The cumulative number of freight trains has exceeded 50,000! In 2022, the China-Europe freight trains galloping across the Eurasian continent ushered in a new milestone. Amid the headwinds of poor global circulation and insufficient transportation capacity, this "steel camel team" has continued to accelerate, strongly supporting the "arteries" of the global industrial chain supply chain with stable, reliable and efficient logistics services, and running through the "lifeline" of epidemic prevention and control ”, showing resilience and responsibility, and conveying confidence and strength.
From 0 to 50,000 freight trains, the numbers have witnessed the growth of the "steel camel team". In just over ten years, the China Railway Express has changed from a "line segment" to a "network", from "going without return" to "returning with a full load". At the beginning of the operation, the China-Europe freight train was faced with the dilemma of shortage of supply. In 2011, only 17 freight trains were opened. Today, it is difficult to find a container and "booking by lottery" has become the normal operation of China-Europe freight trains. Up to now, the China-Europe freight train has transported more than 4.55 million TEUs of goods with a value of 240 billion US dollars, and has 78 paved and operated lines, reaching 180 cities in 23 European countries. Despite the impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, China-Europe freight trains have continued to grow against the trend. For two consecutive years, the number of trains has exceeded 10,000, which once again confirmed the strong vitality and appeal of the "Belt and Road" construction, and demonstrated the "intersection with the world and the times".
Why does the China-Europe freight train gallop all the way, constantly bursting with new vitality?
First of all, it has opened a win-win door for mutual promotion of supply and demand and complementary advantages. The popularity of China-Europe trains is inseparable from the prosperity of China-Europe trade. In 2020, China for the first time surpassed the United States to become the EU's most important trading partner. In 2021, the total import and export value between China and the EU will reach US$828.11 billion, a year-on-year increase of 27.5%, continuing to maintain the status of the EU's largest trading partner. Under the influence of China-EU economic and trade cooperation, the China-Europe freight train has become a "golden train", which not only brings business opportunities to tens of thousands of enterprises at home and abroad, and brings benefits to hundreds of millions of people along the line, but also promotes the prosperity and development of the port economy and the hub economy. Countries along the route share the dividends of China's super-large market.
Secondly, it has opened up a channel of life to help each other and fight the epidemic together. Under the circumstance that sea and air transportation are blocked, the China-Europe freight train has maintained safe and stable operation for 20 consecutive months, effectively ensuring the stability and smoothness of the international industrial chain and supply chain. The Chinese side has included the transportation of anti-epidemic materials into the key guarantee scope of the China-Europe freight train, and implemented priority transportation, priority loading, and priority trucking. As of the end of November 2021, China-Europe freight trains have transported 13.43 million pieces of anti-epidemic materials, totaling 103,000 tons; the Yiwu platform of China-Europe freight trains has also opened a special train for epidemic prevention materials according to customer needs. Facing the challenges of globalization, the China Railway Express has demonstrated the responsibility of China to help each other in the same boat, and vividly interprets the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind.
Once again, a bridge of friendship for open cooperation, mutual benefit and sharing has been built. Today's "friend circle" of China-Europe freight trains is getting bigger and bigger, and new logistics, industrial, and commercial centers have sprung up wherever they pass, and thousands of job opportunities have been released to the international market. In Duisburg, Germany, the China Railway Express has attracted hundreds of logistics companies to settle down, creating more than 20,000 employment opportunities; at the Malaszewicz port in Poland, the business volume of the China Railway Express has grown rapidly, contributing to local economic growth and economic growth. important contribution to employment. As a transcontinental, large-capacity, all-weather, green and low-carbon mode of transportation, the success of the China-Europe freight train is a positive result of all parties promoting a stronger, greener and more sustainable development and building a community with a shared future for global development.
Riding the east wind of the "steel camel team", China, which is constantly expanding its opening up, is willing to join hands with other countries to build the "Belt and Road" with high quality, contribute more to the recovery of the global economy, and move forward towards a better future!
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