On September 29, 2022, the China Railway Express (C) (Chang'an) train carrying Smart #1 models of Smart Automobile departed from Xi'an Guojigang Railway Station to Europe.

This is another solution for Xi'an International Inland Port Multimodal Transportation Co., Ltd. to develop international finished vehicle logistics services. Tao Peng, vice president of Smart Automobile, said "Smart is actively developing in the mainstream markets of commercial vehicles in China and Europe. With the departure of the new Smart #1 vehicles to Europe, CRE (Chang'an) has provided us with a convenient and efficient international logistics corridor to boost our global development."

To guarantee a successful departure, Xi'an International Inland Port Multimodal Transportation Co., Ltd., together with a professional finished-vehicle port operation team assigned by ITL Bonded Logistics, a subsidiary of ITL Group, went to the factory to pick up the vehicles, conduct spot check, optimize the loading solutions, and give priority to loading for faster transportation to ensure smooth delivery.

In recent years, CRE (Chang'an) has been running steadily, contributing to the deep integration of Xi'an's automobile industry chain, supply chain, and value chain. From 2018 to 2021, Xi'an Vehicle Port had been the largest port of imported automobiles in inland China. At the same time, a number of Chinese automobile brands made in Xi'an have gone global through the corridor, helping their global competitiveness continue to enhance.

On top of being an important measure for ITL Group to deepen its integration into building high-quality Belt and Road Initiative and promote positive interplay between domestic circulation and international circulation, the successful departure of Smart #1 vehicles also provides a new choice for auto manufacturers to export to Central Asia and Europe. Better services for global customers thus developed will contribute to a win-win value, further fulfilling the Asia-Europe Land-Sea Trade Corridor's important role in the global international logistics network.

In the future, with the strong support of Xi'an Station Customs, China Railway Xi'an Group Co., Ltd., China Railway Container Transport Co., Ltd. Xi'an Branch, and CRIntermodal Xi'an Railway Container Terminal, Xi'an International Inland Port Multimodal Transportation Co., Ltd. will give full play to the functional advantages of Xi'an Vehicle Port, the policy advantages of the comprehensive bonded zone, and the professional advantages of the finished vehicle logistics team, to make efforts in the high-quality development of the international transport business of finished vehicles, vigorously develop routes to deliver commercial automobiles to Central Asia and Europe, help products "made in China" go global with mature operation modes and high-quality logistics services, and contribute to the construction of an international trade corridor with high efficiency, low costs, and excellent services in China's inland areas.

On September 20, Xi'an International Inland Port Investment & Development Group (ITL Group) and Xi'an Everyday Chain Co., Ltd. (Everyday Chain) concluded a strategic cooperation framework agreement to discuss and cooperate in logistics and distribution, port trade, and trade services, relying on their respective resource advantages.

Relevant leaders attended the signing ceremony, including: Qu Jinwei, Secretary of the Party Committee and President of ITL Group, Zhai Ruopeng, Deputy General Manager of ITL Group, Xiao Wei, Deputy General Manager of ITL Group, Yang Haixiong, Deputy General Manager of ITL Group, Zhang Peiyan, President of Everyday Chain, Vice Chairman of Xi'an Federation of Industry and Commerce (General Chamber of Commerce), and President of Shaanxi Chain Management Association, Zhao Xiaoqin, General Manager of Everyday Chain, Zhang Qingwu, CFO of Everyday Chain, Liu Lu, General Manager of Overseas Shopping Net International Group Co., Limited, and Liu Dong, Deputy General Manager of Everyday Chain.

The strategic cooperation between ITL Group and Everyday Chain is an effective practice in response to the call of Xi'an Municipal People's Government for the construction of 15-minute convenient living circles throughout the city, and highlights the strategic significance of both sides' efforts in retail ecosystem integration. It will facilitate both sides to leverage their combined strengths and work with each other, and further promote the optimization and upgrading of the foreign trade and economic industry in Shaanxi Province. At the same time, both sides have agreed to establish a strategic partnership in cross-border logistics, port trade and trade services after in-depth, rapid and effective discussions and consultations, since this is conducive to forming a sound and steady development pattern in the post-pandemic period, better meeting consumers' convenient consumption needs, and achieving a win-win result for all.

Based on the high-quality resources of ITL Group in commercial real estate and commercial development, and relying on the management advantages of Everyday Chain, both sides will work together to continuously develop and optimize the services of convenience stores in Xi'an International Trade & Logistics Park, and further improve the living service environment of the Park.

