On the afternoon of August 7, 2023, Xi'an International Inland Port Multimodal Transportation Co., Ltd. and Lanzhou International Port Multimodal Transportation Co., Ltd. signed a strategic cooperation agreement. The signing ceremony took place at the Ganghang Building in the Xi'an International Trade and Logistic Park (Xi'an ITL Park).

Those present at the ceremony included Zhao Tongqing, Party Secretary of Xigu District of Gansu (Lanzhou) and Secretary of the Party Working Committee of the Gansu (Lanzhou) International Inland Port, Qu Jinwei, Chairman of ITL Group, Li Jianliang, Director of Gansu (Lanzhou) International Inland Port Management Committee, Chen Xiaoxia, General Manager of Lanzhou International Trade and Logistic Park Investment Development Co., Ltd., Xiao Wei, Deputy General Manager of ITL Group, Zhao Wenwei, Director of ITL Group's Strategic Management Department, Kang Zhuang, Deputy General Manager of ITL Group's Material Trade Company, and Shao Bo'er, General Manager of ITL Group's Multimodal Transportation Company.

The two sides will collaborate in the following areas: 1. Leveraging the international logistics corridor of the China Railway Express (Chang’an), they will provide clients with comprehensive international logistics solutions, reduce clients' logistics costs, and increase transport efficiency. 2. Relying on the advantages of platforms such as the Designated Port for Imported Automobiles at Xi'an Port and the Xi'an Comprehensive Bonded Zone, they will jointly promote international transport cooperation for automobiles. 3. Both parties will join forces to explore and promote the healthy development of the industry.

Gansu (Lanzhou) International Inland Port Management Committee is the administrative authority of the Gansu (Lanzhou) International Inland Port and is responsible for its construction, management, and operation. Located in the Xigu District of Lanzhou City, the port stands at the intersection of six major railway lines: Longhai, Lanxin, Lanqing, Baolan, Lancheng, and Lanyu. Relying on the advantages of railway, highway, aviation, and the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor in west China, Lanzhou International Inland Port has built a complete multimodal transportation system comprising a combination of road-rail, rail-sea, and air-rail transport. With modern logistics, modern commerce, and export processing as its development direction, it actively expands value-added services such as business services, financial services, and supply chain logistics management.

Lanzhou International Trade and Logistic Park Investment Development Co., Ltd. (abbreviated as Lanzhou ITL Investment Company) is a key state-owned enterprise established with the approval of the CPC Lanzhou Municipal Committee and Lanzhou Municipal People's Government. The company serves as the implementation body for investment, development, construction, and operation of Lanzhou Internationl Inland Port. It functions in land reserve, planning and construction, international trade, train dispatch, supply chain finance, supporting facilities, property management, amongst others for Lanzhou International Inland Port.

Lanzhou International Inland Port Multimodal Transportation Co., Ltd. is a joint venture by Lanzhou ITL Investment Company, Gansu Kaida International Freight Service Co., Ltd., and Lanzhou Railway Bureau. It is the dispatching platform for China-Europe freight trains in Lanzhou.

In the future, both parties will seize the strategic cooperation as an opportunity to actively promote the sharing and complementarity of their respective advantages, continuously deepen and expand their cooperation fields, promote mutual benefit and win-win outcomes for both companies, and contribute to the development of Shaanxi's open economy and integration into the global economic circulation!

Delegations from the Spanish Valencia Basket Club, Club Baloncesto Gran Canaria, Club Baloncesto Granada, Guan'ou (Zhejiang) Sports Development Co., Ltd., and Hangzhou Jingyun Sports Development Co., Ltd. visited ITL Group in Xi'an.

The delegations learned in detail about ITL Group's operational projects, including the LCL Center for China Railway Express (Chang'an), Operation Center of Designated Port for Imported Automobiles at Xi'an Port (China Railway Express Operation Center), Ulife Xi'an Port Imported Goods Direct Sales Store, and ITL Sports Park.

