CHONGQING (CQNEWS) -- The first Belt and Road Conference on Science and Technology Exchange was held in Chongqing on November 6. In response to the Belt and Road initiative and to consolidate the foundation of cooperation between China and Europe in China Express Railway, in the afternoon of the same day, witnessed by a delegation of high-level officials from central and eastern European countries, a special train of China Express Railway (Chengdu-Chongqing), loaded with complete vehicles, spare parts and daily necessities made in Chongqing, headed to central and eastern European countries from Tuanjiecun Central Station.

The delegation of high-level officials from central and eastern European countries, including parliamentarians from 14 central and eastern European countries, as well as senior advisers to the presidents and prime ministers, attended the departure ceremony.

As a key project of the Belt and Road initiative, China Express Railway builds an important bridge connecting the eastern world with the west. Compared with sea transportation, China Express Railway saves nearly half of the time required for transportation, and has significant advantages in cost control, transportation safety, supply chain support, and other aspects, becoming a normal logistics mode to deliver products to central and Eastern Europe, as well as an important means of transport to ensure the sustainability and stability of the international industrial and supply chains.

"The freight volume of China Express Railway trains running from Chongqing to central and eastern Europe regions has exceeded 50,000 TEUs, with a freight value exceeding CNY2 billion. 15 collecting, distributing, and distributing points have been established in Poland’s Malashevich, Slovakia’s Dobra, and Czech Republic’s Pardubice, further enlarging the coverage of the logistics network,” said Liu Taiping, CEO and general manager of Yuxinou (Chongqing) Supply Chain Management Co. (Translated by Yuki, Fathom Language Limited)