Building an Important Main Line of China-Europe Railway Express for Land Silk Road——Taking China-Kazakhstan Karamay-Tacheng-Ayagoz International Corridor as an Example
With the continuous advancement of the Belt and Road Initiative,the economic and trade exchanges between China and Europe and countries involved in the Belt and Road are developing rapidly.The logistics demand is booming,and the trade channels and trade modes are constantly enriched and improved,which bring development opportunities for China-Europe Railway Express,and also put forward new and higher requirements for the construction of CRE.However,CRE are still in the early stage of development.Some problems still exist,such as higher comprehensive transportation costs,disorderly competition,inadequate supply and demand connection,customs clearance facilitation,and insufficient support capacity of transportation infrastructure and supporting services along the Belt and the Road,which urgently need to be standardized,developed and improved.The Karamay-Tacheng-Ayagoz International Corridor is the most convenient corridor connecting China and Europe with the advantages of shorter routes,less countries along the routes,shorter transit time and lower transportation cost.It can expand the scale of land transportation between Asia and Europe,and enhance the economic and trade exchanges between Asia and Europe.China has strong complementarity in terms of economy,technology and industry with the northeastern part of Kazakhstan and the central part of Russia.Karamay-Tacheng-Ayagoz International Corridor will facilitate the flow of bilateral production factors,strengthen international economic and technological cooperation,boost transformation and upgrading of regional economy,and push forward regional integration.The Karamay-Tacheng-Ayagoz International Corridor is a shortcut for Central Asian countries and northeast Asian countries.It will strengthen economic cooperation and trade exchanges between Central Asia and Northeast Asia and promote the in-depth development of good neighborliness and mutually beneficial cooperation between China and neighboring countries.
The Belt and the Road InitiativeChina-Europe Railway ExpressKaramay-Tacheng-Ayagoz International Corridor