U.S. Think Tank: The U.S. Should Not Demonize the Belt and Road Initiative
Recently, the website of the Quincy Institute for the Study of Responsible Governance published an article titled "What are the Fallacies in the U.S. Congress' View of China's Belt and Road Initiative? The article argues that U.S. leaders should not demonize the Belt and Road Initiative, but rather recognize the reasons why it has been so warmly received around the world. The full text is excerpted below:
Hubei cross-border e-commerce B2B2C export products exported to Europe on the first China-European Union (CEU) shuttle train
On May 27th, the 50-vehicle train, loaded with more than 460 tons of liquid crystal display screens, automotive parts and accessories, epidemic prevention materials, and cross-border e-commerce export products produced by Wuhan and Hubei enterprises, departed from Wuhan Wujiashan Station. Wuhan Wujiashan Station to Duisburg, Germany. It is reported that this shipment of goods in a container container loading 700 pieces of Hubei cross-border e-commerce B2B2C export products (pet carts), this is the first time that Hubei "9810 supervision" mode cross-border e-commerce products through the Wuhan China-European Union liner to Europe, after arriving in Germany, it will be forwarded to the United Kingdom, London's Amazon international e-commerce warehouses Storage. It is understood that the customs supervision code 9810 referred to as "cross-border e-commerce export overseas warehouse", the model refers to the domestic enterprises through cross-border logistics, will be exported to overseas warehouses of goods in general trade in bulk, the cross-border e-commerce platform to complete the online transaction, the goods are then sent by the overseas warehouses of the overseas consumers, that is, cross-border e-commerce B2B2C export. (People's Information)
Chengdu China-European Union (CEU) train accumulated more than 8,000 columns
On May 26, two CEU trains loaded with anti-epidemic materials and electronic equipment departed from Chengdu International Railway Port, respectively, to Amsterdam, Netherlands, and Felixstowe, United Kingdom. According to statistics, Chengdu China-European liner train has been operating for 8 years and has accumulated more than 8,000 columns, covering 61 cities outside of China, and the value of goods in and out of the port in 2020 amounted to 150.7 billion yuan, driving the import and export trade of Sichuan Province to more than 12 billion U.S. dollars on average per year. In addition, in the afternoon of the same day, Chengdu International Railway Port and Ningbo Port Railway also signed a "Strategic Cooperation Framework Agreement", "Rongyong Imported Iron and Sea Train" will be docked with Chengdu's China-European Union (CEU) train, and promote the construction of a "Japan and Korea-Europe" linking the "Rongyong + Europe". "RongYong+RongEurope" international transit channel. （
Baoding's first zero-subsidy regularized China-Europe shuttle train
On May 26, Baoding's first zero-subsidy regularized China-Europe shuttle train, Baoding-Moscow-Minsk, departed from Baoding's Jingxiongbao International Wisdom Port, and left the port of Erlianhot. Erenhot port exit, stopping in Moscow, Russia, and finally to Minsk, Belarus. It is reported that the train carries 50 40-foot container, goods mainly from Baoding and surrounding areas, the main categories for bags, auto parts, agricultural machinery, medical equipment and textiles, etc., with a total weight of about 700 tons, the total value of about 20 million yuan. According to reports, Baoding zero subsidy regularization of China-European Union liner is expected to start no less than 4 columns in June, no less than 6 columns in July, the follow-up is expected to start 15 columns per month. (Baoding Daily)
Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Bay Area to ASEAN international train debut
May 25 afternoon, a train carrying 41 TEUs of export goods Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Bay Area (Guangzhou Zengcheng) to ASEAN (Hanoi, Vietnam) international train, from the eastern part of the Guangzhou public railway intermodal transportation hub sailed out, and will be in Hanoi, Vietnam, four days later. It is reported that this is this year, Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Bay Area to ASEAN's first Central Asia liner, carrying goods from the Bay Area, goods mainly for home appliances and high-grade home furnishings, cargo weight of about 100,000 tons. According to reports, the use of Central Asia liner transport daily necessities, can effectively reduce the section of the transport time-consuming and cargo damage, compared with the traditional mode of transport to save about 20% of the transport cost. (CCTV)
"Qilu" Eurasian liner first class cold chain train issued
May 22, the first class "Qilu" Eurasian liner cold chain train by the Qingdao SCO demonstration zone, the multimodal transport center issued. The first "Qilu" Eurasian cold chain train was issued by Qingdao Multimodal Transportation Center of SCO Demonstration Zone. It is reported that the train *** load 50 cars, 100 TEUs, cargo for green cauliflower, green asparagus and other frozen chilled agricultural products, the value of about 1 million U.S. dollars, through the Manchuria port exit, is expected to arrive in Moscow, Russia, 15 days later. Next step, "Qilu" Eurasian liner cold chain train will realize normalized operation, and comprehensively enhance the comprehensive service capacity of Eurasian liner. From January to April this year, the total number of "Qilu" Eurasian liner train was 544, an increase of 17.5% year-on-year. Among them, 392 foreign trade import and export trains were launched, accounting for 72.1% of the total, and the transportation line reached 47, which can directly reach 49 cities in 19 countries along the "Belt and Road". (Lightning News)
