train transportation joint working group, and strengthen cooperation with the railway departments of the countries along the line in terms of transportation organization, information sharing, equipment and infrastructure construction, etc., to improve the efficiency of international intermodal transportation. Actively explore new transportation channels and routes. In 2022, new railway-sea combined transportation routes from Xi'an, Chongqing and other cities to Constanta, Romania via the Black Sea and Caspian Sea, China-Europe trains and China-Laos international freight trains, and new western land-sea trains will be opened. Close connection, and promote the formation of a "smooth and efficient, multi-directional extension, sea and land interconnection" overseas channel network pattern.

The second is to improve the quality of transportation services. Make overall use of the capacity of each channel, rationally arrange the opening plan, make full use of the port handover capacity, expand the international full-service logistics business, strengthen the organization of return trains, and promote the balanced transportation of two-way sources of goods. The ratio of return trains to outbound trains in 2022 reached 88%. At the same time, vigorously promote the informatization and digital development of international intermodal transportation, relying on the 95306 "digital port" system, and jointly promote paperless customs clearance with the customs department, which greatly shortens the customs clearance time and improves the operation efficiency.

The third is to strengthen infrastructure construction. Steady progress has been made in the implementation of the capacity expansion and reconstruction projects of ports such as Alashankou, Horgos, Manzhouli and Erlian, as well as the rear passages. At the same time, it has actively coordinated with overseas railways to simultaneously improve the infrastructure capacity, and has achieved steady improvement in the capacity of domestic and overseas passages. Since 2022, the average daily volume of China-Europe freight trains in the west, middle and east passages has increased by 20.7%, 15.2% and 41.3% respectively compared with 2020 before the capacity expansion and reconstruction.

Fourth, strict epidemic prevention and control measures. Strictly implement the general policy of "preventing imports from abroad and preventing rebound from within", efficiently coordinating epidemic prevention and control and the smooth operation of China-Europe trains. All railway port stations strictly implement closed-loop operation regulations such as "separation of people and goods, and segmented transportation", and implement the rules for people and vehicles. The requirements of "four-person protection", material and environment, have minimized the impact of the epidemic on the transportation of China-Europe trains.

On August 13, 2022, in Wuxi, Jiangsu, the China-Europe freight train "Jiangsu" Wuxi-Lianyungang-Uzbekistan freight train officially launched

At present, the China Railway Express has laid out 82 operating routes, reaching 200 cities in 24 European countries, and gradually "connecting points into lines" and "weaving lines into a network". The transportation service network covers the whole of Europe, and the categories of goods transported involve clothing. There are 53 categories and more than 50,000 categories such as shoes and hats, automobiles and accessories, grain, and wood. The high-quality development of China-Europe Railway Express has optimized the regional opening pattern, expanded economic and trade exchanges between China and Europe, deepened international capacity cooperation, accelerated the cross-border flow of factor resources, and injected strong impetus into the high-quality joint construction of the Belt and Road Initiative. Editor / Xu Shengpeng