On January 6, 2021, the second China Railway Express (CRE) Chang'an international freight train successfully arrived in Xi'an from Istanbul, Turkey, marking the regular operation of the inbound CRE Chang'an train from Turkey. This will facilitate the high-quality commodity trade between China and Turkey and inject new vitality into the trade circulation and business ties between Asia and Europe.

Carrying 42 containers, this train departed at 16:55 Beijing time on December 22, 2020 and arrived at Xi'an Port at 10:54 on January 6, 2021, with a total operating time of 14.75 days.

The operation of the CRE Chang'an trains between Istanbul, Turkey and Xi'an, China is one of the practical measures taken by Xi'an International Inland Port Multimodal Transport Co., Ltd. to continuously deepen the high-quality development of the CRE Chang'an trains. As the dispatcher of CRE Chang'an trains, Xi'an International Inland Port Multimodal Transport Co., Ltd. has been closely focusing on the deployment of national strategies, such as the Belt and Road Initiative and "Large-scale Logistics and Customs Clearance", and continue to improve the multi-modal transportation channels with Xi'an Port as the hub and introduce new lines and new services for train products, so as to ensure more guaranteed timeliness, more detailed positioning and better customer experience. The company will strive to seek new growth points and design a Chinese solution supporting the continuous export of intelligent logistics to the world for the CRE Chang'an train brand.

Over the years, we have witnessed a continual increase in the number of CRE Chang'an trains dispatched, with 194 trains in 2017, 1,235 trains in 2018, 2,133 trains in 2019, and 3,670 trains by December 25, 2020...This increase in data is ascribed to the results of many effective measures taken by ITL Group, such as innovating the train operation organization mode and deepening cooperation with large enterprises, under the full support of Xi'an Customs District P.R.China, China Railway Xi'an Group Co., Ltd. and other relevant agencies.

The regular operation of this train marks ITL Group's contribution to accelerating the development of an export-oriented economy in Shaanxi, establishing China Railway Express (Xi'an) Collaboration Center, further expanding Xi'an's location advantages, timeliness advantages and cost advantages in the Belt and Road Initiative, better serving domestic circulation, and better participating in international circulation. It also shows ITL Group's contribution in building the new development pattern featuring dual circulation, which takes the domestic market as the mainstay and allows domestic and foreign markets to boost each other.

On the afternoon of December 31, 2020, the signing ceremony for the strategic cooperation agreement between ITL Group and Shaanxi Overseas Investment and Development Co., Ltd.(SXOINV) was grandly held at Xi'an International Trade & Logistics Park.

Qu Jinwei, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairperson of Xi'an International Inland Port Investment & Development Group (ITL Group), and Liu Guoqiang, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairperson of SXOINV attended the signing ceremony.

Both ITL Group and SXOINV are important carriers of the export-oriented economy in Shaanxi Province, so their strategic cooperation will contribute to a win-win result, boost their development, and further facilitate Shaanxi to optimize and upgrade its foreign trade and economy.

Both parties will work together in the following areas. First, by dint of the China Railway Express (Chang'an), they will offer clients full-process solutions to international logistics to help them save logistics cost and enhance transportation efficiency; second, based on the advantageous platforms like Xi'an Port and Xi'an Comprehensive Bonded Zone, they will make concerted efforts to promote cooperation in cross-border e-commerce; third, by leveraging the strength of state-owned enterprises, they will hold non-scheduled forums and exhibitions to propel the high-quality development of the export-oriented economy in Shaanxi; fourth, they will intensify the communication and cooperation in the financial sector; fifth, they will jointly work on information sharing, platform, digital services, etc.

In the future, by taking this strategic cooperation as an opportunity, both parties will actively promote the sharing and complement of their superior resources, constantly deepen and widen cooperation fields, stimulate their mutual benefits and win-win results, open a new chapter for win-win collaboration, and make contributions to the export-oriented economy in Shaanxi and the integration of Shaanxi into the world's great economic circulation.

On December 23, the grand operation ceremony of the first Turkey (Istanbul)–China (Xi'an) China Railway Express (CRE) Chang'an international freight train was held in Xi'an Port!

The freight train was sent from Istanbul, Turkey, on December 4. Carrying 42 containers, it drove through Istanbul's Marmaray Tunnel, the Bosphorus Strait and the southern transport corridor Baku–Tbilisi–Kars (BTK) railway, drove along the Middle Corridor across the Caspian Sea, passed through Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan and finally drove into China through the Horgos Port. Traveling a total of 8,693 kilometers, it arrived in Xi'an, China, at 9:34 a.m. Beijing time on December 19. With the support of China's Customs and railway departments, all customs clearance work has been completed.

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has led to impeded global logistics. Moreover, due to the sharp increase in cargo volume caused by travel restrictions launched by various countries, the traditional main transportation lines of CRE have also suffered serious congestion and delays. Against this background, Xi'an International Inland Port Multimodal Transportation Co., Ltd. chose to open up a new important route passing through the BTK Railway and the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (ITR). The route has effectively promoted the cross-border flow of goods and services and the resumption of work and production by enterprises, better played the role as a new artery in international transportation and become a "passage of life", a "link of fate" and an "iron and steel camel team" to stabilize the international supply chain for anti-pandemic cooperation among the countries along the route. The operation of the freight train carrying Turkey's export commodities to China will surely further promote the economic recovery of the Central Asian and Central and Eastern European countries along the route, strengthen the ties of transportation, trade and culture and better serve the people of the countries along the route.

