Channel for railway freight transportation to speed up the construction of the Yangtze river economic belt and chongqing new European railway to achieve seamless docking

Is the national inland open, "Yangtze river construction important carrier of the Yangtze river economic belt. Chongqing new European railway is open to the west countries, ' 'strategic important carrier. All the way to realize the seamless link of both, will realize the resource sharing, speed up the construction of' area 'strategy and the Yangtze river economic belt all the way." Deputy to the National People's Congress, the general administration of customs commissioner, municipal government counselor Ma Zhongyuan said.

Ma Zhongyuan introduction, chongqing is one of the three major shipping center in the Yangtze river. In 2014, 150 million tons of chongqing port on the Yangtze river golden waterway transport goods, container 1 million teus. Among them, 8.9 million tons of import and export goods, import and export container 8.9 million teus.

In July 2011, chongqing first operation "chongqing new European" container freight trains, along with regional, national customs between "one declaration, one inspection, a release", become the main trade land freight. By the end of 2014, the country accumulated in the operation of the central railway container trains, "new Europe" chongqing import and export value accounted for 80%.

Ma Zhongyuan introduction, China and Germany is located in the "new Europe" chongqing destination at both ends of the silk road economic belt, is the two largest economies in Asia and Europe and growth pole, also is the beginning and end of the chongqing new European railway. The construction of the silk road economic zone will rely on strengthening cooperation between the two countries.

Relying on chongqing and chongqing new railway and the Yangtze river golden waterway, in open to the west to the east, the node position in the strategy, to play the role of strategic fulcrum. As a result, "the implementation of the national inland open strategy, can be achieved through the Yangtze river all the way 'and' area cohesive interaction between strategy, which is building one of the important research projects in the Yangtze river economic belt." Ma Zhongyuan said.

All the way to implement the central about "area" strategy and the construction of the Yangtze river economic belt, Ma Zhongyuan advice, to speed up the chongqing - wuhan freight line along the railway should be brought into the national railway network and to start construction as soon as possible, to support the chongqing in the "area" strategy and play in the construction of the Yangtze river economic belt interchange and strategic nodes, strategic fulcrum function, to alleviate the pressure of the Yangtze river waterway freight, drive along the regional economic development, in the upper Yangtze river area import and export enterprises to provide a variety of modes of transportation, using the market competition to reduce the cost of transportation, promote china-eu trade land freight transport.

"Can lead to coordinate the relevant ministries and commissions of the state region along the river, use of the existing railway line, the construction of a railway freight line along the river, formed throughout the Yangtze river economic belt, rail freight channel comprehensive transportation of the Yangtze river economic zone construction, all the way with 'area' cohesion between strategic interaction, and chongqing new European railway seamless docking." Ma Zhongyuan said.