Xinhua News Agency, Chongqing, January 19 (Reporters Li Xiaoting and Zhou Wenchong) On the morning of the 17th, a China-Europe freight train full of European "foreign New Year goods" such as candy, waffles, macarons, wine, beer, beer, beef, etc. successfully arrived at the Chongqing Tuanjie Village Central Station. This is a special China-Europe freight train specially launched on the eve of the Spring Festival.

On January 17, a special train of China-Europe freight loaded with European goods such as candy successfully arrived at the Chongqing Tuanjie Village Central Station. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Huang Wei

"On the eve of this year's Spring Festival, European candy, chocolate, biscuits, red wine and other products were particularly popular among consumers. Recently, the Chongqing China-Europe Express has imported more than 200 standard boxes of New Year goods and other related products." Xu Runqiu, manager of the Marketing Center of Chongqing Xinou (Chongqing) Supply Chain Management Co., Ltd., said.

In recent years, the transportation routes of China-Europe freight trains have been continuously enriched and the distribution network has been continuously improved. More and more foreign goods have chosen to take China-Europe freight trains to enter the Chinese market. The Spring Festival of the Year of the Snake is approaching, and the China-Europe freight train has become a "New Year's freight train", bringing consumers new choices for New Year's goods.

On January 17, at the Chongqing International Logistics Hub Park, Liu Yifan (left), deputy chief of the Yuzhou Customs Supervision Section of Chongqing Customs, and his colleagues were carefully checking the beef imported through the China-Europe Express. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Huang Wei

Opening the off-white frozen container, Liu Yifan, deputy chief of the Yuzhou Customs Supervision Section of Chongqing Customs, and his colleagues are carefully checking a batch of meat from Europe. They will be sent to major supermarkets and hot pot restaurants in the Sichuan-Chongqing region soon.

Check box numbers, comparison orders, and cargo sampling... These "foreign New Year's goods" come from afar. To get on the dining table of Chinese consumers, a series of "physical examinations" are still needed.

"In order to ensure that these 'foreign New Year's goods' are delivered to everyone's table as soon as possible, we have adopted the '7×24-hour' appointment customs clearance mechanism, and encourage import and export enterprises to apply convenient measures such as early declaration and railway express delivery to ensure that imported New Year's goods are 're ready as they come'." Liu Yifan said.

The relevant person in charge of the Chengdu Bureau of China Railway Corporation said that during the Spring Festival, Chongqing Railway Logistics Center, Xinglongchang Station, and Tuanjie Village Central Station will achieve the "four precisions" of operation plan, operation time, operation lines, and loading and unloading locations. Achieve fast loading, unloading, unloading, fast disassembly, fast combo and fast dispatch of trains to ensure smooth and efficient transportation of trains.

On January 17, staff from Chongqing Railway Port Company loaded the goods that passed the customs inspection. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Huang Wei

Relying on the China-Europe Express New Year's goods train, Russian candies and macarons have become "hot goods" in domestic supermarkets, and Belarus' meat products have been smeared into Sichuan and Chongqing hotpot...

The end of the year is approaching, and Gao Feng, deputy general manager of the Comprehensive Logistics Business Department of Shanghai Ruiboshi Logistics Co., Ltd., is extremely busy. Recently, his company has received many orders for imported food from Russia and Belarus. "Consumers in various places have begun to 'prepare New Year's goods', and the market demand is huge, and candy, meat and alcohol goods are particularly popular." Gao Feng said, "among them, meat and poultry goods grew the fastest, an increase of 20% over the same period last year." Gao Feng told reporters that when the company was established in 2022, it was clear that the logistics organization method of China-Europe freight trains were adopted, and imported food intensively through the freight trains. "China-Europe freight trains are not affected by the weather and seasons, and can effectively ensure the efficiency and safety of food transportation."

In the past, meat products from European merchants such as Russia and Belarus were of high quality and low price, but they were difficult to transport to the Sichuan-Chongqing region. After the launch of the China-Europe Express, the transportation time was reduced from one and a half months to two weeks. Sichuan and Chongqing consumers could enjoy imported meat with good quality and low-cost prices, and European merchants were able to share the dividends of the Chinese market.

"Our European customers have also specially added chicken feet, beef tripe and other goods based on the characteristics of the domestic New Year's Festival market, which is loved by consumers in Sichuan and Chongqing." Gao Feng said, "Everyone hopes that the number of special New Year's goods will be opened more and more!" Data from the China Railway Corporation shows that in 2024, a total of 19,000 trains of China-Europe freight trains were launched, and 2.07 million standard boxes of goods were sent, an increase of 10% and 9% year-on-year respectively. At present, the number of goods transported by China-Europe freight trains has increased to more than 50,000 in 53 categories.

During this year's Spring Festival, the Chongqing-Europe Express maintained the normal and intensive operation of international trains such as China-Europe, Central Asia and other international trains. It is expected to ship nearly 50 international trains to return to China, continuing to bring the world atmosphere to the Chinese New Year.