CRE (Chang'an) vividly illustrates China's opening-up efforts and the opportunities brought about by China. It has set up a major channel for economic and trade exchanges between countries along the Belt and Road. It is an important link for practicing the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech during his visit to Shaanxi and implementing the overall pattern of being deeply integrated into the construction of the Belt and Road Initiative.

In the future, Xi'an International Inland Port Multimodal Transportation Co., Ltd. will further strengthen the high-quality development of CRE (Chang'an) and ensure the safety and stability of the international industrial chain and supply chain under the "dual circulation" development pattern in which domestic economic cycle plays a leading role while international economic cycle remains its extension and supplement. It will make strategic planning on building an innovation chain around the industrial chain and an industrial chain around the innovation chain, serve the construction of the CRE (Xi'an) Collaboration Centerandenhance the attractiveness of CRE (Chang'an) to introduce products and services and its competitiveness to go global, so as to contribute ITL Group's efforts to building CRE (Chang'an) into an international trade channel featuring high efficiency, low costs and excellent service!

On the afternoon of November 27, 2020, the signing ceremony of the cooperative project "Myopia Prevention and Control Center for Children and Adolescents" between Xi'an International Land Port Investment & Development Group Co., Ltd. (ITL Group) and Xi'an People's Hospital (Xi'an Fourth Hospital) was grandly held in Xi'an International Trade & Logistics Park.

Liu Shunzhi, secretary of the Party Committee and director of Xi'an Municipal Health Commission, Li Xingzhou, president of Xi'an People's Hospital (Xi'an Fourth Hospital), Su Guofeng, deputy director of the Administrative Committee of Xi'an International Trade & Logistics Park, and Qu Jinwei, secretary of the Party Committee and chairman of ITL Group , as well as other leaders , attended the signing ceremony.

The two sides held exchanges and discussions on the eye health industry, aiming to understand the strategic significance of myopia prevention and control among children and adolescents from the perspective of improving people's health quality, thus implementing the Healthy Xi'an 2030 Plan. Actions will be taken to promote an eye health industrial environment within the park. With the advantage of policies for the pilot free trade area, attempts to introduce advanced visual health services technology, equipment, products, etc., will be taken to build a demonstration base for the visual health industry. By taking advantage of each other's strengths, the demonstration base will be developed into a banner for myopia prevention and control for children and adolescents in Shaanxi Province.

The Myopia Prevention and Control Center for Children and Adolescents is designed with consultation rooms, optometry rooms, instrument examination rooms, vision prevention and control education areas, VR training rooms, display and sales areas, and so on. The ITL Sports Park, located at the core position of Xi'an International Trade & Logistics Park, is 1 kilometer away from the Bonded Area Station of Metro Line 3 and provides convenience for medical treatment in areas such as Chanba, Weiyang, Gaoling, Lintong, etc.

In the future, ITL and Xi'an Fourth Hospital will continue introducing new technologies and research methods to lead the myopia prevention and control for children and adolescents, so as to provide protective measures for their bright eyes!!

On November 16, 2020, in order to actively respond to the strategy of "2020 Big Healthy China" and thoroughly implement the requirements of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council on the development of the combination of medical treatment and healthcare, the signing ceremony of the healthcare project between ITL Group and Xi'an Union Hospital was held in Xi'an International Trade & Logistics Park.

Qu Jinwei, secretary of the Party committee and chairman of ITL Group, Zhang Yingzhi, president of Xi'an Union Hospital and president of the nursing home, Xiao Wei, deputy general manager of ITL Group, and Leng Wei, deputy secretary of the Party committee and secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission of Xi'an Union Hospital, attended the signing ceremony.

The two sides held discussions on promoting the development of the pension industry and friendly cooperation. With their respective advantages, by providing accurate operation management ideas and nursing technique service assistance, the two sides will explore a set of suitable cooperation model in the specific quality management system and innovative practice management and control, so as to promote the development process of healthcare services. The two sides will spare no effort to build a benchmark project of community healthcare, which will become a classic of "providing the elderly with a sense of security, medical care and entertainment and the combination of medical treatment and healthcare", and open a new chapter for the big health industry of ITL.

The ITL Healthcare Center is located in the commercial area of Golden Coast Community in Xi'an International Trade & Logistics Park. The green coverage rate around the center is high, which provides a good living environment for the elderly. The center is equipped with single rooms, double rooms, triple rooms, medical rooms, bathrooms, hair salons, activity rooms, and other multi-functional areas. The center is based on the tenet of "people-oriented, filial piety, service for the elderly, and giving back to society". Based on the pension service market, it will introduce professional nursing concepts for the elderly, integrate pension, nursing, medical treatment, and rehabilitation, and create a characteristic elderly care institution with professional "pension, nursing, medical treatment, and rehabilitation". It will provide medical-level healthcare, customized meals, hotel-style residence, and professional management for the elderly, so as to make the elderly more comfortable and their families more relieved!

It will carry out the corporate responsibility of "people-oriented, filial piety, service for the elderly, and giving back to society". Relying on the advantages of the National Games of the PRC, it will create a regional project for the livelihood of the elderly and build a happy healthcare center full of love and responsibility for the elderly! It will become a beautiful name card of the people's livelihood project in the Xi'an International Trade & Logistics Park.