渝洽會上 外賓們對“渝新歐”很期盼

□ 文/本刊記者 唐綱

渝洽會上 外賓們對“渝新歐”很期盼

□ 文/本刊記者 唐綱

5月15至18日，2014年重慶渝洽會在重慶國際博覽中心舉行。會場內外， 外賓們對“渝新歐”很期待。

蘭渝鐵路縮短“渝新歐”行程

蘭渝鐵路2015年運營，重慶到蘭州只需6.5小時，屆時“渝新歐”全程運行時間有望縮短至12天。

蘭渝鐵路是甘肅蘭州至重慶北的雙線鐵路，總長818.71公里，重慶境內總長132.5公里。火車從蘭州開到重慶合川渭沱火車站后，貨客列車分線行駛。貨車開往興隆場進行解編，客車駛入重慶北站。

記者在本次渝洽會上獲悉，2008年動工的蘭渝鐵路，重慶境內路基土石方已完成了99%，今年內將完成合川渭沱站至興隆場編組站的全部建設，預計在2015年底，蘭渝鐵路將全線投入運營。屆時，重慶到蘭州的時間將會縮短到6.5小時，渝新歐的運營時間也會更短。

蘭渝鐵路有限責任公司副總經理蔡碧林介紹，蘭渝鐵路經過甘、陜、川、渝四省（市），客車方面，蘭州至四川廣元段行駛160公里每小時，廣元至重慶段行駛200公里每小時。貨車全線時速則在120-160公里每小時之間。

渝新歐(重慶)物流公司總經理周樹林在渝洽會論壇上透露，蘭渝鐵路全線貫通后，“渝新歐”國內段將縮短700公里。此外，沿線各國也將提速，最快運行時速將達到120公里，“提速后，“渝新歐”每天的運行距離都將超過1000公里，加上吊裝換軌，12天就能運行完全程。”

外賓對“渝新歐”的期盼

“提升‘渝新歐’競爭力的當務之急，是解決回程貨源問題。”俄羅斯駐華商務代表處經濟處處長佩列瓦洛夫·亞歷山大在演講中稱，要組織到充足貨源，首先得提高鐵路的運行效率。他表示，一旦縮短現有運行時間，同時在歐洲開展“門對門”配送服務，“渝新歐”的回程貨客戶將會大幅增加。

德國駐成都總領事館副總領事馬晏子表示，“渝新歐”開通后，為中德商貿互動提供了硬件基礎。不過，目前德國還有不少企業并不知曉這條便捷的國際大通道。要提高班列的開行頻率，增加運量，組織回程貨源，還需要繼續廣而告之，讓更多有對華出口需求的歐洲企業知曉。

來自周邊的匈牙利、意大利、法國、荷蘭等國的嘉賓，也對渝新歐拋來橄欖枝。

“要實現外貿貨物無邊界流通，從而在全球配置生產資源，實現生產效率最大化，便捷的物流通道至關重要。”匈牙利駐重慶總領事館總領事海博說，從這一角度看，“渝新歐”遠遠超越了物流通道的意義。他表示，雖然不是“渝新歐”途經國，但匈牙利位于歐洲中心，輻射能力強，如果能在此建立分撥點，將有更多歐洲企業愿意通過匈牙利中轉，搭乘“渝新歐”通過“新絲路”到重慶，再通過長江經濟帶到達中國的廣袤市場。

意大利駐重慶總領事館總領事馬非同、荷蘭外商投資促進局駐華總代表紀維德、法國歐朗集團全球副總裁格蕾絲?科林，都表達了希望借“渝新歐”東風，與重慶乃至中國擴大經貿往來的愿望。

他們認為，隨著今年“渝新歐”回程貨班列的常態開行，重慶有望成為歐洲對華貿易的分撥中心，并建議重慶在產業轉型升級中，將“渝新歐”作為輸送管道，更快地引進歐洲先進技術和高端裝備制造業。

Foreign Guests Excited about “Chongqing-Xinjiang-Europe”Railway during CCISF

From May 15 to 18, the 2014 CCISF was held in Chongqing International Exposition Center. In and outside of the venue, foreign guests are quite enthusiastic about Chongqing-Xinjiang-Europe Railway.

