Further progress has been made in promoting railway cooperation among countries and regions along the Belt and Road and facilitating international trade. The 95306 digital port system has been put into use at railway stations across the country since July, according to a recent announcement by China National Railway Corporation. For foreign trade enterprises, this means that the railway international transport will be more efficient and convenient, bringing more development opportunities.
"Digital port" system is a new function of China Railway 95306 freight e-commerce platform. Through this system, all parties involved in international railway transport will realize online data sharing, rapid declaration and query, and cross-border railway transport can realize digitization of customs clearance through inspection. As long as the train sets off, the information of goods, consignor and consignee will be transmitted to the customs department, port station, transport agent enterprise and railway company in real time, and the customs declaration will be automatically completed, and the relevant transport within the territory can also go through the formalities in advance. Although the "digital port" system is a small step for the reform and innovation of railway freight, it is a big step for China railway to grasp the opportunity of digital development. It is a vivid practice for China railway to seek opportunity and turn danger into opportunity.
As the COVID-19 epidemic continues to spread around the world, many countries have closed important cross-border transport barriers such as ports and airports, which has greatly affected air and sea transport, but left room for international railway transport to break through. In many places, the opening data of China-Europe freight trains during the epidemic have all increased against the trend. Data show that in the first half of this year, the number of freight trains running in China and Europe increased significantly, with 5,122 trains running in total, up 36% year-on-year. In May, the number of china-Europe freight trains exceeded 1,000 in a single month for the first time, and 1,169 trains were launched in June, setting a new record high. During the epidemic prevention and control period, the China-Europe freight train has closely linked many Countries in Asia and Europe and played an important role in ensuring the transport of medical supplies. It has built a safe and efficient green transport corridor and become a trade bridge between China and Europe. Facts have proved that the China-Europe freight train has huge advantages and potential to seize opportunities and turn crises into opportunities.
Taking the application of the "digital port" as an opportunity to improve the china-china freight train products will not only complement the weak links of the railway in international freight transport, but also help further open the international combined transport corridor and give full play to the traction role of the railway in promoting the "One Belt And One Road" construction. The "digital port" system can realize the information interconnection between the railway and the customs department and the highly coordinated operation. It can reduce the congestion of the ports, simplify the customs clearance procedures, lower logistics costs and significantly improve the efficiency. At the beginning of this year, the "digital port" system was first piloted at the Manzhouli port, and the time from train declaration to customs clearance was shortened from about half a day to less than 30 minutes, with only a few minutes at the earliest. In the first half of this year, 1,523 china-Europe freight trains entered and left China via the Manzhouli Railway Port station, and the "digital ports" have played an important role.
The application of "digital port" is an epitome of the information-based construction and high-quality development of China-Europe freight trains. Last September, with the signing of the Convention on The Promotion of High-quality Development of China-Europe freight trains, China and Europe freight trains entered the fast track of digital development. Thanks to new technologies such as the Internet and big data, the management of china-Europe freight trains has been constantly innovated, and the level of supply chain management has been greatly improved. Take The China-Europe freight train (Chengdu) as an example, it has realized 100% real-time location tracking of the international freight train departure, online operation of the whole journey, such as inquiring information, handling box renting, port entry and exit procedures, etc., and the overall booking time has been reduced by 86%. By giving full play to the advantages of direct purchasing, direct purchasing and tracing the whole journey, the china-china express train has been expanding its circle of friends and expanding cross-border trade business. This has not only improved its added value and profitability, but also enabled more manufacturers and traders from countries and regions along the "One Belt And One Road" to ride on the express train of high-quality development in China.
Seizing the new opportunities of digitization, networking and intelligentization, the railway industry is turning crisis into opportunity to seize the commanding heights of high-quality development. The china-china train service, which is moving towards digitalization, will also serve as a locomotive for the "One Belt And One Road" initiative and inject a steady stream of confidence and momentum into the world economy through high-quality development.
Article source:People's daily
