On May 11, the country's first "South Asia International Freight Train" set off in Lan. Ten days later, this freight train full of "Made in China" will arrive in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, after rail and road transportation. This marks that in the construction of the "Belt and Road", Lanzhou has taken another important step in opening to the west and south after opening the "Lanzhou" Central Asia and Europe freight train.

Since the major strategic concept of "the belt and road initiative" was put forward for more than two years, countries along the route have responded one after another. Last year, China signed a memorandum of understanding with more than 30 countries to jointly build the "Belt and Road". Some of the major "Belt and Road" skeletons have begun to be built, such as the China-Mongolia-Russia Economic Corridor, the China-Indochina Peninsula Economic Corridor, and the New Eurasian Continental Bridge Economic Corridor, China-Central Asia-West Asia Corridor, China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar Economic Corridor, etc. As far as China and Europe are concerned, in the past, freight between China and Europe mainly relied on air, sea and road transportation. Air and road transportation costs are high and sea transportation takes a long time. With its characteristics of short distance, fast speed and high safety, as well as the advantages of safety and speed, green environmental protection and little impact on the natural environment, China Europe train has become the backbone of land transportation in international logistics.

The prospect of international freight is very broad, with high cost performance. As we all know, in the past, our logistics trade for South Asia and Southeast Asia was mainly completed by sea. The special railway freight train opened this time can be said to open up the way of land transportation and will give full play to the advantages of railway transportation. It is conceivable that in the future, railways will drive economic trade, goods exchanges, personnel flows, cultural exchanges and technical support between various countries and cities, which will surely strengthen the "city" effect among countries, and the development pattern of the "Belt and Road" will also It has established a cooperation system for the common development of all countries in the world through mutual help, mutual assistance, and mutual progress. With the complementarity of science and technology and the mutual assistance of resources, the railway will also take a step in the development, and finally pave a world railway transportation route map.

Now the "Belt and Road" has become a trend. The opening of each international railway line will bring a new round of development opportunities to countries and regions along the route. All industries should welcome this new era with new development ideas. Create a win-win situation. With the cooperation with South Asia Railway, our railway is also constantly "upgrading" and speeding up. We believe that the "South Asia International Freight Train" will become the "star product" of international freight transportation in the "Belt and Road Initiative" strategy. it will also stimulate common economic development and benefit the people.