On November 17, the 33rd China-Europe freight train departed from Guiyang International Land Port, carrying 50 40-foot containers containing radiators, screw air compressors and other goods, and will depart for Moscow Volshino via the Alashankou border.

On November 18 last year, Guizhou sent out a full train of China-Europe trains for the first time. In one year, the number of China-Europe trains in Guizhou increased from 2 temporary trains per month to 4 scheduled trains per month; the routes were extended from a single transport route covering all stations in Moscow to Malaga, Hamburg and Budapest in the hinterland of Europe; from a single China-Europe channel to a China-Laos train and Guizhou-Guangdong train interweaving into a network with efficient connections; the categories of cargo transportation are becoming more diversified, and more and more "Guizhou goods" are going to the world through China-Europe trains.

On November 17, the 33rd China-Europe freight train departed from Guiyang International Land Port (Photo source: Xinhua Finance)

"The launch of the China-Europe express in Guizhou has provided the company with a stable export channel." Zhou Yajun, assistant general manager of the Guiyang branch of Jiangsu Feiliks International Logistics Co., Ltd., said that compared with sea transportation, the China-Europe express has faster logistics transportation timeliness, lower export costs and improved safety during transportation.

"The railway department's priority transport capacity to ensure the safe operation of the China-Europe express trains is a model for serving the Belt and Road Initiative and in-depth cooperation with local governments and enterprises. We will optimize the guarantee measures to help Guizhou integrate into the national development strategy and serve the economic development of the southwest." said Ou Ge, deputy stationmaster of Guiyang South Railway Station.

Zhou Jiqiang, deputy general manager of Guizhou Multimodal Transport Industry Development Co., Ltd., introduced that Guizhou's China-Europe freight trains have direct point-to-point services, which will promote Guizhou's integration into the European transport organization system and help the rapid development of Guizhou's export-oriented economy. It will play a positive role in optimizing Guizhou's business environment, reducing social logistics costs, undertaking industrial transfer, cultivating new business forms, and promoting the supporting upgrade of industrial foundations and guarantee conditions.

A relevant person in charge of the Guizhou Provincial Department of Commerce said that with the continuous improvement of the functions of Guiyang International Land Port, the international trade and international channel logistics systems have been gradually established, which will promote Guiyang to become an open hub for Guizhou and even the southwest region. This is of great significance to promoting Guizhou's integration into the new pattern of western development, enhancing the status of the new western land-sea channel, strengthening regional interaction and cooperation, and fully, accurately and comprehensively implementing the new development concept. It is of great significance to accelerate the integration into the new development pattern with the domestic circulation as the main body and the domestic and international circulations mutually promoting each other. 　　

Source: Exploring the New Silk Road

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