China-Europe Express Train Helps Merchants and Consumers Share Dividends due Pandemic
Warsaw, November 14th. In the context of Coronavirus once again raging in Europe, this year’s “Double Eleven”, the China-Europe Railway Express has provoked the “Beam” of China-Europe road transportation, helping Chinese and European businesses and consumers to share the “Double Eleven” Promotional bonus, it is estimated that more than 4 million “Double Eleven” packages will be delivered to Europe via the China-Europe Express.
From Yiwu to Madrid, from Wuhan to Duisburg, from Jinan to Budapestu2026u2026 at both ends of the Eurasian continent, despite repeated Coronavirus, the China-Europe Express has always faithfully fulfilled its mission of fighting the Coronavirus as a “channel of life”, and at the same time, it is to promote trade exchanges and drive Contribute to economic recovery.
On November 13, China-Europe Express (Xiamen) X8098 freight train departed from Xiamen Haicang Station in Fujian to Hamburg, Germany. The train is fully loaded with materials such as office supplies, auto parts, and goods such as plastic products and cables. (Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Wei Peiquan)
Not just China’s “Double Eleven”
In the autumn rain, the “Polish Dairy Train” loaded with 1,100 tons of dairy products slowly entered Wuhan Wujiashan Station to supplement the “Double Eleven” supply for merchants.
Agata Maziarchik-Pisarska, Chief Commercial Officer of the Polish Wichi Group who participated in organizing the dairy special said: “Poland is a major producer and exporter of dairy products in the EU, while China has a huge potential consumer market. The China-Europe Express has built a bridge between China and Poland and China and Europe.”
Despite the impact of the pandemic, Polish exports of dairy products to China in the first half of this year increased by 70% year-on-year. In the opinion of Agnieszka Malishevska, chairman of the Polish Dairy Chamber of Commerce, China-Europe Railway Express has promoted the export of Polish dairy products with its unique advantages.
As this year’s “Double Eleven” promotion started ahead of schedule, the first cross-border e-commerce special train “Cainiao” was fully loaded with 200,000 European consumer online shopping packages to Europe as early as early November. Xie Zhiyu, head of Cainiao International’s backbone network, said that it is expected that more than 4 million “Double Eleven” packages will be delivered to Europe via the China-Europe Express.
On November 11, at the Cainiao overseas warehouse in Guadalajara, Spain, staff were sorting goods. (Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Meng Dingbo)
Set up a “channel of life” connecting China and Europe
The China-Europe Express trains are transported in sections and do not involve personnel quarantine. It has unique advantages over sea and air transport. When the pandemic caused cross-border transportation to close to a halt, the China-Europe Railway Express provoked the “beams” of China-Europe Road transportation to assist countries along the route to fight the pandemic.
At the worst of the pandemic in Europe, the X8020 China-Europe train, carrying more than 110,000 medical masks and 766 sets of protective clothing, took the lead to set off and rushed to the “epicenter” Madrid, Spain. The China-Europe Railway Express has become a “passage of life” and “link of fate” for countries along the route to fight the pandemic together. According to data from China National Railway Group, since the outbreak of the pandemic, China-Europe freight trains have shipped 7.51 million anti-pandemic materials and 62,000 tons to Europe.
The Deputy Mayor of Duisburg, Germany, Andre Hacker told Xinhua News Agency that due to the pandemic, shipping has been almost suspended, with high air freight costs and a backlog of goods. At this critical moment, the China-Europe Express has played an irreplaceable role and has become an important logistics lifeline during the pandemic.
Join hands with countries along the route to seek common development
The China-Europe Express, which stretches across the vast Eurasian continent, is not only a carrier for transporting goods, but also a link that closely links the countries along the route. During the pandemic, the number of China-Europe express trains increased against the trend and became the highlight of the high-quality joint construction of the “Belt and Road” by countries along the route.
Jacek Daneruk, the mayor of Terespol on the Polish border, has full confidence in the development of the China-Europe Railway. Danieluk said that with the advantage of the EU’s gateway location, Terespol has benefited from the development of the “One Belt, One Road” and China-Europe Express, and looks forward to further deepening cooperation with China.
According to data from China Railway Group, as of November 5, the number of China-Europe freight trains this year has reached 10,180, transporting 927,000 TEUs of containers, a year-on-year increase of 54%, reaching 21 countries and 92 cities in Europe, and has become an international logistics land transport. Quality brand.
The China-Europe Railway Express is speeding up amidst the raging pandemic and economic headwinds, passing between the two major economies. The “steel camel team” will continue to forge ahead for the recovery of the world economy.
