Original title: Yunnan’s cross-border passenger and freight traffic continues to rise—releasing the vitality of opening up to stimulate surging momentum
The first three quarters of this year
The value of imported and exported goods transported by China-Laos railway reached 13.8 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 50.5%.
China-Laos Railway carries 177,000 cross-border passengers
A year-on-year increase of 175.6%
Daily number of cross-border freight trains
Increased from 2 columns at the initial stage of opening
Current 17 columns
The train stops at Mengla Station on the China-Laos Railway.
During this year’s National Day holiday, at Hekou North Station and Honghe Station on the China-Vietnam border, groups of Vietnamese group tourists wearing various baseball caps and holding various guide flags became a beautiful sight at the stations.
“With the continuous improvement of customs clearance policies between China and Vietnam, a large number of Vietnamese tourists enter the country through the Hekou-Laojie Port, and then take high-speed trains to travel to various parts of Yunnan via the Yuhe Railway and the Mimeng Railway.” Du Junyu, a Vietnamese tour guide, said that since this year, Hekou North has Tens of thousands of Vietnamese passengers have taken the train to various parts of China at the station. The “high-speed rail + tourism” team is obviously more popular in the market and has become a “golden business card” for travel agencies to attract customers.
The Sino-Vietnam Hekou-Laojie Port is one of the most convenient passages for northern Vietnamese provinces and cities to enter China. Since the beginning of this year, thanks to the continuous improvement of the customs clearance policies of the two countries and the facilitation of visas and other favorable policies, the flow of people and logistics between China and Vietnam has continued to show a steady and positive trend. Therefore, the China-Vietnam Hekou-Lao Cai Railway has strengthened ties. Since the beginning of this year, the number of tourist groups entering the Hekou Port has increased significantly. The Yuhe Railway and the Mi-Meng Railway provide services to more than three Vietnamese tourist groups every day. The railway departments of China and Vietnam make full use of the opportunity of the monthly stationmaster meetings between the two countries to enhance consensus and stabilize transportation. An average of 2 to 3 pairs of cross-border freight trains are stably operated every day, effectively ensuring the rapid circulation of agricultural products between China, Vietnam and other ASEAN countries. and distribution to continuously release open vitality.
The scene of “both people and goods” is not only busy at Hekou Port, but also at Mohan Port.
Rows of speeding trains bring passengers from all directions. Benefiting from the 144-hour visa-free transit policy, the China-Laos railway cross-border tourism market continues to heat up. After the implementation of the visa-free policy, citizens from 54 countries including the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom who meet the conditions for temporary entry can enter the country by taking the China-Laos Railway EMU and travel to many popular tourist areas in Yunnan Province.
Yang Rui, assistant translator at Mohan Station, said that in order to better serve passengers, Mohan Station is based on the “Silk Road·Mohan” national gate service pioneer cultural brand and provides travel self-service, customs clearance assistance, communication assistance, and medical assistance in the international waiting area. “Four-assistant service”. “We also have an ATM machine in the joint immigration inspection hall to facilitate foreign passengers to withdraw RMB, allowing passengers to have a smoother experience on the China-Laos Railway.”
In the first three quarters of this year, the China-Laos Railway carried a total of 177,000 cross-border passengers, a year-on-year increase of 175.6%, and the sources of passengers have covered more than 100 countries and regions. Beijing, Chengdu, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Nanning and other places have adopted the “domestic tourism train + international passenger train” model and have organized China-Laos cross-border tour groups to Laos for many times. It has become a way to travel around Laos and Yunnan, China by train. New fashion.
In terms of freight, relying on the China-Laos railway, mechanical and electrical products and agricultural products made in China, as well as natural rubber and tropical fruits from Laos and Thailand, go in both directions, which has effectively promoted economic and trade exchanges along the route. Kunming Customs statistics show that since the opening of the China-Laos Railway, as of September this year, the import and export cargo of the China-Laos Railway has exceeded 10 million tons, with a value of more than 40 billion yuan. In the first three quarters of this year, the value of imported and exported goods transported by China-Laos railway was 13.8 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 50.5%. At present, cross-border cargo transportation has covered 12 “Belt and Road” countries including Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. The daily number of cross-border cargo trains has increased from 2 in the initial stage to 17 currently, and the transportation categories have increased from 2 in the initial stage. Rubber, chemical fertilizers, etc. have been expanded to more than 2,900 types including electronics, photovoltaics, communications, automobiles, etc.
On September 24, the first China-Laos-Thailand intermodal “one-way” freight train departed from Kunming, went directly to Vientiane along the China-Laos railway, and then transported by road to the Thai wholesale market, realizing the full “door-to-door” transportation. Only three and a half days.
By continuously innovating the freight service model, the Kunming Bureau of the State Railway launched the “Lancang-Mekong Express” freight product with fixed points, fixed routes, timing, pricing and one-stop direct service, significantly reducing the running time of international freight trains; actively exploring the “Lancang-Mekong Express” + cross-border e-commerce”, “China-Laos Railway + China-Europe Train”, “China-Laos Railway + New Western Land-Sea Corridor Train” and other new modes of international railway transportation, and have successively launched the “Shanghai-Dunnan·Lancang-Mekong Line” and “Guangdong-Dunnan·Lancang-Mekong Line” “International freight trains, China-Laos-Thailand international freight trains, fruit and vegetable cold chain trains, etc. have shortened the direct transportation time from Laos, Thailand and other countries to Europe to 15 days; strengthen the construction of freight infrastructure, and build and put into use the Vientiane South Changing Station , to achieve China-Laos-Thailand railway interconnection.
The China-Laos Railway has injected new momentum into the prosperity and development of the regional economy, accelerating Yunnan’s transformation from the tail end of openness to the frontier of openness. At present, the cross-border passenger and freight volume continues to rise. Trains loaded with containers are slowly driving out of the railway port. Smiling Chinese and foreign passengers are entering and leaving the port. In the flow of people and goods, they demonstrate the openness to the outside world. Vibrant and vigorous.
Yunnan Daily-Yun News Reporter: Li Chenghan
Yunnan Daily-Yun News Editor: Guo Xingyu
Editor in charge: Yun News
