“Hangzhou green tea has been exploring the Central Asian and European markets for many years. In the past two years, there have been constant surprises. The demand for tea in the Central Asian market has been rising. A large amount of our tea has been exported to the international market through Xinjiang. This will be A transportation line that cannot be underestimated.” On November 29, Wang Hulin, deputy general manager of the Intermodal Transport Department of Hangzhou Sinotrans Co., Ltd. said.
Nowadays, railway tracks connect China with Central Asia, West Asia, Europe and other places in the “Trade Silk Road”. International freight trains not only enhance the soft environment for Xinjiang to undertake the transfer of industries from the mainland, but also open a breakthrough for Xinjiang’s industrial agglomeration and become a A new highlight in the construction of the core area of the Silk Road Economic Belt.
“Made in Xinjiang” goes straight to the target market
In May this year, an international freight train loaded with two carriages of Xinjiang real estate textile and clothing products boarded the “Yuxinou” international freight train at Alashankou Station and went straight to its destination of Hamburg, Germany. This westbound international freight train organized by Xinjiang China-Europe United Logistics Co., Ltd. is the first time that Xinjiang real estate textiles have been transported to Europe on a westbound international freight train. It is also the first time that Xinjiang real estate textiles have been assembled and shipped in Xinjiang in cooperation with mainland China-Europe freight trains. As a result, Xinjiang textile and apparel products exported to Europe can either take the international freight trains originating from Xinjiang, or they can gather with the China-Europe trains running in the mainland and then be sent to Europe after being assembled in Xinjiang, providing Xinjiang textile and apparel enterprises with efficient and convenient services. Exit passage to the west.
On one end is Xinjiang’s continuously releasing textile and apparel production capacity, and on the other end is the international market with rich resources and huge potential. If calculated based on the current number and scale of westbound international freight trains operating in Xinjiang, even if local goods in Xinjiang currently account for only 1/3 of the freight trains sent, this is still an astonishing number.
Peng Ji, deputy director of the Autonomous Region Economic and Information Technology Commission, said that Xinjiang is expected to achieve 200 million sets of clothing processing and production capacity in 2018, and will reach 800 million sets in 2023, of which 1/3 will be sold to the European market. This 1/3 The best logistics method for your goods is to take the Xinjiang International Freight Train and go straight to the target market.
This year, the Xinjiang-Germany (Urumqi-Duisburg) westbound international freight train departing from the Bayi Iron and Steel Railway Station made its debut. It mainly contains PVC and other chemical materials, tomato paste, and food additives produced by local enterprises in Xinjiang. etc. items. “In the future, with the addition of Xinjiang’s equipment manufacturing industry, the IT industry, electronic information industry, light industry specialty industries, etc. will be connected in series. In this way, the entire industry in Xinjiang will be revitalized.” Peng Ji said.
Block trains accelerate industrial agglomeration
On November 29, an international train “re-entry and return”, loaded with mobile phone components, textiles, production equipment and other products, departed from Hamburg, Germany, and arrived in China via Poland, Belarus, Russia, and Kazakhstan. At the national border, after being reloaded at Alashankou Port, it will be deassembled at the Urumqi assembly center of the China-Europe (Central Asia) train and the goods will be distributed to all parts of the country. This is a useful exploration for the gathering center to exert its aggregation effect, layout and improve the overseas logistics chain, and form a “re-entry and return”.
The purpose of opening international freight trains is not just to clear the channels for “X New Europe” across the country. The more far-reaching role of Xinjiang’s international freight trains is to promote the adjustment of industrial structure, especially product organization.
“The convenient and efficient transportation mode of international freight trains, reliable and stable transportation capacity, and direct route advantages to Central Asia, West Asia, and Europe will attract more companies to settle in and accelerate the gathering of industries. It can be predicted that international freight trains will It will become an accelerator to promote the development and upgrading of Xinjiang’s advantageous industries,” Peng Ji said with confidence.
