[Appointment with China] China EU Train Helps Jilin Create a New Open Highland; Türkiye Journalists Praise the "Golden Bridge" Belt for Mutual Benefit | International | Jilin

On July 20th, China Daily reported that the "2023 China International Media Theme Interview Team" visited the Xinglong Railway Port in Changchun. A series of China Europe freight trains carrying automobiles, automotive parts, industrial products, sheet materials, daily necessities, and other goods depart from here, exit through the Manzhouli Port, and finally arrive in Europe. The "Changman Europe" China Europe freight train is the first China Europe freight train in Jilin Province. Since its opening, it has been frequently traveling between Changchun and Europe.

Containers neatly stacked at the Xinglong Railway Port in Changchun.

According to the staff of Changchun International Inland Port Development Co., Ltd., this year marks the tenth anniversary of China's initiative to jointly build the "the Belt and Road", and the "Chang Man Europe" China Europe Train has been in operation for eight years. As of now, Changman Europe has carried a total of 82000 TEUs of goods, with a value of 24 billion yuan. From January to June this year, Changman Europe carried a total of 4464 TEUs of goods, a year-on-year increase of 30%.

The "Changman Europe" China Europe freight train has broken the situation where import and export products in Changchun and even Jilin Province can only rely on coastal border and airport ports for customs clearance, expanded foreign business opportunities, and injected new impetus into Changchun and even Jilin Province to accelerate integration into the "dual circulation" and promote international production capacity cooperation.

Since the proposal of the "the Belt and Road" initiative was put forward 10 years ago, as the flagship project and landmark brand of the "the Belt and Road" initiative, China Europe Train has not only enabled people along the line to enjoy the dividends of railway development, but also brought new opportunities for the construction of economic globalization, and has become an important channel to ensure the safety and stability of the international logistics supply chain.

Kubilay Celik, a reporter from Türkiye's Guangming Daily, said that "as a country along the the Belt and Road, Türkiye is very concerned about the the Belt and Road initiative and the construction of China Europe trains, because it will build a bridge connecting the East and the West and bring development opportunities to countries along the road". He also stated that the opening of the China Europe freight train has injected more momentum into Jilin's economic development, and Jilin, as an important node of the China Europe freight train, will also play a more important role.

Kubilay Celik, a reporter of Türkiye's Guangming Daily, was interviewed at Changchun Xinglong Railway Port.

The "Changchun Manchuria Europe" China Europe Train is just a microcosm of the connection between Changchun Xinglong Comprehensive Bonded Area and the "the Belt and Road" and the continuous improvement of the level and level of opening up. "In Changchun, the 'Changman Europe' train is not an isolated operating entity. The comprehensive platform functions and industrial projects of Xinglong Comprehensive Bonded Zone are the resource advantages that drive its development. Moreover, we have innovatively operated sea rail intermodal transportation, truck flights, and other hub economies by building a multimodal international transportation channel system led by the China Europe train." Wang Yue introduced.

Xinglong Comprehensive Bonded Zone strives to embark on a development path of "nodes+international channels", create a three-dimensional global transportation system, and build a modern comprehensive transportation and logistics pattern of "international land port+virtual airport+smart highway port+comprehensive bonded zone".

Here, the first cross-border e-commerce comprehensive pilot zone in Changchun has been built, and the first national automobile bonded testing platform has been established... Xinglong Comprehensive Bonded Zone, with a global perspective, has built new advantages for the open development of the old industrial base in Northeast China, becoming a "new highland" for Jilin Province's opening-up and a "test field" for reform and development.

Italian self media representative Jasmine picked up a bottle of wine at the Import and Export Commodity Exhibition and Trading Center in Xinglong Comprehensive Bonded Zone.

From used cars, skincare products, daily necessities to red wine, food... The Xinglong Comprehensive Bonded Zone Import and Export Commodity Exhibition and Trading Center gathers about 40000 types of goods from more than 100 countries and regions. On the second floor of the exhibition and trading center, Italian self media representative Jasmine picked up a bottle of wine during her visit and recommended it to her colleagues, saying, "This is a red wine from my hometown, very delicious.". Taking advantage of the Xinglong Comprehensive Bonded Zone, the Import and Export Commodity Exhibition and Trading Center has become a new type of commercial complex that integrates international life formats such as level driving imports, cross-border e-commerce, food experience, cultural exchange, children's entertainment, and foreign product exhibitions.

The China Europe freight train of Changlian International Logistics Corridor has effectively promoted the development level of Jilin Province's outward oriented economy, making it an important window for China to open up to the north and a hub for cooperation in Northeast Asia.

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