Reporters learned from China Railway Nanning Bureau Group Co., Ltd. that in the first half of this year, a total of 173 China-Vietnam trains were operated, sending 5,196 TEUs of container cargo, a year-on-year increase of 19.3% and 26.3% respectively, showing a good trend of stability and progress. .
China and ASEAN are connected by mountains and rivers and have a long history of economic and trade cooperation. In 2020 and 2021, ASEAN has remained my country's largest trading partner for two consecutive years. Since the beginning of this year, taking advantage of the effective implementation of RCEP (" Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement "), economic and trade cooperation between China and ASEAN has maintained a strong growth momentum despite the epidemic. In the first five months of this year, the total trade value between my country and ASEAN was 2.37 trillion yuan, an increase of 8.1%. ASEAN continues to remain my country's largest trading partner.
In midsummer, it is the peak season for tropical fruits from Southeast Asia to enter China. At the Pingxiang Railway Port, batches of imported fruits arrived here on cross-border trains. After customs inspection and quarantine, they were quickly transferred to Guangzhou, Shanghai, Beijing, Zhengzhou, Chongqing and other places. In the first half of this year, the National Railway Pingxiang Port Logistics Center shipped a total of 38,000 tons of cold chain fruits, a year-on-year increase of 164.95%.
Guangxi Wuhua International Trading Co., Ltd. is a company mainly engaged in importing ASEAN fruits for domestic sales. Starting this year, the company changed its previous transportation method and chose railway transportation. "Fruits have high requirements for transportation temperature, aging, loading and reinforcement, etc." Huang Shuwei, the company's general manager, said, "After RCEP comes into effect, we see new opportunities and a broader market prospect. Railway transportation has one-stop processing, The advantages of paperless and fast customs clearance have saved nearly two-thirds of the time for our cargo clearance, and can better meet the requirements of fruit transportation.”
In the trade between China and ASEAN, Huang Shuwei is one of the many people who choose railway transportation this year. One of the merchants. With the continued release of dividends from the entry into force of RCEP and the construction of version 3.0 of the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area, economic and trade exchanges between China and ASEAN have become closer. The State Railway Nanning Bureau seized the opportunity to expand marketing and publicity, strengthen communication and cooperation with chambers of commerce and foreign trade logistics companies in the region, and actively organize supply of goods, so as to continue to increase the demand for China-Vietnam trains and expand the "circle of friends".
Zhou Qishou, deputy director of the Nanning Freight Center of the Nanning Bureau of the State Railway, said that currently, China-Vietnam freight train collection points have covered more than 20 cities inside and outside Guangxi, and the names of goods have expanded from 205 last year to include industrial machinery, specialties from various regions, etc. 248. Following the normal operation of this train in Nanning and Pingxiang, Guangxi, in April this year, it also opened a new route "Liuzhou-Tongdeng".
In order to improve the efficiency of train operations and meet the needs of cross-border cargo transportation, the Nanning Bureau of the State Railway follows the principle of "one product, one plan" to formulate customized transportation plans for customers, proactively undertake road and sea transportation to transfer goods sources, and ensure the foreign trade industry chain and supply The chain is smooth and stable. Continue to optimize transportation services, implement priority acceptance, priority transportation, priority emptying, priority loading, and priority shipping for cross-border goods, and open a "one customs declaration, one inspection, one release" green channel with the customs department to improve the efficiency of customs clearance of goods. . In June this year, the "Railway Express" model realized cross-regional two-way connectivity. The transportation time of the China-Vietnam train from Nanning to Hanoi, Vietnam has been continuously shortened, and "one-day delivery" has basically been achieved.
The State Railway Nanning Bureau also strictly implements epidemic prevention and control work, regularly carries out nucleic acid testing at workplaces, and formulates emergency response plans for samples with positive nucleic acid tests on cargo to minimize the risk of the new coronavirus being imported through imported goods and ensure the safe and stable operation of trains. .
So far, a total of 860 China-Vietnam trains have been operated. In the next step, the State Railway Nanning Bureau will continue to take advantage of the new opportunities brought by the effective implementation of RCEP to promote the continued growth of China-Vietnam trains. It plans to operate 360 trains throughout the year to provide strong support for the vigorous development of China-ASEAN economy and trade. (Mo Yujie, Liu Yaqin, Lin Xiangyun)
