Rail Freight Service Expected to Add Strong Momentum into Weinan Growth

|ChinaNews|Published:2020-09-07 14:35:36

Rail Freight Service Expected to Add Strong Momentum into Weinan Growth_fororder_11

The first China Railway Express (Weinan-Xi'an-Moscow) cargo train departs from Xi’an Port on August 31, 2020 Photo: Ma Xin

The first China Railway Express (Weinan-Xi'an-Moscow) cargo train loaded with 44 TEUs of solar PV components departed from Xi’an Port - Xi’an Railway Container Center in Shaanxi Province, on August 31.

It will travel 9,903 km in 15 days to Moscow via the border city of Manzhouli in northeast China.

“The solar PV system installation service has seen a strong growth, but logistics costs have become a bottleneck hampering enterprises exploring overseas markets. Now, our products can be delivered worldwide fast and easily,” Chairman Chen Wukui of Shaanxi Topraysolar Co., LTD in Chengcheng County, Weinan City, said excitedly.

“Enterprises in Weinan are all excited about the launch of the new rail freight service that ushers in a springtime of development for us export-oriented firms in the city. Many of our products can now go abroad aboard the China Railway Express (Weinan-Xi'an-Moscow) trains, saving over 30 days in travel time and half of overall logistics costs,” Chen added.

Situated in the east of the Central Shaanxi Plain, Weinan serves as the eastern gate of the province and a major hub on the Silk Road Economic Belt. In recent years, its economy has maintained a good momentum, showing faster growth, greater efficiency and stronger vitality. In the first seven months of 2020, the city’s trade volume hit 980 million yuan, up 29.5 percent year on year, while the volume by railway reached 210 million yuan, 20 times as much as that of a year ago.

Weinan Vice Mayor Yang Song said the launch of China Railway Express (Weinan-Xi'an-Moscow) opens a convenient international logistics channel for the city, facilitating its entry into global trade circulation and participation in the international division of labor. He said the city will cooperate closely with the Xi’an International Trade and Logistics Park to increase the fame, influence and efficiency of the new rail freight service, aiming to develop it into a competitive China-Europe Railway Express route.

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