Hefei China-European train "steel camel" through the East and West

On the morning of October 18, a train customized by a key auto enterprise in Anhui, loaded with cars and spare parts of the Hefei China-European train, departed from Hefei North Station Logistics Base and headed for Moscow, Russia.

In the first three quarters of 2022, Hefei China-European Liner started a total of 613 standard trains, an increase of 28.78% year-on-year, and 207 standard trains of customized trains for departing enterprises, with a localization rate of 80.93%. 8 years ago, the total number of China-European Liner shipments in Hefei exceeded 2,600 trains, with over 170,000 TEUs sent by sea-rail transport, achieving an import and export trade volume of over US$10 billion.

On June 26, 2014, Anhui Province's first international railroad freight train "Hefei-Xinjiang-Europe" Central Asia train departed from Hefei North Station and headed for Almaty, Kazakhstan, which kicked off the high-quality development of China-Europe train in Hefei.

In November 2017, Hefei Industrial Investment Group invested 500 million yuan to set up "Hefei International Inland Port Development Co., Ltd."; in January 2018, the company officially took over the operation of the China-Europe train, and the Hefei China-Europe train started a new journey of accelerated development.

According to the person in charge of the office of Hefei International Inland Port Development Co., Ltd, during the National Day this year, the company's business department is fully staffed at their posts, scientifically formulating the opening program, keeping the same frequency resonance with the railroad, customs and other departments, seamless docking, and comprehensively strengthening the transport organization and real-time tracking to ensure the safety and punctuality of the CEB trains during the festival.

Innovative "sitting business to business" marketing model, to build a golden channel for inland opening. Hefei has opened the Hefei CEIBS "+Fuyang", "+Wuhu", "+Xuancheng", "+Huangshan", etc. Hefei has opened intercity oriented trains such as "+Fuyang", "+Wuhu", "+Xuancheng", "+Huangshan", etc. The service scope has covered 16 cities in the province; the total number of "JAC", "Chery", "Midea", "Meiling", etc. is 400. The total number of "JAC", "Chery", "Midea", "Meiling" and other customized trains is more than 400.

Continuously expand the coverage and build a mutually beneficial and win-win green channel. Now, Hefei China-European train has covered 18 countries, 86 national node cities, effectively strengthening economic and trade exchanges with countries and regions along the "Belt and Road". Through the China-EU train, the daily commodities, home appliances, electronic products and other products in the province and even at home can reach Europe with faster speed and better price, providing convenience for foreign consumers. At the same time, Hefei China-European train constantly strengthens the balance of "buy global" and "sell global", which expands foreign exports and also introduces foreign high-quality goods for the domestic market and opens a channel for foreign high-quality enterprises to enter the Chinese market.