On the morning of July 5th, as a freight train loaded with sand and gravel materials arrived at the Dahongmen freight yard of the Beijing Railway Logistics Center of China Railway Beijing Group Co., Ltd., the operators immediately became busy, quickly unloading the containers onto short haul transport vehicles and transporting them to various concrete mixing stations in Beijing. According to statistics, in the first half of this year, China Railway Beijing Bureau has transported a total of 1.769 million tons of sand and gravel materials to Beijing, an increase of 772000 tons year-on-year, with a growth rate of 77.4%. This has provided effective assistance in serving the adjustment of Beijing's transportation structure and promoting rail transportation. Railway is a low-cost and efficient mode of transportation with large capacity. Since the beginning of this year, the railway department has continued to deepen the market-oriented reform of freight transportation, accelerate the construction of a modern railway logistics system, actively connect with the production and logistics market demands of enterprises, increase the investment in freight transportation capacity, optimize the supply of railway logistics products and transportation organization, and improve the quantity and quality of the freight market, providing strong support for the recovery and improvement of the national economy and the reduction of logistics costs for the whole society. Effectively supporting economic and social development, "every additional train loaded can increase the transportation volume by about 3500 tons. We focus on sections with tight transportation capacity and take various measures to break through transportation bottlenecks and ensure fast loading and delivery of key materials such as coal," said Liu Lu, Director of the Planning and Dispatch Office of China Railway Urumqi Group Co., Ltd. In the first half of this year, China's national economy continued to recover and improve, with overall stability and progress. Among them, the railway department fully utilizes the advantages of the national railway network and centralized and unified command system, continuously deepens the structural reform of railway transportation supply side, accelerates the construction of freight channels, builds an advanced and efficient collection and distribution system, and provides important transportation guarantees. In order to fully unleash the capacity of transportation channels, Xinjiang Railway has strengthened the organization of direct trains entering Xinjiang after the completion of the first phase of centralized construction of the Xinjiang section of the Lanxin Railway, accelerated the exchange of trains at the Anbei Station and other boundary points of the Lanxin Railway, and achieved large inflow and outflow of trains entering and leaving Xinjiang, allowing vehicles to quickly circulate and ensuring smooth transportation channels. By tapping potential and improving efficiency, we have ensured an increase in the number of empty vehicles from the source, ensuring that there are vehicles as soon as there are goods. Recently, the daily average number of coal trains transported by Xinjiang Railway to various places outside Xinjiang has reached 62, an increase of 23 trains per day compared to the same period last year Chen Kaiqiang, Senior Marketing Manager of 95306 Freight Service Center of China Railway Urumqi Bureau, said. Not only in Xinjiang, but also across the country, railway departments have carefully organized peak summer energy supply and transportation, making good use of major freight channels such as Daqin, Haoji, Wali, Tangbao, and Lanxin railways, vigorously operating 10000 ton trains, strengthening the organization of coal transportation from the west to the east, north to the south, and Xinjiang to the outside. In June, the average daily loading of coal on national railways was 83500 vehicles, a year-on-year increase of 5.6%, and the average daily loading of electric coal was 59000 vehicles, a year-on-year increase of 3%, both reaching new highs in the same period of history. At the same time, the railway department also carefully organized the transportation of key national and livelihood materials such as oil, fertilizers, pesticides, flood prevention and disaster relief, opened up green channels, gave preferential transportation capacity, implemented priority transportation, priority loading, and priority hanging transportation to ensure efficient delivery. In June, the national railway oil, fertilizer, and pesticide transportation volume increased by 4.0% and 26.2% year-on-year, respectively. According to data from China National Railway Group Co., Ltd., in June of this year, the national railway shipped 332 million tons of goods and completed a freight turnover of 266.5 billion ton kilometers, an increase of 6.1% and 5.3% respectively year-on-year, both reaching a new historical high for the same period. At present, China's railway freight volume, freight turnover and other indicators are steadily ranked first in the world and continue to operate at a high level. Deepening transportation reform, improving quality and efficiency, stepping on the first ray of sunshine in the morning, Shen Yi, the director of the warehouse and distribution operation room of Fuzhou Huifeng Supply Chain Management Co., Ltd. at Fuzhou Railway Logistics Center, began a busy day of work. Since taking on the railway logistics general contracting business for a certain brand of mineral water in April, Fuzhou Railway Logistics Center has actively visited customers, conducted in-depth communication, and upgraded and developed the "warehouse and distribution integration" 2.0 version logistics general contracting solution based on the previous "door-to-door" logistics general contracting service 1.0 version, saving intermediate logistics links, improving