Following the tour, an in-depth exchange and discussion were held with the participation of Qu Jinwei, Chairman of ITL Group, Xiao Wei, Deputy General Manager of ITL Group,JuanRafael Ruiz jimenez, Special Assistant to the Chairman of Valencia Basket Club, Zheng Bolong, International Promotion Ambassador of Valencia Basket Club, Willelmo Villar Rodriguez, Sports Director of CB Gran Canaria,Antonio Ripoll Allue, Youth Academy Coordinator of CB Granada,Jose Sebastian Orts Pablo, Agency Representative of Valencia Basket Club, Li Lu, Chairman of Guan'ou (Zhejiang) Sports Development Co., Ltd., Cai Mingjie, General Manager of Guan'ou (Zhejiang) Sports Development Co., Ltd., Wu Fudan, General Manager of Hangzhou Jingyun Sports Development Co., Ltd., and several representative leaders from ITL Group's Strategic Management Department, ITL Property Management Co., Ltd., and ITL Sports Company.

During the meeting, each side shared their youth training programs and divisional competition systems and conducted in-depth exchanges on sports and culture. They discussed cooperation potentials in basketball, football, and tennis fields between China and Spain, targeted collaboration with well-known Spanish tennis schools (clubs), and regular study exchanges. Consensus was reached to continue exploring cooperation opportunities in the future and jointly promote the high-quality development of sports.

Following the 14th National Games of China, ITL Group will seize this opportunity to foster a good atmosphere for national fitness and strengthen exchanges and cooperation with Spain in sports events and youth training. This joint effort to promote the high-quality development of the sports industry will undoubtedly inject new vitality into the sports of both China and Spain, letting Xi'an's sports industry thrive!

On July 27, 2023, accompanied by a long whistle, a China Railway Express export special train (Lanzhou-Tashkent) with JSQ freight cars, loaded with 290 automobiles, slowly set off from Lanzhou Dongchuan Railway Logistics Center. This train, heading westward, will leave China through the Korgas Port in Xinjiang before arriving at its destination in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

It is reported that with the strong support of the Gansu (Lanzhou) International Inland Port Management Committee, Gansu International Logistics Group Co., Ltd., and the Lanzhou Branch of China Railway Special Cargo Logistics Co., Ltd., this train was arranged and planned by Lanzhou International Inland Port Multimodal Transportation Co., Ltd. and Xi'an International Inland Port Multimodal Transportation Co., Ltd. to meet the shipping needs of customers. They actively allocated resources and applied for train dispatch plans, scientifically matching locomotives and JSQ cars and doing their best to provide reliable service and meet the needs of efficient, stable train operations.

The opening of this route has created a new international trade and logistics passage to the Eurasia region for Shaanxi and Gansu. It will promote the opening-up pattern of "two-way mutual benefits between the east and west," create new international trade routes, and provide more choices for Shaanxi manufacturing in "going global."

Xi'an International Inland Port Multimodal Transportation Co., Ltd. is committed to providing professional logistics services for automobile transportation and actively expanding automobile transport routes and modes. To date, it has established multiple routes, including Xi'an-Almaty, Xi'an-Tashkent, Xi'an-Doskino, Xi'an-Belye Stolby, and Changsha-Tashkent. At the same time, it offers various route options for automobile manufacturers catering to their shipments departing from nearby cities. Continuously developing and challenging itself, the company strives to innovate and pushes to become a professional automobile logistics service provider encompassing parts logistics, shipping logistics, and equipment logistics.

ITL Group will further optimize the "China Railway Express JSQ Freight Car" operation plan, gradually expand the coverage of this channel, optimize resource allocation, strengthen transport organization, and promote the transportation mode of using JSQ cars to load exported vehicles. This will achieve efficient interconnectivity and increase ITL Group's contribution to the "Belt and Road" initiative and the formation of an inland hub for reform and opening up policies and a new dual-circulation development pattern with domestic circulation as the mainstay and domestic and international markets reinforcing each other.

From July 5 to 7, the 2023 Automotive Logistics Global Conference was held in Yantai, Shandong Province. Representatives from foreign embassies, automobile manufacturers, parts suppliers, automotive logistics companies, and shipping companies from around the world attended the conference.

On July 6th, Xi'an International Inland Port Investment & Development Group (ITL Group) participated in the 2023 Automotive Logistics Global Conference. The conference was organized by the China Federation of Logistics & Purchase (CFLP), Yantai Municipal People's Government, and Shandong Port Group Co., Ltd. The Automotive Logistics Branch of CFLP and SPG Yantai Port Group Co., Ltd. served as co-organizers, with approximately 400 participants.

