The transportation of these special "athletes" and equipment requires great attention, and the horse racing and equestrian supplies for the Hangzhou Asian Games have arrived
On September 21st, the first batch of more than 40 imported racehorses from the Hangzhou Asian Games arrived at Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport and were successfully cleared and entered under the quarantine supervision of Hangzhou Customs. This batch of horses will participate in the equestrian competition of the Hangzhou Asian Games from September 26th to October 6th at the Tonglu Equestrian Center.
This is the scenery of the Tonglu Equestrian Center in Hangzhou, captured on June 9, 2023. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Jiang Han
On the same day, with a cargo plane landing at Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport, the first batch of overseas horse racing and related supplies arrived at the International Horse Transfer Yard of the equestrian project at the Hangzhou Asian Games. Among them, horse equipment, feed, veterinary medicine, medical equipment and other follow-up materials are carried by Yuantong.
Equestrian competition is the only event in this Asian Games where people and animals compete together, and the horses in the competition are also "athletes". To ensure that these special athletes can run healthily and maintain a good competitive state on the Asian Games field, the safe and fast transportation of related equipment and materials is crucial.
On June 14th, Huatian attended a media conference. On that day, Chinese rider Huatian held a media conference in Beijing to introduce the preparations for the Hangzhou Asian Games.
The total amount of equestrian equipment for this batch of Hangzhou Asian Games is about 32 tons, which needs to be transported from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Tonglu Equestrian Center as soon as possible. As the official logistics service sponsor of the current Hangzhou Asian Games, Yuantong made arrangements as soon as possible to allocate more than 10 vehicles of large trucks in advance. Through close teamwork and precise transportation routes and time arrangements, materials will be safely and timely delivered to the Tonglu Equestrian Center.
The transportation of materials for this equestrian event is quite special. In order not to disturb the horses of the same race, the entire loading, unloading and transportation process has strict restrictions on noise. The relevant team made arrangements in advance and controlled the volume of each logistics operation link within a safe range. At the same time, due to the strict supervision conditions related to quarantine inspection, relevant professionals carried out a comprehensive disinfection and sterilization of freight cars in advance, and started video monitoring throughout to ensure that all links meet the requirements of customs supervision.
The sponsor will continue to ensure the transportation needs of equipment and materials related to the Asian Games equestrian events.
Before the Asian Games, food and forage will come first. In the past two weeks, relevant sponsors will continue to ensure the transportation needs of equipment and materials related to the equestrian events of the Asian Games, and make smooth contributions to the hosting of a "Chinese style, Asian style, and splendid" Asian Games grand event.
In addition to equestrian supplies, the transportation of horses has strong professionalism. When the flight taken by the horse racing team at the Hangzhou Asian Games takes off from abroad, relevant personnel use the "early declaration" convenient customs clearance measures, and the customs will review the relevant information and documents as soon as they receive them. After the flight lands, customs officers immediately board the plane for quarantine. Racing horses that have been inspected and found to be normal are allowed to be unloaded from the plane.
The relevant team will ensure the safe and timely delivery of materials to the Tonglu Equestrian Center.
Lin Qinlong, a customs supervisor at Hangzhou Xiaoshan Airport who participated in on-site quarantine work, said, "We use instruments to scan the biochips inside the horses on site, and the data is directly transmitted to the 'Horse Racing Quarantine Online' intelligent supervision system in the command center for automatic identification and comparison, which can greatly improve the efficiency of on-site verification. At the same time, the customs have opened a dedicated channel for horse and horse clearance, shortening the separation time between people and horses and ensuring their rapid clearance.".
The relevant person in charge of Hangzhou Customs stated that after passing the quarantine at the port, these racehorses will be escorted along the biosafety channel by customs officers throughout the journey to the equestrian center. During the competition, customs will monitor the health status of the racehorses throughout the entire process. After the competition, the customs will conduct a health check on the participating horses and issue an animal hygiene certificate. The horse racing certificate can be used for export.
Officials from Hangzhou Xiaoshan Airport have stated that in the coming days, more racehorses will fly to Hangzhou one after another, and it is expected that about 120 racehorses from nearly 20 countries and regions will arrive in Hangzhou.
