On August 21, with the opening of CHINA RAILWAY Express (Xi'an -Hamburg), it opened from Xi'an International Port Station. Since this year, the cumulative number of CHINA RAILWAY Express has reached 10,000, which exceeded 10 days earlier than last year. In the past 11 years, the CRexpress have opened more than 57,000 rows, reaching 196 cities in 24 European countries.

Since the beginning of this year, in the face of the influence of geopolitical conflicts, the CRexpress has shown strong toughness and continues to play the "steel camel team" on the Asian continent. Experts said that the increase in the number of CRexpress in Russia has increased significantly, laying a foundation for China -Russia trade to exceed the US $ 200 billion mark this year. The number of CRexpress in Europe is expected to gradually recover, and some European customers have begun to re -consider the use of transit Russia's CRexpress lines.

Russia's business volume throughout the year may exceed Europe

"This year's cumulative number of CRexpress exceeded 10,000 columns from 10 days earlier last year. It should be said that it is expected." Combined with direct observation and market feedback, it is estimated that most of the CRexpress have been traveled to Russia this year.

After the outbreak of the Russian and Ukraine conflict, due to severe sanctions, the sea and air transport between Russia and the West have actually been stopped, and Russian trade has begun to "eastward." At a meeting of the Kremlin in April this year, Russian President Putin publicly called on Russian SMEs to actively participate in Sino -Russian industry cooperation. According to statistics from Chinese Customs, from January to July this year, China -Russia's trade volume increased by 29%year -on -year to $ 97.7 billion, and it is expected to exceed US $ 200 billion in the year.

Yang Jie pointed out that the China -Europe Class provides a channel for China -Russia's trade volume to go to a new level. In 2021, CRexpress opened 15183, of which more than 8,000 were sent to Europe. Affected by geopolitical factors, the overall structure of the CRexpress this year is expected to change significantly, and the share to Russia will exceed the share of the issuance to Europe.

Strengthen the expansion of the port to solve the problem of congestion

Among the five largest ports in and out of CRexpress, the traditions in Europe and Central Asia traditionally enter and exit through the Alashankou and Horgos Port; the trains in Russia are mainly entered and exited through Manzhouli, Erlianhot, and Suifenhe Port. Yang Jie introduced that since Russia's business volume has risen sharply since this year, after the China -Europe trains have left from Manzhouli, Suifenhe and Erlianhot Port, foreign ports have obvious congestion, which has led to congestion in relevant domestic lines. In order to disperse related pressures, the Alashankou and Horgos Port increased the volume of the Russian -Europe trains in the direction of Russia.

"The exit goods in the Russian direction of the CRexpress are mainly electromechanical products, small appliances, toys, shoes, shoe and clothing, and vehicle; entry goods are still mainly Russia's wood. The trains, there are fewer shots from the two ports. "Yang Jie revealed that due to the asymmetry of" going to more "in overseas car boards, the Alashankou and Horgos Port still appeared for a long time.

On August 11, after two months of construction, Erlianhot Port Energy Expansion Reconstruction Project was completed. The renovated Erlianhot port container replacement capacity increased significantly, and the transportation capacity increased by 20%. At the special press conference held by the National Development and Reform Commission on August 18, Xu Jianping, director of the Open Division of the Development and Reform Commission, said that promoting the future development of the CRexpress will still focus on the bottleneck section and congestion port. "The road section upgrades and transformation and the expansion of key port stations.

The transit Russian route is expected to be favored

On June 23,2022, our country ’s first CRexpress line -CRexpress (Chongqing) operated exceeded 10,000. After the outbreak of the Russian -Ukraine conflict in February this year, the business of the CRexpress was greatly impacted, which caused the Kazakhstan to cross the Rili Sea, through the South High School, and then via the Black Sea to Europe. Kazakhstan, Turkey, Iran and other countries have reached a cooperation intention to jointly develop related line transportation capabilities.

"The time limit for transportation channels in this direction is long and cost -effective. At present, market feedback is not positive." Yang Jie introduced that after half a year in Russia and Ukraine's conflict, the current volume of the CRexpress in Europe is expected to gradually recover. Some European customers have also re -considers the use of the CRexpress line.

CRexpress have opened for 11 years, and have become the flagship projects and iconic brands of the "Belt and Road", as well as the popular international public products. Over the past 11 years, the China -EU trains have opened more than 57,000 rows and reached 196 cities in 24 European countries.



Xu Jianping said that the CRexpress will focus on the theme of high -quality development, focusing on the five aspects of "consolidating and stable improvement", including strengthening the capacity of CRexpress facilities, improving the quality and efficiency of the CRexpress, the management of the operation, the construction of the CRexpress's international cooperation network, and the strengthening of the operational risk prevention and control of the CRexpress.

"At present, the CRexpress market demand is strong. In the long run, the CRexpress should further improve the quality of service and further optimize the domestic departure point rate and the organizational organization method to improve the timeliness and quality of the whole process." Yang Jie said.