Since 2011, when the operation of international railway freight trains in our country, in 2016 the official opening of China railway "central trains" brand, with central trains, trains of western Lu Haixin channels for representing the number of cross-border freight trains operation, improve operation quality, has become China's practice of "area" initiative, to promote the development of goods circulation and trade between countries along the strong support.

According to data released by the National Development and Reform Commission, the number of China-Europe freight trains in 2021 reached 15,183, up 22% year on year, surpassing the 15,000 mark for the first time and exceeding the 10,000 mark for two consecutive years, which is nine times the number in 2016 when the unified brand was established, with an average annual growth rate of 55%. The shipment of 1.46 million TEUs worth us $74.9 billion bucked the trend. A total of 78 routes have been laid, connecting 180 cities in 23 European countries, and 68 Chinese cities are now operating China-Europe express trains.

At present, the volume of China-Europe freight trains has remained stable, with more than 1,000 trains running in a month for 24 consecutive months.

Since the beginning of this year, the China-Europe freight train service has maintained a sound momentum of steady progress. From January to May this year, 6,157 china-Europe freight trains ran, up 3 percent year on year, with a comprehensive container load rate of 97.7 percent. Among them, 1,357 china-Europe freight trains ran in May, 187 more than in April, an increase of about 16 percent month-on-month, and the growth rate has further expanded and recovered to the level of the same period in 2021. By June 10, the China-Europe freight trains had reached 185 cities in 23 European countries.

On the basis of the steady development of china-Europe freight trains, gratifying achievements have also been made in the new western land-sea corridor to Southeast Asia. From January to May this year, a total of 310,000 TEUS (TEUS) were delivered by sea-rail container trains under the new Western Land-Sea Corridor, 85,000 TEus (TEUS) more than the same period last year, up 37.7% year-on-year.

Meanwhile, more new routes are being opened.

April 8 00:00, wang group in the national railway new train running, will give full play to the old railway channel capacity and international strategy of trains, new kunming east to boten cross-border Laos railway freight train four columns, respectively open central trains, western Lu Haixin channel trains four columns and three columns, further encryption domestic parts of the city international trains operation cycle. This move will provide more optimization options for China's foreign trade logistics.