ITL Group was invited to participate in the launching ceremony of the "Cross-border Sea-Rail Multimodal Logistics Channel of Commercial Vehicles from Yantai to Central Asia" and signed a strategic cooperation agreement with SPG Yantai Port Group.

This partnership with SPG Yantai Port Group demonstrates an active practice of integrating an inland port-based national logistics hub with a port-based national logistics hub. It will have a profound impact on ITL Group's ability to serve the automobile industry, combine transportation and supply chain resources, deeply integrate into the industrial chain, and empower the manufacturing industry with high quality. Furthermore, it will contribute to the construction of an international multimodal transportation logistics corridor with high efficiency, low cost, and superior services, as well as the high-quality development of the China Railway Express Collaboration Center, thereby building up momentum for the inland reform and opening-up.

1. Jointly creating distinctive logistics services for commercial vehicles.

Both parties will provide more convenient and efficient distinctive commercial vehicle logistics services for domestic and international customers, establish a more comprehensive supply chain service system, and facilitate cross-border transportation of commercial vehicles on a larger scale.

2. Jointly promoting the development and operation of international intermodal projects.

In the future, both parties will further improve information channels, leverage the location advantages of Yantai Port as a departure port for overseas shipping, as well as the advantages of the Xi'an Port as the China Railway Express Collaboration Center, and jointly expand the operation of new sea-rail combined transport routes.

3. Jointly promoting the continuous, stable, and compliant development of the industry.

Both parties will explore the establishment of industry standards, including route, timeliness, and safety control standards. They will also establish dialogue mechanisms and exchange information with relevant overseas organizations and institutions, working together to promote the healthy development of the industry.

Both parties will further leverage their respective advantages to achieve mutual benefits and win-win outcomes.

The Cross-border Sea-Rail Multimodal Logistics Channel of Commercial Vehicles from Yantai to Central Asia is specifically designed for the international transportation of automobiles. Using a multimodal transportation approach employing roll-on/roll-off ships and cage trolleys, after completing vehicle discharging operations at Yantai Port, the cargo travels westward through Xi'an and exits through the Korgas Port to reach Central Asia. This corridor, following the successful operation of the Asia-Europe Land-Sea Trade Corridor's regular transit route for Japanese and South Korean automobiles via sea-rail combined transport established by the ITL Group last year, serves as another multimodal transportation corridor for automobiles. Compared to traditional shipping routes, the combined transportation mode of "roll-on/roll-off ship + JSQ cage trolley + car carrier" significantly improves transportation efficiency, reducing the transit time for automobile transportation by approximately 60%.

At 10:58 a.m. on June 27 local time, China's first full-time schedule return China-European freight train (Duisburg-Xi'an) departed from Duisburg Intermodal Terminal in Germany. It is expected to arrive at Xi'an International Port on July 9, with a total transit time of about 11.5 days.

Du Chunguo, Consul General of the People's Republic of China in Düsseldorf, Zhang Wen, General Manager of China Railway Container Transport Corp. Ltd. Europe, Lars Nennhaus, COO of Duisburger Hafen AG, Tabea Klang, CSO of DB Cargo Eurasia GmbH, Gordon Matthes, Global Freight and Xu Qi, Head of the Overseas Office of Xi'an International Inland Port Multimodal Transportation Co., Ltd. attended the departure ceremony.

Du Chunguo, Consul General of China in Düsseldorf said:

Recently, Premier Li Qiang of the State Council and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz jointly attended in Berlin the closing ceremony of the 11th China-Germany Economic and Technical Cooperation Forum He said that under the current changing and turbulent situation, strengthening cooperation is the right way to mutual benefit and win-win results, and is also the right thing that the two sides should do with all efforts. Li Qiang also noted the necessity to take economic and technological cooperation as an important cornerstone of international cooperation, grasp the trend of economic globalization, firmly support free trade, and promote the common prosperity and development of humanity. Faced with the complicated international environment, China-Europe freight trains arriving at and departing from the Port of Duisburg firmly send positive signals that there are bright prospects for pragmatic cooperation between China and Germany and Europe, helping to promote policy coordination, infrastructure connectivity, unimpeded trade, financial integration and people-to-people bonds among countries along the route.

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative. Ten years ago, an international train departing from Duisburg, which was the first return train from Europe to China, successfully arrived in China. Ten years later, a new train here will set sail for a new future.

