(hereinafter referred to as "China National Railway Group") released data on April 10, showing that in the first quarter, China-European Liner operated 4,186 trains, carrying 449,000 TEUs, an increase of 15% and 28% respectively year-on-year. Among them, in March, China-European Liner started 1,488 trains, carrying 162,000 TEUs, an increase of 31% and 52% respectively, since May 2020, 35 consecutive months of more than 1,000 trains in a single month.

　　Opening new lines and adding new stations, the network of trains is becoming more and more dense

　　On January 22, the first China-European train (Zhongyu - Xinxiang) from Xinxiang, Henan to Fangchenggang, Guangxi departed smoothly. The train has a total of 70 TEUs, weighing 855 tons, mainly loaded with auto parts, machinery and equipment, entertainment facilities. 4 to 5 days after arriving at Fangchenggang in Guangxi, it will be sent to Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines and other ASEAN countries by sea. This is the smooth start of another line of the China-European Liner (Zhongyu - Xinxiang) after its debut last year to Hamburg, Germany, Liege, Belgium, Hanoi, Vietnam, marking the successful realization of the southeast-northwest multi-line synergy of the China-European Liner (Zhongyu - Xinxiang).

　　On the morning of March 24, a China-European Railway Liner (Wuhan) loaded with auto parts and other goods left Wuhan Central Station, marking the smooth departure of the first China-European Railway Liner "Wuhan-Belarus Rordino". Since this year, CEBS (Wuhan) has opened 3 new lines. Up to now, CEBS (Wuhan) has 44 stable cross-border transport routes, radiating to 40 countries and 109 cities in Asia and Europe.

　　Beijing, Tianjin, Henan Anyang, Guangdong Zhongshan ...... Since this year, many cities have started their first CEB trains, and new points are being added to the existing lines. The network of CEB trains is becoming more and more dense, and the transport channels are being expanded.

　　The service is upgraded and the source of goods and passengers is constantly enriched

　　The "sea silk" and "land silk" are seamlessly connected, and the iron and sea transportation opens a new bureau.

　　On March 21, a cargo ship from Ho Chi Minh Port of Vietnam arrived at Xiamen Haitian Terminal. After fast transit procedures, the ship's cargo was transferred to the China-European Railway (Xiamen) to Almaty, Kazakhstan.

　　"'Sea Silk' dovetails with 'Land Silk' and takes only 20 days for the whole journey, which is 45 days shorter than the whole sea journey, and has become the best logistics route from Southeast Asia to Central Asia." State Railway Group Nanchang Bureau Zhangzhou section of the relevant responsible person said. Next, the China-European Liner (Xiamen) Company will actively promote cross-border LCL business, choosing the fastest shipping schedule to bring together bulk cargo from South Korea, Japan and Southeast Asian countries to Xiamen for LCL, and then transfer to the European region through the China-European Liner.

　　The infrastructure continues to be upgraded and the timeliness of the train continues to improve.

　　On 3 February, the starting station of the CEBS (Quanzhou) was changed to Huangtang Station. The new route is 213 km shorter than the original one via Zhangquanshao Railway, and the speed of Xingquan Railway has been increased to 160 km per hour, saving 2 days compared with the original route.

　　Station expansion. Through three times of capacity expansion, the loading and unloading capacity of Xi'an International Port Station has been increased by 30%, realizing direct inward and outward loading and unloading of the trains; in order to meet the demand of China-EU trains, the Beijing Bureau of China Railway Group has opened two new cargo lines in Shijiazhuang Gao Yi China-EU train operating base, increasing the loading capacity by 50%.

　　Service optimisation. As one of the busiest grouping stations in China, Zhengzhou North Railway Station has been optimising the organisation of China-European Liner grouping and transport, implementing priority pick-up, priority inspection and priority dispatch to ensure that trains are dispatched on time; the China-European Liner (Wuhan) has implemented the "fast customs clearance" mode, with customs and railway departments sharing logistics data, shortening customs clearance time by one to two days and improving the efficiency of railway The customs clearance time was shortened by 1 to 2 days, thus improving the efficiency of customs clearance at the railway ports.

　　The service capacity has been continuously improved. The goods carried by the "Iron and Steel Camel Corps" are becoming more and more diversified, and the goods carried by the China-European Liner have been gradually expanded to include automobiles and accessories, timber, furniture, chemicals, machinery and equipment, chemical fertilizers and other categories.

　　In the first quarter, the CEB (Hefei) imported potash train became a major highlight of the return train, with the import of high-quality potash exceeding 45,200 tons, opening up a safe and efficient international railway logistics channel for fertilizer imports and promoting the stability of the agricultural production supply chain.

　　Economic recovery to the upside and record high development of many lines

　　On the morning of April 8, with a long whistle blast, a China-European train (YuXinOu) loaded with new energy vehicles slowly departed from Chongqing Unity Village Station, these new energy vehicles will leave the country via Alashankou Port and eventually arrive in Duisburg, Germany.

　　Thanks to the booming development of the domestic new energy vehicle industry, new energy vehicles have become a new growth point for many CEB trains. "We have specially launched the export transport mode of the whole train of cars, and together with the advantages of the CEB train such as high timeliness, fast transit and direct inland, the CEB train (Xi'an) has become a new choice for Geely, BYD and other car enterprises to 'go to sea'." The person in charge of Xi'an International Port Station said.

　　The person in charge of the Zhengzhou Bureau of the National Railway Group introduced that the Zhengzhou Bureau provides customized container loading and reinforcement solutions for customers according to car models, and at present, each container can carry up to four cars, which greatly reduces the comprehensive logistics costs of car export enterprises.

　　The number of China-European Liner (Xi'an) exceeded 1,100 trains, carrying 1.003 million tons of cargo, up 39.6% and 66.1% year-on-year; China-European Liner (Wuhan) shipped 315 trains and 25,968 TEUs, up 202.88% and 202.80% year-on-year; China-European Liner (Hefei) added 21 new stations and shipped 340 trains, up 49.78% year-on-year ...... The continued recovery of China's macro economy has helped a number of China-European Liner trains to reach new highs in the first quarter of this year.