The first from Chengdu, direct to Vientiane, two China-Laos international trains departed from Qingbaijiang and Shuangliu yesterday.

China-Laos Railway

A new logistics route in the new land-sea channel

A total length of 1,035 kilometers, the line starts from Kunming in the north, passes through the China Mohan Railway Port and Laos Boding Railway Port, and finally arrives at Vientiane, the capital of Laos. It is mainly invested and constructed by China, adopts Chinese technical standards, uses Chinese equipment and connects with Chinese railways. International Railway Directly Connected to the Internet

As one of the important projects of the “Belt and Road”, the China-Laos Railway from Kunming, China to Vientiane, Laos, on the 4th became a brand-new logistics route for a new land-sea channel.

In the morning of the same day, in the Chongqing International Logistics Hub Park and Chengdu International Railway Port, which are more than 200 kilometers apart, the whistle sounded at the same time. The completion of the new line.

On the same day, at the Chengdu (Shuangliu) International Air-Railway Port, a “China-Laos International Train” carrying goods including hardware, electrical distribution boxes, vacuum equipment, textiles, electronic accessories, and anti-epidemic materials also officially departed.

Shuangliu origination

Save 2/3 time and save cost 20%~30%

Bring goods

About 350 tons of hardware, electrical distribution boxes, vacuum equipment, textiles, electronic accessories, and anti-epidemic materials

At 9 am on the 4th, the Chengdu (Shuangliu) International Air-Railway Port honked the horn again. A train carrying cargo including hardware, electrical distribution boxes, vacuum equipment, textiles, electronic accessories, anti-epidemic supplies, etc. Column” officially started.

According to Zheng Shuangli, the project leader of the Airport Development Group, there are 35 large containers of about 350 tons of goods on this train, all of which are products of enterprises in the Shuangliu Comprehensive Bonded Zone.

Improve the international railway channel network

Form air-rail combined transport advantages

In response to the characteristics of the supply chain system of global procurement, global production and global sales of enterprises in the Comprehensive Bonded Zone, Shuangliu District established an air-rail international combined transport port in September this year. Based on the original international aviation network system, the international railway channel will be improved. Network, forming the advantages of air-rail combined transportation, and rapidly improving the response speed and guarantee capability of the international supply chain service system.

Aiming at the distribution of overseas factories or customers of enterprises in the Comprehensive Bonded Zone, the first China-Laos air-rail multimodal trains from Mohan Port to Vientiane, Laos, and sea-rail trains from Qinzhou Port to Manila Port in the Philippines have been launched. Compared with sea transportation, the international trains from Huangxu and Horgos to Warsaw, Poland, Hamburg, and Duisburg shorten the transportation time by about 50% compared with sea transportation.

The first China-Laos international train will arrive in Vientiane, Laos within 72 hours at the fastest time, saving 2/3 of the transportation time compared to the original transportation method, and at the same time saving the company 20%-30% in transportation costs.

Seize the opportunity of RCEP

Explore international supply chain system innovation

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP), which will come into effect on January 1, 2022, will build a close trade bridge and bring rare development opportunities for industrial development.

A related staff member of a company that produces electronic parts said that the cost of shipping has been extremely unstable in recent years. From the shipping cost of more than 700 US dollars per 40-foot container in 2019, it has increased to more than 1,000 US dollars in 2020, and it has risen to 3,500 this year. Many dollars; shipping time has been slowly extended from the original 12 days or so to 1 month or more. Faced with the pressure of on-time delivery, they must stock up in advance to Southeast Asian warehouses, which means that companies need to significantly increase their inventory levels and cannot perform periodic production and transportation in accordance with orders.

The multiple logistics solution models provided by the Chengdu Air-Rail International Intermodal Port in Shuangliu can effectively help them form a stable supply chain cycle, help companies reduce the inventory time of raw materials and finished products by more than 20 days, and reduce the monthly capital occupied by hundreds of Ten thousand yuan. The China-ASEAN (Sichuan) Center is adjacent to the Comprehensive Bonded Zone, which provides a platform and window for the opening and expansion of enterprises and the innovation of international supply chains.

Hu Bingfa Wu Haoyan Chengdu Commercial Daily-Red Star News Correspondent Lei Haoran

Image courtesy of Rong Media Center, Shuangliu District

Departing from Qingbai River

10 days from the highway

Fastest 3 days to China-Laos Railway

Bring goods

Light commercial trucks produced by local enterprises in Qingbaijiang, mainly serving Laos’ construction, mining, and agriculture

On December 4, the China-Laos Railway (Chengdu-Vientiane) international freight train carrying light commercial trucks and nuts, motorcycle accessories, chemicals and other products departed from Chengdu International Railway Port and Chongqing International Logistics Hub Park respectively. Via Yunnan, we will arrive in Vientiane, the capital of Laos, in the fastest 3 days.

This is the first direct international railway freight train issued by Chengdu-Chongqing after the completion of the China-Laos railway. It is also a commemorative summit between Chengdu and Chongqing to implement the “Plan for the Construction of the Chengdu-Chongqing Double-city Economic Circle” and the 30th anniversary of the establishment of dialogue relations between China and ASEAN. , The spirit of the third “Belt and Road” construction symposium, high-level joint construction of new land and sea channels, and jointly build inland opening strategic highlands and new bases for participating in international competition, and promote the formation of land-sea internal and external linkages between Chengdu and Chongqing, and the two-way interaction between the east and the west. A concrete manifestation of the new pattern of economic opening up.

The reporter learned that the products that Chengdu exports to Laos this time are light commercial trucks produced by the local company of Qingbaijiang Heavy Duty Truck Chengshang. The products mainly serve the development of local construction, mining and agriculture in Laos. In the past, Sinotruk Chengshang Automobile exported products to Vientiane, Laos, and could only rely on roads to deliver goods from Chengdu to Jingmohan Port to Vientiane, Laos. The whole journey was about 2,000 kilometers and took about 10 days. “Compared with traditional road transportation, choosing railway transportation not only saves a lot of manpower and time costs, but also is safer and more reliable. In addition, it is more closed and is more conducive to maintaining the state of the product.” Wu Kunsheng, deputy secretary of the party committee of Sinotruk Chengshang, said.

“Relying on the normal operation of China-Laos trains, Chengdu will jointly build a multimodal transportation center, warehousing and logistics park, and agricultural demonstration park with Laos based on logistics needs to promote the integrated development of transportation and trade.” Chengdu International Railway Train Co., Ltd. General Manager Chen Zejun said.

Since 2019, ASEAN has become Chongqing’s largest foreign trade partner for two consecutive years. In 2020, ASEAN has become Sichuan’s second largest trade partner. Laos is a member of the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area (10+1) and a cooperative member of the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS). The China-Laos Railway is of great significance for accelerating the integration of the Chengdu-Chongqing region into the construction of the Indochina Peninsula Economic Corridor and building a pan-European and pan-Asian international dry port hub.

Chengdu Commercial Daily-Red Star News reporter Wu Huayu photo report

Original title: Chengdu debut direct to Vientiane