Hunan has sent more than 1,200 Chinese-European trains in total
On May 22, a X8426 Chinese-European train departed from the railroad yard of Changsha North Railway Station, carrying nearly 1,000 tons of engineering machinery parts, textiles, electronic products and other goods from Hunan and neighboring provinces, and heading to Belarus. Minsk. It is reported that at present, Hunan China-European train has been opened to Hamburg, Budapest, Minsk and other more than 10 routes, connecting 30 countries; since the opening in October 2014, a total of more than 1,200 China-European trains have been issued. (Xinhua)
Cross-border e-commerce 9610 retail export single-day highest clearance unit volume
May 20, cross-border e-commerce 9610 retail export goods in Anhui (Shushan) cross-border e-commerce industrial park supervision warehouse smooth customs clearance, relying on Anhui Province cross-border e-commerce innovation service center collection, distribution, the use of China-European Union liner exports This batch of goods, is expected to arrive in 12 days after the German Neuss, marking the Hefei comprehensive test area "cross-border e-commerce 9610 + China-European liner" mode of formal normalization of operation. According to reports, the "cross-border e-commerce 9610 + China-European liner" clearance unit volume of about 69,000 votes, weight 5.7 tons, the total number of packages 497, the goods for the life of the department store category, once again refreshing the Hefei cross-border e-commerce 9610 retail exports in a single day the highest volume of clearance units. (Xiaoxiang Morning News)
Quancheng Customs check and release the first batch of cross-border e-commerce list export goods on the China-European liner train
Recently, Quancheng Customs check and release the first batch of cross-border e-commerce list export (9710) goods on the China-European liner train in the customs area, which are mainly ladies' handbags,********. The goods are mainly ladies' handbags, *** declaration list 101, the value of 475,200 yuan, issued by Jinan on May 20, exported to Russia via Manzhouli. This is following the first batch of cross-border e-commerce declarations in Jinan on April 17 to export goods on the China-European Union (CEU) liner, another batch of cross-border e-commerce goods on the CEU liner. According to reports, different modes of cross-border e-commerce goods carried on the China-European Union liner exports in the success of the success of successive trials, will greatly enhance the cross-border e-commerce enterprises to choose the confidence of the Eurasian liner, I believe that Jinan will usher in the first cross-border e-commerce Eurasian special train in the near future. (Popular Daily)
Since this year, Zhejiang China-European liner train year-on-year growth of 270.7%
From the China Railway Shanghai Bureau Group Corporation Jinhua Cargo Center, we learned that since this year, Zhejiang China-European liner train*** 749 columns, shipping 62,124 TEU, an increase of 270.7% year-on-year. Yiwu, Jinhua, China-EU back to the train this year, the opening of the situation have achieved a major breakthrough. As of May 5, this year, Zhejiang backhaul train reached 230 columns, 19,056 TEUs, the import volume increased 287.7 times year-on-year. Among them, Yiwu backhaul 127 columns, 10,500 TEU, imported boxes increased 157.1 times; Jinhua backhaul 103 columns, 8,556 TEU, change the same period last year, Jinhua no backhaul liner situation. In the next step, Zhejiang China-EU liner will strive to realize the target of "1,500 trains and 1,800 trains" in 2021. (Xinhua Silk Road Network)
Lianyungang China-European liner train accumulated 185 columns in January-April
Recently, the liner train full of 1,086 tons of Central Asian potash arrived at the China-Kazakhstan logistics base in the port of Lianyungang, and after a short period of changeover, the goods were sent to Lianyungang, Southeast Asia, on the container liner Lianyungang-Southeast Asia. After a short period of loading and unloading, the goods were sent to Thailand by "Lianyungang-Southeast Asia" container liner. At the same time, a batch of containers loaded with second-hand automobiles arrived at the port and unloaded the ship directly to the logistics base in China and Kazakhstan assembly, ready to be sent to Ulan Bator, Mongolia, through Lianyungang China-European Union liner through the Erlianhot port. In addition, the eastward transit of ferrochrome alloy, westbound household goods, building materials and computer parts and other products are ready to go in the container yard. Data show that from January to April this year, Lianyungang China-European liner train has sent a total of 15,202 TEUs, a total of 185 columns, operating in a good situation. (Xinhua Daily)
Chongqing strives to increase the freight volume of the western land and sea new channel this year
