Six 'Zhongyu' China-Europe Freight Trains Launched in Henan Today

Six 'Zhongyu' China-Europe Freight Trains Launched in Henan Today

河南“陆上丝路”再启程！中欧班列（中豫号）五地六列同发

Loaded with tractors, electronic products, clothing materials, daily necessities, components of electromechanical equipment, building materials, etc., 6 China-Europe freight trains with the banner of "China-Europe Railway Express (Zhongyu)" departed from Zhengzhou, Luoyang, Xinxiang, Luohe and Nanyang respectively on the morning of April 16 for Europe, Central Asia and some RCEP member countries like Vietnam, Thailand and Laos, witnessing not only a new milestone for Henan's Land Silk Road, but also an important step for Henan's pursuit of higher-level opening-up with its land port resources integrated, freight trains coordinated and hub economy developed.

4月16日上午，悬挂着“中欧班列（中豫号）”标识的6列中欧班列，分别从位于郑州、洛阳、新乡、漯河、南阳的铁路场站同时出发，满载着拖拉机农机产品、电子产品、服装原材料、日用品、机电设备元器件、建筑材料等货物，开往欧洲、中亚和RCEP成员国越南、泰国、老挝等国家。这标志着河南“陆上丝绸之路”建设迈向新的里程碑，也标志着河南整合陆港资源、统筹班列开行、发展枢纽经济和推进高水平开放向着更大步伐、更高层次全面展开。

A "Zhongyu" China-Europe freight train to Laos. [Photo by Wang Zheng]

Based on China-Europe freight trains, Henan has been accelerating the construction of an international logistics channel covering Eurasia since 2014. So far, Henan has formed a freight network with 7 exit-entry ports and 16 direct routes with over 6,000 trips made (accounting for 12 percent of China's total) and its businesses covering more than 130 cities in over 30 countries. Featured by the integration of freight and trade, digitalization and trains with constant temperature, Henan has stood at the forefront of China-Europe freight train services. Besides, Zhengzhou is also one of China's five China-Europe freight train assembly centers.

2014年以来，河南以中欧班列建设为抓手，加快打造辐射欧亚大陆的国际物流通道，实现“7个口岸出入境、16条线路直达”线路网络，累计开行6000余列，占到全国开行总量的近12%，业务范围覆盖30多个国家130多个城市，打造出“运贸一体化”、数字班列、恒温班列等河南特色品牌，综合运营能力保持在全国前列，郑州被国家确定为五个中欧班列集结中心之一。

In the first quarter of 2022, Henan's China-Europe freight trains have made 423 trips with a year-on-year increase of 21 percent, of which 172 were made in March only, up 39 percent and 34 percent from January and February respectively.

据了解，今年一季度，河南中欧班列累计开行423列，较去年同期增长21%；其中，3月份开行172列，较1月份、2月份分别增长39%和34%。（中文来源/河南日报 记者/宋敏 编译/赵汉青 审校/陈行洁）