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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
BEIJING, June 29 (Xinhua) — The second China-Europe International Railway Freight Service Expo was held in Zhengzhou, capital of central China’s Henan Province, from June 26 to 28 this year. Hundreds of Chinese and foreign exhibitors flocked to the event to seek business opportunities, local media reported.
The purpose of this exhibition is to build three platforms, namely a platform for cooperation and exchange between countries and cities along the China-Europe railway freight routes, an international exhibition and trade platform for logistics and transportation equipment and technology, and a platform for cross-border e-commerce and services for enterprises to enter overseas markets.
A representative of a German logistics company said that last year their company transported 500,000 standard containers of goods on China-EU trains. In the first half of this year, 300,000 standard containers were transported. He hopes to expand his business with the help of the exhibition.
In addition to overseas logistics companies, a number of domestic exhibitors of locally specific products, including Shanxi aged vinegar, Northeast China wild plants and Yunnan coffee beans, are hoping to tap into the European market through China-Europe freight trains.
Yang Ziqiang, director of the railway division of Shanghai Taihua Freight Forwarding Company, said China-Europe freight trains not only help save time but also reduce costs. For example, the use of such services has reduced the logistics cycle of cargo transportation between Zhengzhou and Hamburg from more than 40 days for traditional sea freight to the current 15 days. -0-