Western land and sea new channel operation and organization center in May 24 news, Chongqing has introduced the "2021 Chongqing Municipality to promote the construction of new channels in the western land and sea work points," put forward to strive for the whole year of the year iron and sea intermodal liner, cross-border highway shuttle buses Chongqing has recently issued the "Work Points for Promoting the Construction of the New Western Land-Sea Corridor", proposing to strive to increase the annual volume of rail-sea intermodal liner, cross-border highway liner, and international railroad intermodal liner by more than 15%. The main points of the work include five aspects, including the optimization of the operational organization, clear this year to encrypt the western land and sea new channel three modes of transport operation frequency, vigorously promote the iron and sea intermodal transport "a single system" pilot, and relying on the operation of the organization of the center in Chongqing, to promote the channel of the construction of public **** information platform; in the improvement of infrastructure. Not only to promote the expansion of the Yuqian Expressway and other highway construction, but also to start the construction of the western land and sea new channel Chongqing waterless port project project (a) ... (Chongqing Daily)
China-Hungary "dual-zone linkage" boost cross-border e-commerce cooperation
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On May 26th, Hungary's China-EU Business and Logistics Cooperation Park signed a "dual-zone linkage" cooperation memorandum with Zhejiang Province's Free Trade Zone in Jinyi, which is the first "dual-zone linkage" cooperation memorandum signed by a city in the Yangtze River Delta and Hungary, and will be the first to promote cross-border e-commerce cooperation between the Yangtze River Delta region and the Central and Eastern European countries. Promote cross-border e-commerce trade between the Yangtze River Delta region and Central and Eastern European countries to build a new bridge. It is reported that the two zones will work together to open up the whole chain of cross-border e-commerce import and export links, and promote the high-quality development of China-Europe shuttle trains and overseas warehouses. In the first quarter of this year, under the mechanism of "double zone linkage", Linyi and Ganzhou realized new exports to Hungary of more than 10 million US dollars and 70 million US dollars respectively, a record high. (People's Daily Online)
Turkey's sixth and seventh freight trains departed for China
According to foreign media reports, on May 24, Turkey's sixth and seventh freight trains exporting goods to China departed from the city of ?zmit in the province of Kocaeli, heading for Xi'an, China. It is reported that the two trains*** carried 2,250 tons and 41 containers of MDF-coated panels via the BTK Railway via Georgia, Azerbaijan, the Caspian Sea, and Kazakhstan, running 8,693 kilometers and taking about 12 days. It is reported that the train will be operated by the Turkish State Railways together with its Asia-Europe transshipment operator ****. The Turkish side predicts that the transportation volume between Turkey and China will gain further growth in the coming years, with 1,500 train trips and 60,000 TEUs to be operated annually. (Embassy of Turkey in China, the most railfreight)
Austrian Railways expanding the station, the goal of 1,000 trains in China and Europe
According to foreign media reports, the Austrian Federal Railways BB has now launched the second phase of the expansion of the Vienna South Station. It is expected that after the completion of the yard handling capacity will be increased by about 50%, equivalent to an annual increase of 105,000 ITE (intermodal transport units), that is, 310,000 ITE. It is understood that the second phase of the expansion of the yard will be equipped with two 700-meter loading track and two high-performance forklift trucks for ITE. In addition, a Phase III expansion is also on the agenda, which will further increase the yard's intermodal capacity, which is expected to be up to 400,000 ITEs.(Railfreight)
China's Intercontinental Railway Update
On May 24th, it was announced that China's Intercontinental Railway, for its part, will continue to keep a tight rein on its rail capacity. tight control to ease cross-border transportation congestion. Intercontinental rail capacity is expected to remain tight in May, especially between China and Eastern Europe (Russia, Poland and Hungary). Average delays are expected to be 5-7 days in Manzhouli, Erlianhot and Malaszewicz, Poland; and 3-5 days in Alashankou and Khorgos. (Maersk Group)
China and Russia Open New Cold Chain Railway Train
Russian news agency TASS reported on May 22 that the first train of the China-Russia Cold Chain Railway Train had departed from Moscow to Qingdao on the same day, and that the line would become another transportation corridor between China and Russia to operate on a regular basis. The Russian operator said the train consists of 50 second-generation autonomous refrigerated containers, mainly used for transporting frozen and fresh fruits and vegetables, meat and dairy products, aquatic products, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and electronic products, etc. The position of the containers is rearranged when they are changed at the border crossing points, which can significantly reduce the delivery time, and the cargo volume is expected to be 50,000 tons per year. It is expected that the next train will depart from Moscow on June 12th. (Embassy of the Russian Federation Economic and Commercial Office)