China Railway Express (Chang'an) has written a new chapter for this wonderful story of pragmatic cooperation between China and Germany and Europe. The frequency of the newly launched full-time schedule train has been increased to two outbound trips and one inbound trip every week, with more diversified types of goods. The move further improves the reloading efficiency and the market competitiveness of the service.

Zhang Wen, General Manager of China Railway Container Transport Corp. Ltd. Europe, said:

The launch of the full-time schedule train service is credited to the market demand, the support and exploration of clients, and the concerted cooperation among railway companies in various countries. It marks the first time a China-Europe freight train ran on full-time schedule throughout the whole journey: the China section, the broad gauge section and the European section. The successful departure of the first import full-time schedule train will promote the high-quality development of the China-Europe freight train service.

Lars Nennhaus, COO of Duisburger Hafen AG, said:

The excellent service and stable transit time of China Railway Express (Chang'an) along many lines provide a strong guarantee for the timely arrival of clients' goods, leading to the departure of the full-time schedule return train. We will continue to strengthen cooperation with ITL Group and contribute to the Belt and Road cooperation.

Tabea Klang, CSO of DB Cargo Eurasia GmbH, said:

Since 2019, we have cooperated with ITL Group to develop new routes of China Railway Express. Since its launch in October 2022, the full-time schedule train service has received praise from many parties, and has been highly valued and supported by the senior management of DB Cargo and all railway authorities along the lines. At the Asian Logistics Biennale, we have launched a new product of the full-time schedule train service. Undoubtedly, the service has been a very successful program in the rail transport market so far, with an average transit time reduced to 11 days. Starting today, one import full-time schedule train will depart from Duisburg to Xi'an every week. Service quality, transit time, stability and environmentally friendly transport are key factors in the future development of freight transport, and the full-time schedule train service is a very important milestone.

By setting this milestone, DB Cargo, China State Railway Group Co., Ltd., ITL Group and all partners, including railway hubs, will contribute to the future development of the Eurasian Corridor. We always believe that the future of freight belongs to the railways. Let's work together to create a better future.

On October 26, 2022, Xi'an International Inland Port Multimodal Transportation Co., Ltd. dispatched China's first domestic and overseas full-time schedule China-Europe freight train. With a stable transit time of 11 days, the service has become a smash hit with the best transit time in the market. This is the first overseas return train after the release of the new products of domestic and overseas full-time schedule China-Europe freight trains.

The return China-Europe freight train (Duisburg-Xi'an) carries 42 containers, mainly including auto parts, high-precision electronic instruments, brand cosmetics and German beer. It passes through Poland, Belarus, Russia and Kazakhstan and enters China via the Alashankou Port.

Full-time schedule trains run in strict accordance with the standards of dwell time at border stations, and priority is given to formation, trailer transport and departure for them. The move effectively shortens the operation time of all links of China-Europe freight trains, reduces the invalid dwell time related to reloading at port stations,

ensures that the service of each section is completed according to the handover date/time and the specified train number, and improves the service quality of China-Europe freight trains in the whole journey and their market competitiveness.

Xu Qi, Head of the Overseas Office of Xi'an International Inland Port Multimodal Transportation Co., Ltd.

It is a great honor for me to witness the historical moment of the first import full-time schedule train. In order to ensure the smooth departure and transport of full-time schedule trains, a special team has been set up to be responsible for the management, and a weekly work schedule of full-time schedule trains has been drawn up. Special personnel are assigned to take charge of all links in the whole process from goods source organization, document review, train entry into stations, customs declaration to whole-journey tracking.

We will continue to provide customers with higher-quality services and ensure the long-term stable operations of full-time schedule trains.

The operation of domestic and overseas full-time schedule trains will continue to promote the higher-quality development of China Railway Express (Chang'an), further deepen economic and trade exchanges and cooperation with countries along the Belt and Road, and promote the integrated development of transport, logistics, commerce and trade, industry, finance, culture and other factors.

ITL Group will continue to optimize and explore more route products and modes, push China-Europe freight train service to a new level, and play an active role in accelerating Shaanxi's construction of an inland highland for reform and opening-up, serving the country's westward opening-up, and fostering a new development pattern with domestic circulation as the mainstay and domestic and international markets reinforcing each other.