During the 15th Five-Year Plan period, China is set to promote the higher-quality construction of China-Europe Railway Express, further strengthen strategic alignment with BRI partner countries, enhance the overall planning and management of cooperation plans, deepen «hard connectivity» of infrastructure, «soft connectivity» of rules and standards, and «heart connectivity» between peoples among partner countries. It will improve the layout of a three-dimensional global network of connectivity, make the transportation network denser, continuously expand the capacity of ports along the route, raise the level of customs clearance facilitation, optimize cargo organization efficiency, and enrich the variety of goods, forming a corridor network pattern of «smooth and efficient, multi-directional extension, and land-sea interconnection.»
First, the high-quality development of China-Europe Railway Express will further clarify development goals
Adhering to strategic guidance, market orientation, complementary advantages, equal emphasis on quantity and quality, and joint construction, it will coordinate the high-quality construction and high-level operation of China-Europe Railway Express. Efforts will be made to improve the quality and efficiency of the entire chain operation. By strengthening both hard and soft connectivity, optimizing cargo organization and port cooperation, the market competitiveness and sustainable development level of the railway will be effectively enhanced to serve the overall national development.
Second, the high-quality development of China-Europe Railway Express will continue to promote digital empowerment
It will build smart railway express services and establish «first-class facility networks, logistics systems, management capabilities, and service levels.» With technological innovation as the core driving force, it will deepen the application of technologies such as artificial intelligence, big data, and blockchain in the railway for dispatching, cargo monitoring, customs clearance services and other links, and build a full-chain digital logistics service system.
Third, the high-quality development of China-Europe Railway Express will deepen cooperation in industrial synergy and development
Based on the industrial needs of countries along the route, it will promote the in-depth integration of the railway with manufacturing, modern agriculture, and modern service industries, creating a development model of «corridor+industry+park.»
The China-Europe Railway Express is a model for the solid implementation of the BRI, an important platform for BRI partner countries to deepen international economic and trade cooperation, and a vivid practice in building an open world economy.
In the future, China will take the China-Europe Railway Express as a link to inject strong momentum into building a more open world economy.
