Xinjiang International Freight Trains: New Engine on the Belt and Road Initiative

After the country identified the “One Belt and One Road” strategy, the provinces have spared no expense in subsidizing the establishment of China-European train lines. The “New Silk Road” that spans the Eurasian Continental Bridge is becoming increasingly crowded, and the late Xinjiang international freight trains However, it has become a new engine on the Belt and Road.

Xinjiang Zhongya Bangli is expected to reach 5 columns a day

Chongqing, Chengdu, Zhengzhou, Wuhan, Changsha, Yiwu, and Hefei... These cities have opened the China-EU class train lines. Statistics show that China and the European countries ranked from column 1 to column 500 for four years; from column 501 to column 1000, it took seven months; from column 1001 to column 1500, it took five months; from 1501 Listed in column 2000, it took only three and a half months.

Although Xinjiang, as the core area of ​​the Silk Road Economic Belt, started relatively late, it has now formed a coverage centered on Central Asian countries and supplemented by European countries.

Since the opening of the first international westbound flight in Xinjiang in 2014, a total of 328 trains have been opened. Especially since the Central European (Central Asian) Banle Urumqi assembly center was put into operation in May this year, the number of international freight trains in Xinjiang's westbound trains has increased month by month. In November, a series of normalization and large-scale development started.

Peng Ji, deputy director of the autonomous region's Economic and Information Commission, said that by the end of next year, Xinjiang's Central Asian trains are expected to reach 4 or 5 columns a day.

In addition to the rapid increase in the number, the westbound international freight trains in Xinjiang have a wider range of radiation than the domestic international freight trains such as “New Europe” and “Zheng Xinou” which were opened earlier in the country.

The international freight trains opened in Xinjiang are listed for the first time in the country with multi-point departure, multi-line operation, and multi-point arrival international train operations. The loading station consists of several central stations including Urumqi, Korla, and Shihezi. The multiple branch lines for Central Asia, West Asia, and Europe are more conducive to the development of Xinjiang's characteristic and advantageous industries, boost employment, and benefit the people.

Xinjiang Central Asia Banlie has realized marketization

The domestic cities competed to open the China-Europe Banque, and most of them were subsidized by the government and began to grab the goods.

According to industry sources, the cities in China and the European countries started to receive a container high cabinet subsidy of 4,000 to 4,500 U.S. dollars. Recently, due to the increase in the volume of some of the trains and the return of some cargoes, the subsidy for a container high cabinet has declined. It is 3000 to 3500 US dollars.

In the beginning, Xinjiang Banya Group has undoubtedly also taken the same subsidy road as other cities. However, this situation has changed.

Peng Ji said that at present, Xinjiang Central Asia has achieved marketization and regular operation. The so-called marketization means that the government can operate normally even if it cancels subsidies. The normalization is to achieve one column per day and finally achieve five columns per day.

For this change, Hongyunda International Agency Co., Ltd. Zhang Qianzhi was deeply impressed. “In the past, the cost of international freight trains was too high. I remember that the highest time was a container of more than 9,000 yuan, and now it is almost around 3,300 yuan,” he said.

The Central China (Central Asia) Banle Urumqi assembly center was initially formed and further reduced the cost. At present, the China-Europe (Central Asia) Banle Urumqi assembly center has established cargo points for imports from nine large import and export enterprises in Xinjiang. Some traders have switched from mainland procurement to local procurement in Xinjiang, reducing procurement costs, and also stabilizing economic growth in Xinjiang. It played an important role.

Cahal Amuti, Deputy Director of Tomato Sales Department of COFCO Tunhe Co., Ltd., said that COFCO Tunhe chose to handle international trade in the Urumqi Settlement Center. reason.

"The future economic and trade status of Urumqi may be Hong Kong now."

It is understood that in the past, many cargoes in China's interior were taken by sea, and the time cost was 65 days. It takes only 15 days to go through the Xinjiang International Freight Train. The formation of the central hub of Urumqi in Central Europe (Central Asia) will again lower time and financial costs.

Liu Changlin, manager of the Wutie International Logistics Corporation, gave an example. From Texas trains to Almaty, it took six and a half days, scattered goods took 40 to 40 days, and some of Tianjin Steel's steel coils went by sea. It took about 80 days to get to Russia, and it took only 15 days to get it through the assembly center. "Saves customers money and financial costs."

Peng Ji said that a lot of marine products will go through Xinjiang in Xinjiang International Freight Group, which will drive the development of various logistics such as capital flow and information flow. The logistics itself will also derive new industries such as customs declaration, inspection and inspection, finance and insurance. Many industries can be transferred to Xinjiang. Through the development of the industry, the development of urban agglomerations is certainly a trend of economic development. "The future economic and trade status of Urumqi may be now Hong Kong and Singapore."