China Railway Express Linking Nanyang, Xi'an and Europe Launched
“宛西欧”中欧班列首发
Whistling long, a new China Railway Express loaded with outdoor furniture worth more than 10 million yuan left Nanyang of Henan for Europe via Xi'an of Shaanxi on March 31.
中欧班列又添新成员。3月31日上午，伴随着一声汽笛的长鸣，“宛西欧”中欧班列装载着货值1000余万元的户外家具，从南阳出发，经停西安，运往欧洲。
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The newly-opened China Railway Express this time has become a new channel for the export of local products in Nanyang following the launch of Xixia shiitake Rail-sea Express (Central Europe) special train (China's first special train exclusive for the export of agricultural products) and Moscow-Nanyang flour express train.
据悉，这是继我国首列农产品专列——西峡香菇铁海快线（中欧）专列及河南省首列中欧班列面粉直达列（莫斯科—南阳）开行后，南阳打造的又一特色产品出口通道。
"It only takes about 15 days for the goods to be transported to Europe from Nanyang, 30 days shorter than before, with 30 percent of cost reduction," said a source from Nanyang International Inland Port Multimodal Transport Co., Ltd.
“货物从南阳运达欧洲需要15天左右时间，比原来缩减了30天，同时物流成本将降低近三成。”在当天的首发仪式上，南阳国际陆港多式联运有限公司负责人告诉记者。
The Nanyang-Xi'an-Europe express train is the fruit of Nanyang's accelerated opening-up and international cooperation. Relying on Nanyang Wolong Comprehensive Bonded Zone, Henan's second comprehensive bonded zone, and through cooperation with Xi'an International Trade & Logistics Park, Nanyang has transformed Xi'an's "channel advantage" and Nanyang's "supply advantage" into a "common strength" benefiting the economic and social development of both places to promote the interconnected development and common prosperity of Southwest Henan and the Silk Road Economic Belt.
此班列的开行也是南阳加快对外开放和合作步伐的成果。南阳依托我省第二个综保区卧龙综保区，与西安国际港务区深度合作，将西安的“通道优势”与南阳的“货源优势”叠加，转化为服务两地经济社会发展的“共同优势”，促进豫西南与丝绸之路经济带联动发展、共同繁荣。
According to Li Wenpeng, secretary of the Party Working Committee of Nanyang Wolong Comprehensive Bonded Zone, the "Nanyang-Xi'an-Europe" express train has further strengthened the rail freight network linking Nanyang with Europe and set up a platform for exchanges and cooperation between Nanyang and Xi'an. In the future, they will strive to develop the "Nanyang-Xi'an-Europe" freight route into a high-quality route of China Railway Express to facilitate Nanyang's local products going global.
南阳卧龙综保区党工委书记李文鹏表示：“‘宛西欧’中欧班列的开行，再次织密了南阳与欧洲连通的‘钢铁驼队’网络，也架起了南阳和西安交流合作的平台。我们要力争把此班列打造成中欧班列的精品线路，让南阳特色产品走得更远更顺畅！”（中文来源/河南日报 翻译/赵汉青 审校/白玉杰）