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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
Beijing, November 5 (Xinhua) — As of today, over 19,000 China-Europe international freight trains have departed Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, since the service launched, serving 126 overseas cities. Chengdu has led the way in these two indicators among Chinese cities, making a significant contribution to the country's expanding westward opening, according to the news portal chinanews.com.cn, citing information from a provincial government press briefing.
Sichuan was one of the first provincial-level administrative divisions in China to launch China-Europe rail freight services. In 2013, a logistics line from Chengdu to the Polish city of Lodz was officially launched under the brand "Chengdu-Europe Express," which was renamed "China/Chengdu/-Europe Route" in 2016. In January 2025, Chengdu's status as a collection and distribution hub for China-Europe rail freight services was officially approved.
At the aforementioned press briefing held on Tuesday, Liang Wuhu, deputy head of the Sichuan Provincial Development and Reform Commission, highlighted a number of achievements in Sichuan Province's efforts to steadily improve its international logistics network and strengthen its functions as a collection and distribution hub.
According to him, a direct rail freight corridor from Southeast Asia to Europe now operates smoothly through Chengdu. Combined air-rail freight services from Asia to Chengdu to Europe have been established, and multimodal rail-sea freight services from Chengdu to Europe to Africa for Sichuan-produced goods have been regularly launched. Furthermore, the container handling capacity at Chengdu International Railway Port has increased to over 1.2 million standard containers (TEU) per year.
With its rapidly expanding transportation network, Sichuan is focusing on the export of locally produced value products such as tea, fresh flowers, and crystalline silicon photovoltaic products, while also ensuring the fast and efficient delivery of fresh and perishable foodstuffs, including Norwegian salmon and tropical fruits from Southeast Asia, to the local market.
“Thanks to the diversification of cross-border transport, the price of Thai durian, which was long considered an elite fruit and which local residents could not always afford due to its high cost, has now dropped to below 40 yuan per kg (about 5.6 US dollars), which is almost a third cheaper than before,” the official said. -0-
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