At the end of last year, the planning and construction of the Urumqi International Dry Port Area was officially launched. The purpose is to enhance existing railway logistics resources, optimize international channels, and stimulate the development of Xinjiang’s commercial trade industry.
“It can be seen from this that the Urumqi assembly center for China-Europe (Central Asia) trains is a strategy for the planning and construction of the Urumqi International Land Port Area. The assembly center is not isolated but should be open. Only by integrating into Europe and integrating into my country’s eastern coastal ports , this center can develop and grow.” said Liu Shaohua, director of the Urumqi International Dry Port Zone Development Promotion Office.
Liu Shaohua introduced that to the west, Urumqi International Dry Port Zone has established strategic cooperative relationships with important European railway ports. This year, it has established strategic cooperation relationships with the German Port of Duisburg, the Polish National Railway Freight Company, the Luxembourg National Multimodal Transport Company, and the Belarusian National Multimodal Transport Company. etc. to establish a strategic cooperative relationship. We have in-depth cooperation with each other in terms of station construction and line development; to the east, we have signed contracts with Tianjin Port, Suzhou, Shanghai, and Guangzhou to open Guangxinou, Baoxinou, and Jinxinou, thus turning Urumqi International Dry Port The district is economically integrated with the most developed East China, North China and South China districts in the east, and forms a linkage relationship industrially.
Promote the concentration of national products in Xinjiang
“The overall goal of the China-Europe (Central Asia) Train Urumqi Assembly Center is that all China-Europe, Central Asia, and Russian trains will assemble in Xinjiang. This is the need for the country to launch China-Europe trains and the need for Xinjiang’s economic development. Currently, it has To realize the Central Asian freight trains gathering in Xinjiang, it will be possible in the near future.��Realize the assembly of the entire China-Europe freight trains in Xinjiang. “Peng Ji said.
What is the biggest advantage of gathering national products in Xinjiang? Liu Changlin, chairman and general manager of the International Logistics Company of the Urumqi Railway Bureau, gave an example. It takes about 80 days for some coiled steel from the Tianjin Iron and Steel Plant to be transported to Russia by sea, but it only takes 15 days to arrive through the Urumqi assembly center.
Compressing transportation time and saving capital costs are obviously one of the important reasons why companies prefer to gather goods in Xinjiang.
In the past, Xinjiang’s westbound international freight trains mainly targeted West Asia, Central Asia, and Russia. This year, the Xinjiang to Duisburg, Germany, freight train was launched to realize the assembly of mainland goods in Xinjiang, and also allowed the entire train of goods to be sent from Xinjiang to Duisburg, Germany. Isburg. The core content of the China-Europe (Central Asia) Train Urumqi Assembly Center is to coordinate China-Europe and Central Asia trains, promote the concentration of national products in Xinjiang, and ultimately build Xinjiang into a dry port, transforming Xinjiang from a channel economy to a “channel plus hub” economy .
In the process of promoting the brand upgrade of the Central Europe (Central Asia) Urumqi Assembly Center, the Urumqi Railway Bureau has optimized internal transportation production organization, export vehicle and cargo flow information sharing, cargo in-transit information inquiry, e-commerce platform and other information systems to realize logistics, The business flow, information flow, and capital flow are “integrated” and operated efficiently, and at the same time, it provides customers with value-added logistics services such as warehousing, distribution, transshipment, customs clearance, and freight forwarding. It is not only recognized by large enterprises inside and outside Xinjiang, but also attracts more and more customers. Scattered customers.
Up to now, 82 import and export companies inside and outside Xinjiang, including China Railway International Multimodal Transport Co., Ltd. and COSCO International Logistics Co., Ltd., have formed stable cooperative relationships with the Urumqi Assembly Center for China-Europe (Central Asia) trains.
Peng Ji said that through Xinjiang international freight trains, it will drive the development of various logistics formats such as capital flow and information flow. The logistics industry has also spawned emerging industries such as customs declaration and inspection. Many industries can be transferred to Xinjiang, and the development of the industry can drive the development of urban agglomerations. International freight trains promote the “convergence” of industries in Xinjiang
