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SHENYANG, China, March 8, 2023 /Xinhua＝KYODO JBN/--

On the morning of March 4, a freight train with 55 containers fully loaded

departed from Shenyang Puhe Logistics Base, marking the inauguration of the

China Railway Express (Shenyang) Hub.

Relying on the construction of Shenyang Puhe Logistics Base, one of the 18

railway container centers in China and a national first-class railway freight

hub, China Railway Express (Shenyang) Hub can handle over 1,000 trains every

year. Currently, the China Railway Express (Shenyang) has realized the full

coverage of "three routes and five ports", and the cargo delivered has reached

out to ocver 50 overseas cities in more than 20 countries across the world. The

number of trains in operation ranks the first in Northeast China and among the

top in China, according to the Information Office of Shenyang Municipality.

At the ceremony, Wang Xinwei, member of the Standing Committee of the CPC

Liaoning Provincial Committee and Secretary of the CPC Municipal Committee, and

Jin Guowei, Vice Governor of Liaoning Province listened to the introduction to

the operation of this line and the development plan for the Hub. Wang Xinwei

pointed out that the construction of the China Railway Express (Shenyang) Hub

should seize the opportunity of this inaugural departure to accelerate the

expansion and upgrading of infrastructures, strengthen land-sea linkage and

multimodal transport, improve functions of the port, to build a land hub of

import and export commodity in Northeast China with continuously growing

capacity.

"We need to promote reform and innovation, improve sustainable operation,

strengthen digital and technological empowerment, and develop new models and

business forms such as 'freight trains + cold chain products' and 'freight

trains + customized services', to improve the quality, efficiency and

competitiveness of our services. We need to pay greater attention to industrial

cultivation, actively attract such industries as manufacturing, modern

logistics and commodity trade for concentrated development, thus to create an

industrial ecosystem. Moreover, we need to make full use of the hub to build a

first-class international land port as well as an important terminal of the

land-sea passage in Northeast China."

Source: Information Office of Shenyang Municipality

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   Caption: China Railway Express (Shenyang) Hub for China-Europe freight trains came into

official operation.