Break through 300 columns! Hefei China-Europe train continued its strong development momentum

At 19: 00 on July 21, a Central Asian return train full of cotton yarn and cowhide was shipped from Tashkent to Hefei North Freight Station. So far, the shipment of Hefei Central European train exceeded 300 trains in 2021, an increase of 27 trains compared with the same period. The import and export trade volume is 6.3 billion yuan; Sea-rail alliance shipped 22,454 TEUs, a year-on-year increase of 59.43%, and the import and export trade volume was about 3.1 billion yuan. Since 2021, Hefei's China-Europe train has continued its strong development momentum, and its import and export volume has achieved two-way growth. The China-Europe train serves "the belt and road initiative", helping the international and domestic double circulation to become more prominent.

Weaving dense transportation network Hefei Central Europe trains cover the whole world

Since the beginning of this year, Hefei land port has actively promoted the high-quality development of China-Europe trains, opening 15 new international trunk routes and 9 new stations in 4 countries including Kiev, Prague, Belgium, Antwerp, Madrid, Spain. Up to now, 48 routes have been opened, reaching 14 countries and 44 international node cities directly from point to point, basically covering the whole of Eurasia. In particular, the Hefei Central European Train, which successfully arrived at William Harbor Railway Station on July 15th, is the first Central European train from Hefei to William Harbor, Lower Saxony, marking the extension of Hefei Central European Train to the northwest of Germany.

On the afternoon of July 16, Anhui Province and Lower Saxony, Germany held a high-end cloud visit activity of "Gathering in the Cloud and Talking about the Future" by video. In his speech, Secretary Li Jinbin pointed out that "the friendship between the two sides has become an important bridge for the exchange and dialogue between the' two world civilizations'" "The cooperation between the two sides is becoming an important example of mutual benefit of the' two economic miracles'" "The joint efforts of the two sides will become an important opportunity for the strong alliance of the' two dynamic markets'", and strive to promote it. Hefei's "friend circle" of China-Europe trains has been continuously expanded, gradually forming the "the belt and road initiative" international logistics channel with Hefei North Freight Station as the center and reaching east and west, which has enhanced the ability of "Made in Anhui" to allocate global resources and contributed to the high-quality development of local economy along Anhui and Silk Road.

Give full play to organizational advantages and improve the transport capacity of trains

In 2021, in view of the new situation of congestion at border ports of various countries and shortage of international railway intermodal transport plans, Hefei land port adopted the methods of supplement and adjustment to ensure the operation of Hefei China-Europe trains to the maximum extent. The marshalling of Hefei China-Europe trains was increased from 41 trains to 50 trains, and the traffic volume of each train was increased by 22%, thus effectively improving the transportation capacity. Relying on the loading and unloading capacity of Hefei North Freight Station, giving full play to the advantages of traffic flow organization, giving priority to the arrival, delivery and loading and unloading of train goods, assembling flat cars meeting technical standards, and ensuring the train transportation demand around the clock.

Since 2021, Hefei China-Europe trains have overcome the shortage of transportation capacity and insisted on full-axle and full-load operation, with a total number of trains exceeding 300. On June 30th only, Hefei China-Europe train realized "four consecutive trains" and opened two new routes within 24 hours, and built a friendship bridge between Hefei and Ciucur Sai, Bazayha and Buluoqinaya, demonstrating "Hefei Speed".

Provide intimate service to promote "goods and transportation"

Since the beginning of this year, the number of trains running in China and Europe has steadily increased. Apart from the ever-increasing traffic volume, it is more important that trains always maintain the characteristics of high quality and high added value. The high-quality indicators of trains running in China, such as full load rate, heavy load rate and localization rate, rank among the top in the country. Intimate service, proactive attack, Hefei land port always has a correct attitude and sincere service. Actively establish long-term contact with more than 100 enterprises, and carry out full-process, nanny-style and customized services from "station-to-station" to "door-to-door".

Since 2021, it has helped Jianghuai, Chery, Midea and Meiling to ship 46 special trains. Export goods have also expanded from the initial low value-added products of daily necessities, clothing and small commodities to high-quality products such as white goods, complete automobiles, photovoltaics, mechanical equipment, LCD screens and laser engraving machines. Hefei CEIBS trains have improved their strong adsorption capacity to supply with high-quality services. These high value-added goods have stepped onto CEIBS trains and are showing the world high-quality "Made in China".

Building a three-dimensional logistics channel and releasing new kinetic energy from European trains

With the goal of building the Asia-Europe land-sea trade channel with Hefei assembly center as the hub, Hefei land port strives to realize the transformation from "point-to-point" to "hub-to-hub", and promotes the rapid development of import and export trade and the rapid gathering of industries through the mode of "channel+port+e-commerce+industry".

Since the beginning of this year, Anhui enterprises such as Jianghuai have issued export trains, and businesses such as "Hehe Europe", "Hefei Central Europe Train+Cross-border E-commerce" and "Hefei Central Europe Train+Huangshan" have successively landed; Multi-modal logistics channels such as "water-land-rail" are also constantly opening up, and the container rail-sea intermodal business is developing rapidly. More and more "Anhui Manufacturing" are taking or will soon take the multi-directional "hub" channel of Hefei China-Europe train, going to the world at low cost and fast speed, and the three-dimensional logistics channel formed by Hefei China-Europe train is releasing strong kinetic energy.

Laying a life and health channel provides the power of great connectivity

China-Europe Banlie has not only created the road of trade and commerce in "the belt and road initiative", but also rapidly transformed into the road of health and life in times of crisis under the challenge of global COVID-19 epidemic. Since the new crown epidemic raged all over the world, due to the break of the supply chain and the rising risk of maritime transport, international shipping has experienced a large-scale lag and soaring freight rates, while China-Europe trains have always demonstrated their stability and provided high-quality and efficient logistics services.

Since the outbreak of Covid-19, Hefei Central European trains have delivered epidemic prevention materials with a total value of 21,960,200 US dollars and a total weight of 2,977.3 tons, which has strongly supported the anti-epidemic wars of countries along the route, provided great strength for China Unicom, and injected "Hefei Power" into the global anti-epidemic and boosting economy.

Camel bells ring, and boats look at each other. Since the opening of Hefei China-Europe train in 2014, the cumulative shipment volume has exceeded 1,600 trains, and the sea-rail combined transport has sent over 130,000 TEUs, achieving an import and export trade volume of over RMB 46 billion. Hefei China-Europe train has practiced the "the belt and road initiative" policy, continuously expanded its opening to the outside world, and built a new all-weather, large-capacity, green and low-carbon transportation channel, which effectively guaranteed the stability of the industrial chain and supply chain, and continuously released the development dividend of "the belt and road initiative".

The wind is full of new aspirations, and it is at the right time to forge ahead. Looking forward to the future, in the new situation, new mission and new journey, Hefei CEIBS is bravely acting as the "messenger" of CEIBS, forming a "win-win flower", striving to build an important carrier and star brand for Anhui to integrate into the construction of "the belt and road initiative" and build an inland international logistics hub, and injecting new impetus into the community of destiny between CEIBS.