On May 22, the first china-china train set off from yantian Hong Kong for Europe, becoming an important measure and effective starting point for the "One Belt And One Road" construction in shenzhen and the greater bay area of guangdong, Hong Kong, Macao.
The total length of the line is about 9,900 kilometers, and the expected operation time is about 13 days. The goods from guangdong, Hong Kong, Macao and southeast Asia will be exported to the countries along the "One Belt And One Road". The inaugural ceremony of the China-Europe freight train (From Shenzhen to Minsk) was held yesterday. It is understood that this is the first china-Europe freight train in Shenzhen, which also makes Shenzhen the 29th city in China to launch the china-Europe freight train. In the future, the train will strive to extend to Hamburg, Germany, and from the current export single-line transport to import and export two-way transport.
Integration of Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macao, Southeast Asia, the supply of goods
The China-Europe freight trains refer to international freight trains from China to Europe. According to the statistics of China Railway Corporation, more than 4,000 freight trains have been operated since their launch in 2011, among which the number of trains running this year has exceeded 1,000. Yesterday morning, the launch ceremony of the China-Europe train (Shenzhen-Minsk) was held at Yantian Port in Shenzhen. The train will depart from Shenzhen, pass Alashankou in Xinjiang province, and finally arrive in Minsk, Belarus. The total length of the train line is about 9,900 kilometers, and it is expected to run for about 13 days. It is understood that yesterday's china-Europe freight train (Shenzhen to Minsk) is the first china-Europe freight train in Shenzhen, which also makes Shenzhen the 29th city in China.
Peng Tang, deputy general manager of Guangzhou branch of China Railway Container Lines, said that the products of the china-Europe train that started yesterday are mainly from The Langhua supply chain in Shenzhen, and the products are mainly bulk e-commerce products, light industrial and high-tech electronic products. Shenzhen Customs said the first train was carrying 41 containers of goods worth nearly $8 million. It is understood that the freight products applicable to the future China-Europe freight train (Shenzhen to Minsk) include high-end equipment, electronic products, medical equipment, industrial equipment, automobiles and accessories, high-end furniture, high-end consumer goods, agricultural products and so on.
Central European trains to Minsk (shenzhen), Hong Kong and Macao to integrate the supply of goods, and southeast Asia, take advantage of shenzhen port and rail, set up in addition to the shipping, air transport of the third kind of mode of transportation, connected "neighbourhood" all the way along the route of kazakhstan, Russia, belarus and other countries, help enterprise to reduce product transportation time, reduce logistics cost. The person in charge of Shenzhen Langhua Supply Chain Service Co., LTD introduced that the China-Europe freight train has the characteristics of fast speed, accuracy and strong continuity compared with sea freight, and has the characteristics of low cost compared with air freight.
Two-way transport is scheduled to begin in September
The lack of supply for the return journey is an important problem faced by other cities with china-Europe freight trains. "At the beginning, we will only run export trains. After the supply of goods stabilizes in Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macao and Southeast Asia, we will increase the frequency and return trains in due time. We plan to extend the train to Hamburg, Germany in the next few months." Zheng Shenggang, director of freight department of Guangzhou Railway Group, introduced that the sino-European freight train (Shenzhen to Minsk) will carry out weekly single line (export) transportation at the beginning, and the frequency is one a week. The plan is to realize two-way transportation starting in September, and strive for two shifts of export and one shift of import every week.
According to the shenzhen customs, the first four months of 2017, shenzhen to the European Union's import and export 802. 600 million yuan, 7.7% higher than the same period last year, accounting for the same period of the total cost of the our country to the European Union's import and export 6. 5%, the central trains to Minsk (shenzhen) opened, will be via kazakhstan, Russia, belarus, the future can be radiation from Poland, Germany and other European countries, is conducive to shenzhen to strengthen contacts with the cooperation of countries along the "area".
Relevant officials of Shenzhen Customs said that they will continue to follow up and solve the problems that may occur after the opening of the China-Europe freight train (Shenzhen-Minsk). While implementing the regulatory measures, they will focus on improving the customs clearance efficiency. Special personnel will be assigned to the china-Europe freight train business to escort the normal customs clearance.