China-Russia Customs, railroads, bilateral regional "quadrilateral talks" held
Recently, Manzhouli Customs, China Railway Harbin Bureau Group Corporation and the Russian Far East Customs Administration, Russia, Zabaikalye Railway held a meeting of the Chinese Customs and Railway Bureau via video network. Railroad Bureau through the network video held in China and Russia Customs, Railway bilateral regional "quadrilateral talks". During the talks, the representatives of the "four parties" on further deepening the regional cooperation between Chinese and Russian customs and railroads, improve customs clearance facilitation, optimize the import and export of goods through the Manzhouli - Zabaikalsk railroad ports, in particular the customs clearance environment for goods transported by the China-European liner to improve customs clearance efficiency and other aspects of the exchange of views, to reach a wide range of *** knowledge, the parties indicated that they would In the efficient, pragmatic principle of comprehensively improve the level of cooperation, the establishment of a closer liaison mechanism, close exchanges and cooperation, hand in hand for the development of China-Russia trade to make new contributions. (Nine News)
This year's Alashankou return China-European train breaks through a thousand
On May 25th at 18:00, in Alashankou Railway Port Station, a wide track field, a train of 3318 China-European train from Poland, through the Dostyk station in Kazakhstan to the return of the train smoothly docked in the Alashankou Railway Port Station, a wide track field. This is the Alashankou station this year, the entry of the 1,053th China-European train, after reloading, this train continues to destination Yiwu, Zhejiang Province. According to the introduction, at present, the number of Chinese and European trains entering the country through Alashankou ranks first in the country, and the number of Chinese and European trains entering the country every day has reached 7. As of May 26, the number of inbound and outbound China-European trains at Alashankou Port this year has reached 2,373, up 47.7% year-on-year, of which 1,059 are return trains, up 67.3% year-on-year, 67 days earlier than the same period of last year when the number exceeded 1,000 trains. (Xinjiang Railway)
The Xinjiang Customs has launched the automatic import customs clearance mode
A few days ago, the Wuchang Customs has adopted the automatic import customs clearance mode and successfully tested and cleared 52 tons of imported transit goods from Russia, which became the first imported goods in the whole Xinjiang to be cleared in the mode, which means that the automatic import customs clearance mode is officially launched in the whole Xinjiang. This means that the automatic import customs clearance mode has been formally launched in the whole Xinjiang. According to reports, after the imported goods are transferred to the China-European liner (Urumqi) consolidation center, through the import of customs clearance automatic write-off can realize the rapid release, break the logistics bottleneck, and effectively guarantee the stable and efficient operation of the China-European liner. （
The total number of Eurasian trains passing through Horgos exceeds 14,000
On the afternoon of May 23, the 2019 China-European liner from Xi'an International Port, loaded with goods such as daily necessities, machinery parts, clothing and toys, started from the quasi-railway yard of the Horgos station and went to Malaszewicz in Poland, which is the 14th largest train to enter and exit the country through the Horgos railway port. This is the 14,016th China-European train entering and leaving the country through Horgos Railway Port, and the total number of train departures from this station has exceeded the 14,000 mark. According to the introduction, Horgos Station has now compressed the release time of the whole train to 1 hour, coupled with the digital construction of the port and the upgrading of the capacity of the port equipment, the transport capacity of the train has been increased by more than 30%. At present, through the Horgos port inbound and outbound shuttle lines up to 22, connecting 18 countries and 45 cities, goods, including food and timber, clothing and general merchandise, machinery and equipment, more than 200 kinds of. (CCTV)
China-Europe shuttle train operation in Manzhouli port from January to April this year
As of April this year, the cross-border shuttle train **** has 57 inbound and outbound routes, of which 21 are inbound and 36 are outbound. From January to April this year, the total number of cross-border liner trains at Manzhouli Port was 1,033 (up 37.9% year-on-year), 83,432 TEUs (up 32.4% year-on-year), and the total value of goods was about 10.121 billion RMB (up 16.4% year-on-year). Among them, 525 inbound trains (up 67.7% year-on-year), 42,218 TEUs (up 61.5% year-on-year), with a cargo value of RMB 4.97 billion (up 33.9% year-on-year); 508 outbound trains (up 16.5% year-on-year), 41,214 TEUs (up 11.8% year-on-year), with a cargo value of RMB 5.151 billion (up 3.4% year-on-year). 3.4%). (Hulunbeier City Bureau of Commerce)