Lanzhou-Chongqing Railway shortens Chongqing-Xinjiang-Europe journey

Lanzhou-Chongqing Railway will be operated in 2015 by running 6.5 hours. At that time, the whole operation time of Chongqing-Xinjiang-Europe line might be shortened to 12 days.

Lanzhou-Chongqing line is a double-track railway from Lanzhou, Gansu province to Chongqing with a total length of 818.71 km, in which 132.5 km is in Chongqing. While the train travels from Lanzhou to Weituo station, Hechuan, Chongqing, the cargo and passenger trains split to different tracks. The cargo train head for Xinglongchang for marshalling and the passenger train enters into Chongqing North Station.

It is learnt from the CCISF that 99% subgrade earthwork of the Chongqing section, Lanzhou-Chongqing line, which initially started in 2008, has been completed. This year, all the construction of Hechuan Weituo Station to Xinglongchang marshalling yard will be completed. It is predicted that by the end of 2015, the whole Lanzhou-Chongqing Railway will be launched into operation. At that time, the travelling time between Chongqing and Lanzhou will be shorted to 6.5 hours, thus also shortening the journey of Chongqing-Xinjiang-Europe train.

According to Cai Bilin, vice general manager of Lanzhou-Chongqing Railway Co., Ltd, the railway cuts across Gansu, Shaanxi, Sichuan and Chongqing. The passenger train travels at the speed of 160 km per hour from Lanzhou to Guangyuan, Sichuan and 200 km per hour from Guangyuan to Chongqing. The speed for the cargo train throughout the journey is between 120 to 160 km per hour.

Zhou Shulin, general manager of Chongqing-Xinjiang-Europe (Chongqing) Logistics Corporation said during a CCISF forum that after the fi nal launch of Lanzhou-Chongqing Railway, the mileage of the domestic section of Chongqing –Xinjiang-Europe Railway can be shortened by 700 km. In addition, countries along the line will also accelerate their railway speed up to 120 km per hour, after which the daily travelling distance of the train will exceed 1000 km per day. Together with hoisting and track switching, the train can fi nish the journey in 12 days.

Foreign guests enthusiastic about Chongqing-Xinjiang-Europe Railway

“The priority to raise competitiveness of Chongqing-Xinjiang-Europe Railway is to find the backhaul cargo,”said Perevalov Alexander, head of economic section, Russia-China Trade Offi ce, “ in order to organize suffi cient cargo, the operation efficiency of the railway must be raised first.” He also added that once the current running time is shortened and door-to-door delivery offered in Europe, the backhaul customers will greatly increase.

Jens Kraus-Masse, deputy consul general of Germany in Chengdu said that after the launch of Chongqing-Xinjiang-Europe Railway, a hardware foundation is rendered to China-German trade interaction. Many German companies, however, are still unaware of this convenient international channel. To inform more European companies exporting to China, the train frequency and cargo volume shall be increased, and more backhaul cargo must be organized through further publicity.

Guests from Hungry, Italy, France and Netherlands also expressed their interest toward the railway.

“Convenient logistics channels are vital to realize boundless circulation of cargo, allocate production resources in the world and realize optimized production efficiency,” said Haiba Tamas, consul general of Hungary in Chongqing. From this perspective, Chongqing-Xinjiang-Europe Railway has far exceeded the signifi cance of a mere logistics channel. He said that hough not a country along the line, Hungary is situated in the center of Europe with strong infl uence to other countries. If a distribution center is set up here, more European companies are willing to transit via Hungary and reach Chongqing through this new “Silk Road” and then reach the vast Chinese market through the Yangtze River economic belt.

Sergio Maffettone, consul general of Italy in Chongqing, Guy Wittich, head of Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency and Grace Colin, global vice president of French Colang Group all expressed interest to expand trade ties with Chongqing and the rest of China with opportunities of the railway.

They believed that as the backhaul trains are normalized in this year, Chongqing might become a distribution center of European goods to China. They also suggested that during the industrial upgrading of Chongqing, the Chongqing-Xinjiang-Europe Railway can be the pipeline to bring in advanced European technologies and high-end equip manufacturing industry faster.