At 16:10 on July 1, 2021, accompanied by the long whistle, the X9018 train, loaded with 100 TEUs of export goods, slowly departed from Yiwu West Railway Station to the middle section of the "Land Silk Road" The countries-Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan marked the successful launch of the first China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan road-rail combined transport China-Europe Express in the Yangtze River Delta.

It is reported that the train is loaded with export goods such as textiles, hardware, and general merchandise. It starts from the Yiwu Railway Port and is transported by rail to Kashgar, Xinjiang. It is then transported by road and exits through the Xinjiang Irkeshtan Port to arrive in Kyrgyzstan. Central Asian countries such as Uzbekistan.

Multi-modal transport, one single system

China Railway International Multimodal Transport Co., Ltd., as the operator of the entire multimodal transport, issued the nation’s first bill of lading (transportation) with property rights for the goods carried by the train, marking the “one order” of China-Europe multimodal transport. A key step has been taken in realizing the international land transport bill of lading, opening up a new trade channel for Yiwu, the world’s largest small commodity market, and will effectively improve the accessibility of "Made in China" in the international market. In recent years, the "Yixin Europe" China-Europe train has continuously improved the quality of transportation on the basis of normalized development. The train operation has developed from "expanding" to "equalizing both quantity and quality with quality first", and the product structure has also been improved. From small commodities to high-tech products such as automobiles and photovoltaic power generation equipment.

Since 2021, the "Yixin Europe" China-Europe Express (Yiwu platform) has made every effort to undertake the transfer of cargo sources by air and sea, and realize the contrarian growth in the number of line trains and the volume of goods sent. From January 1st to June 30th, 2021, 737 "Yixinou" trains (Yiwu platform) will operate, a year-on-year increase of 149%. A total of 543 outbound trains were shipped, a year-on-year increase of 86.6%. 194 return trains were shipped, a year-on-year increase of 3606.5%. The opening of this train has enriched the connotation of the high-quality development of China-Europe trains across the country. Editor/Tian Zengpeng