transportation efficiency, and reducing logistics costs for shippers by more than 10 yuan/ton. In recent years, the railway department has actively embraced the market and deepened the reform of transportation services. By leveraging the role of 40 railway logistics centers nationwide, we will accelerate the development of logistics general contracting, tailor logistics solutions for enterprises, and promote the transformation of railway transportation from traditional "station to station" to "door-to-door" full logistics services. We have signed a total of 330 million tons of logistics general contracting contracts. The Kunming Chengdu high-speed rail express train, which shuttles between Yunnan and Sichuan provinces, has been in operation for one year, with a total of 652 trains running. The maximum loading capacity for the 1127 kilometer journey is 70 tons, and the fastest delivery time is only 5 hours and 51 minutes to reach the destination. Miao Yingyou, Deputy Director of the Freight Department of China Railway Kunming Group Co., Ltd., said that the efficient transportation efficiency enables the rapid circulation of high value-added goods such as plateau specialties, fresh food, business express, biomedicine, electronic products, etc. in Yunnan. The fresh flowers purchased by customers at the Dounan Flower Market in Kunming in the early morning can be quickly transported to Chengdu flower shops through high-speed rail express delivery on the same day and quickly put on sale. In addition, the railway department has vigorously developed multimodal transport, developing 17 new types of containers such as coil steel boxes, grain boxes, and dangerous goods liquid tank boxes. It actively promotes the "one unit system" and "one box system" of multimodal transport, compresses intermediate links, further enhances the competitiveness of the railway freight market, and effectively promotes the high-quality development of public rail and sea rail intermodal transport. Currently, multi link express trains connecting inland logistics node cities have covered provincial capital cities, and rail sea express trains connecting ports and inland hinterland cities have covered major ports across the country. The railway department has also deepened cooperation with financial institutions, continuously improving three types of logistics financial service products: freight loans, letter of credit settlement, and railway document financing. The cumulative credit financing amount is 12.1 billion yuan, with small and micro customers accounting for more than 80%, effectively reducing customer financing costs. Actively exploring market-oriented pricing mechanisms, tailored "fixed price" transportation solutions for customers based on the demand for "revolving rail" transportation, effectively reducing the overall logistics costs. Ensuring the stability of the industrial and supply chains. In the summer, trains shuttle through the Mohan Railway Port in Yunnan, creating a busy scene. Durian, mangosteen and other tropical fruits produced in Thailand and Laos, the "New Three Kinds" made in China take the international freight train of the China Laos Railway "Lancang Mekong Express Line" through the ports of entry and exit, and sell well in major cities. "It is the fastest way to transport fruits imported from Thailand, such as durian and mangosteen, to Kunming via the China Laos Railway Vientiane South Zhunmei Gauge Reloading Station." Zhang Chengluan, Deputy General Manager of Laozhong Railway Operation Center of Yunnan Energy Investment Logistics Co., Ltd., said, "Since this year, our company has transported 12000 tons of fruits such as durian and mangosteen in Thailand through the cold chain container of the China Laos Railway." The Secretary of the General Party Branch of Mohan Station of Puer Train Depot of Kunming Railway Bureau of China Railway independently introduced that the operation time of the international freight train "Lancang Mekong Express" from Kunming to Vientiane on the China Laos Railway is stable in about 26 hours, which is favored by enterprises. Since the opening and operation of the China Laos Railway, the railway department has actively explored a series of innovative "Lancang Mekong Express" train brands such as the "Shanghai Yunnan Lancang Mekong Line", "China Laos+China Europe" of the China Laos Railway. The train operation fulfillment rate has reached 100%, and efforts have been made to build a safe and efficient transportation service network connecting inside and outside, radiating around, two-way mutual aid. Inner Mongolia, far in the north, has also increased its ties with countries jointly building the "the Belt and Road" by virtue of railways. On June 14th, a China Europe freight train loaded with household appliances such as air conditioners, water heaters, and refrigerators departed from the Jinhaote Railway Logistics Park. This is the first China Europe freight train for household appliances to depart from Bayannur, Inner Mongolia this year. Since the first China Europe freight train was launched in Bayannur on January 12, 2022, 43 trains have been regularly operated, and a large number of high-quality agricultural and livestock products from the Hetao region have been exported to Europe through the China Europe freight train. In order to better play the role of the China Europe freight train, the railway department continues to improve the transportation capacity of the channel and the replacement capacity of key ports, expand the scale of the China Europe freight train operation throughout the entire timetable, realize the normalization of the outbound operation of the China Europe freight train across the Caspian Sea, strengthen the monitoring and safety guarantee of the entire operation of the train, and the cross-border freight transportation presents a trend of both quantity and quality improvement. (New Society)