(Lan Qingxin) Opening up channels for anti-epidemic materials to help stabilize the international supply chain
(Source: "China w88 News" 2020-04-23 Page A2)
At present, after platform companies and related enterprises in major train departure places such as Chongqing, Chengdu, Zhengzhou, Xi'an, Suzhou, and Yiwu have resumed work and production, on March 28, Wuhan launched the first China-Europe train to Duisburg, Germany since the outbreak, and arrived at its destination on April 14. Taking this as a sign, all major domestic cities that operate China-Europe trains have resumed outbound train transportation.
Zhao Jun, director of the Freight Department of China State Railway Group Co., Ltd., introduced at the recent press conference of the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council that in the first quarter of this year, a total of 1,941 China-Europe trains operated, sending 174,000 TEUs of goods, a year-on-year increase of 15% and 18% respectively. In March, a total of 809 China-Europe freight trains were operated, including 503 outbound trains. Both indicators set a record high in a single month. Based on the current situation analysis in April, China-Europe freight trains have continued the development momentum in March, especially the demand for freight from China to Europe has increased significantly.
“Compared with sea transport and air transport, China-Europe trains adopt a baton-style segmented transportation operation method that does not involve personnel quarantine. This is an important reason why China-Europe trains are less affected by the epidemic and achieve growth against the market.” Senior International Railway Che Tanlai, a transportation expert and researcher at the China Communications and Transportation Association, said in an interview with a reporter from China w88 News that China-Europe trains are reliable and fast. Moreover, the European railway network is developed, and China-Europe trains are very convenient and flexible for transfer and distribution in Europe.
“The growth of China-Europe freight trains against the market trend shows that the epidemic has not changed China’s position in the international industrial chain.” Lan Qingxin, professor at the w88 casino and chief expert of the National Social Science Fund’s “Belt and Road” major projectAccording to the reporter's analysis, against the background of the gradual easing of the domestic epidemic, the resumption of work and production of enterprises has continued, which has made the China-Europe Railway Express' ability to meet international demand rebound; the current epidemic situation in Europe is relatively severe, and countries are in urgent need of various epidemic prevention materials and daily necessities. Compared with sea transport, China-Europe Railway Express has a time advantage; compared with air transport, it has the advantages of low cost and large cargo capacity, so the demand for China-Europe Railway Express transportation has increased significantly. In the context of the global fight against the epidemic, it is in the interest of each country to strengthen economic and w88 cooperation.
It is understood that China-Europe trains have shipped a total of 448,000 pieces of anti-epidemic materials, 1,440 tons, mainly to Italy, Germany, Spain, the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, the Netherlands, Lithuania and other countries, and use these countries as nodes to distribute to more European countries. Experts interviewed said that exporting medical, production materials and daily necessities needed to fight the epidemic to Europe through China-Europe trains will help ensure the smooth flow of China-Europe industrial and supply chains. At the same time, China-Europe trains will also effectively promote global anti-epidemic cooperation.
In Lan Qingxin’s view, as a means of freight connecting countries in Eurasia, China-Europe trains are an important way to stabilize the global supply chain. Especially in the construction of the “One Belt, One Road”, the economies of landlocked countries in Eurasia are closely linked, and no country can produce all the products they need without international w88. Chinese manufacturing has great cost advantages and quality advantages in Eurasia. Meeting the needs of Eurasian countries through China-Europe trains is also necessary to ensure that its own industrial chain expands the international market and promotes my country’s economic development.
“China-Europe trains play a very important role in stabilizing the international supply chain, especially in stabilizing the international supply chain in the Eurasian continent.” For Chetan, this is mainly reflected in several aspects: In terms of high value-added and high-timeliness cargo transportation, China-Europe trains can provide customers with safe, reliable and fast transportation. Transportation to the destination; in terms of international production capacity cooperation, China-Europe freight trains provide guarantee and support for the normal operation of the automobile production and sales supply chain between China and Europe; China-Europe freight trains play an irreplaceable role in the transportation of goods from inland to inland areas, shortening the distance of cross-border transportation in inland areas and improving international transportation efficiency.
The State Council executive meeting recently proposed that the capacity of freight channels such as China-Europe trains should be improved, and all efforts should be made to undertake the transfer of goods by sea and air, and support the stabilization of the international supply chain and the resumption of work and production.
In order to further play the role of China-Europe trains in stabilizing the international supply chain and improve the quality and efficiency of the development of China-Europe trains, Lan Qingxin suggested that China-Europe train operators should make full use of information technology to understand the needs of domestic and foreign enterprises, scientifically and rationally allocate goods, make full use of train space, and reduce vacancy rates; they should seize development opportunities and give full play to their advantages to increase their influence and visibility in the process of transporting anti-epidemic materials and contributing to the international community's anti-epidemic efforts, thereby cultivating sustainable development capabilities.
Che Tanlai suggested that, first of all, the state should strengthen guidance on the organization of cargo sources and strengthen planning; secondly, China-Europe trains should use marketization as the principle to design better products and provide better logistics solutions for customers; the operating platform and companies of China-Europe trains should develop specific markets suitable for China-Europe trains and maintain specific customer groups; they should strengthen contact and cooperation and coordination with the railway departments of countries along the line. Efforts should be made to reduce costs and build China-Europe trains into a logistics product with development potential between Asia and Europe to ensure that it can achieve stable, long-term, market-oriented operation; China-Europe trains should also strengthen cooperation with countries along the “Belt and Road”. Russia, Central Asia and other countries and regions along the “Belt and Road” have great market development potential. Using China-Europe trains to open up logistics channels along the route will help smooth the w88 industry chain between China and Europe and achieve mutual benefit and win-win results.
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