Xinhua Silk Road - Belt and Road Portal, China's silk road economic belt and 21st Century Maritime Silk Road Website Xinhua Silk Road - Belt and Road Portal, China's silk road economic belt and 21st Century Maritime Silk Road Website
Subscribe CustomBlackClose

Belt & Road Weekly Subscription Form

download_pop

Research ReportCustomBlackClose

The full edition of the report is available at Xinhua Silk Road Database. You can click the “Table of Content” to have a general understanding of it.

Click on the button below to create your account and get immediate access to thousands of articles.

Start a Free Trial

Xinhua Silk Road Database
Facility Connectivity

E. China's Hefei handles over 2200 China-Europe freight trains in total

April 20, 2022


Abstract : A freight train departed from Hefei north railway station Tuesday, through Alashankou port, it will arrive in Vorotynsk of Russia. Up to now, Hefei, the capital city of east China's Anhui province, has handled a cumulative of exceeding 2,200 China-Europe freight trains, and the import and export trade volume has exceeded 10 billion U.S.dollars.

BEIJING, April 20 (Xinhua) -- Up to now, Hefei, the capital city of east China's Anhui province, has handled more than 2,200 China-Europe freight trains, by which the import and export trade volume has exceeded 10 billion U.S. dollars, reported Hefei Daily.

1310361878_16390539199451n.jpg

Aerial photo taken on Dec. 8, 2021, shows the 2,000th trip of China-Europe freight train departing from Hefei, capital of east China's Anhui Province.(Xinhua/Zhang Rui)

It is learned that a total of 100 TEUs were shipped by the China-Europe freight train, valuing over 2.3 million U.S. dollars. 

According to statistics, in 2021, Hefei operated a total of 668 China-Europe freight trains, a year-on-year increase of 17.69 percent. In the past eight years, Hefei sea-rail combined transport has sent more than 150,000 TEUs. High-precision products such as solar photovoltaics, liquid crystal displays, and robot components are the main commodities.

Currently, operation scale of Hefei China-Europe freight train has increased from less than 200 in the first three years to 668 lines in 2021. While the operation frequency has increased from 1-2 times per month to 12-15 times per week, connecting multiple cities in Anhui province.

In recent years, Hefei China-Europe freight train service has continuously developed new businesses mode and strengthened its coverage in EU, Central Asia, West Asia, and Siberia. Now, it reaches 17 countries and 74 cities worldwide.

(Edited by Bao Nuomin with Xinhua Silk Road, baonuomin@xinhua.org)

Scan the QR code and push it to your mobile phone

Keyword: Hefei

Write to Us belt & road login close

Do you want to be a contributor to Xinhua Silk Road and tell us your Belt & Road story? Send your articles to [email protected] and share your stories with more people.

Click on the button below to create your account and get im http://img.silkroad.news.cn/templates/silkroad/en2017te access to thousands of articles.

Start a Free Trial

Ask Us A Question belt & road login close

If you have any questions, please enter them in the box below.

Identifying code Reload

Write to Us belt & road login close

Do you want to be a contributor to Xinhua Silk Road and tell us your Belt & Road story? Send your articles to silkroadweekly@xinhua.org and share your stories with more people.

Click on the button below to create your account and get im http://img.silkroad.news.cn/templates/silkroad/en2017te access to thousands of articles.

Start a Free Trial