Everyday Chain is a 24-hour convenience chain store that is based in Shaanxi and focuses on regional development. It is a comprehensive retail enterprise integrating store development, operation, logistics and distribution and brand output. By the end of 2021, Everyday Chain had more than 1,800 stores serving more than 700,000 consumers every day, with a total of more than 4,000 employees and annual sales of more than RMB 2 billion. It has become a leading enterprise in the convenience store industry in Northwest China, ranking 12thon the list of China's top 100 convenience stores for 2021 issued by CCFA.

Everyday Chain has a leading logistics and distribution center of 37,000 square meters in northwest China. The center integrates the functions of warehousing and distribution and has a distribution radius of more than 500 kilometers. You can see Everyday Chain stores every few hundred meters apart on the streets and alleys of Xi'an. With the 15-minute convenient living circles and 24-hour friendly service, Everyday Chain can continuously meet customers' needs for convenience.

ITL Group hopes to take this event as an opportunity to share development opportunities with Everyday Chain, draw on each other's strengths, build a trade and logistics ecosystem of Xi'an Port, continuously improve the services in the Park, and work together to build a new city center that is livable and business-friendly, build an inland comprehensive trade and logistics hub, and create a new height for inland reform and opening up!

At 10:00 a.m. on September 14 (Germany time), the Exchange Forum on "Development Potential of Multimodal Transportation in Lower Saxony in the Context of the New Silk Road" hosted by the Association of Lower Saxony Logistics was held online in Hannover, Germany. The Department of Economy of Lower Saxony, the Administrative Committee of Xi'an International Trade & Logistics Park, JadeWeserPort in Wilhelmshaven, CRCT European Logistics GmbH, DB Cargo Eurasia GmbH, and other organizations attended the forum, among which Xi'an International Inland Port Multimodal Transportation Co., Ltd.was invited and held the CRE (Chang'an)-themed promotion activity.

At the forum, Xi'an International Inland Port Multimodal Transportation Co., Ltd. first reviewed the development historyof CRE (Chang'an) since its first launch in 2013, then introduced in detail the key routes and advantages, and finally expressed its hope to deepen cooperation with all parties through this online forum. At the same time, Xi'an International Inland Port Multimodal Transportation Co., Ltd. expressed that the company would rely on the route resources and advantages of CRE to jointly provide an open platform for promoting cooperation between Chinese and German enterprises.

In recent years, CRE (Chang'an) has continuously increased its operation, routes, and network. As the official transportation platform of CRE (Chang'an), Xi'an International Inland Port Multimodal Transportation Co., Ltd.will always uphold a high-quality development philosophy, focus on "customer needs", and be committed to providing enterprises with efficient, high-quality, and professional international multimodal transportation services, thus contributing to Shaanxi's deep integration into the Belt and Road Initiative and accelerating the pace of opening up to build Xi'an into an exemplary inland hub for reform and opening up.

The year of 2022 marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the People's Republic of China and the Federal Republic of Germany as well as the 30th anniversary of the sistership between Xi'an (China) and Dortmund (Germany), which is of great meaning for DB Cargo and Borussia Dortmund (BVB).

On September 6, 2022, DB Cargo, BVB and ITL Sports Sign a Memorandum of Cooperation.Li Xiaoyan, Deputy Director of the Foreign Affairs Office of Xi'an Municipal People’s Government, Liu Gang, Deputy Director of Xi'an Municipal Bureau of Sports, Qu Jinwei, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of Xi'an International Land Port Investment & Development Group Co., Ltd. (ITL Group), Hu Shiwen, First-class Researcher of Xi'an Overseas Friendship Association, Han Jianhua, Director of Xi'an Football Management Center and Secretary-General of Xi'an Football Association, Ma Jingya, Deputy Director of the Bureau of Education，Health and Sports of Xi’an International Trade & Logistics Park, Frank Schulze, General Manager of DB Cargo Transasia International Freight Forwarding (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Benjamin Wahl, President of BVB Greater China, and representatives of the Foreign Affairs Office of the CPC Xi'an Municipal Committee, Xi'an Municipal Bureau of Sports, Administrative Committee of Xi'an International Trade & Logistics Park, Xi'an Overseas Friendship Association, DB Cargo Transasia International Freight Forwarding (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., BVB, media and fans attended this ceremony.

On this special day, Mr. Thomas Westphal, Mayor of Dortmund, Germany, sent his sincere greetings.

Over the past 30 years, Xi'an and Dortmund have communicated in the economic and cultural fields, and both peoples' feelings have been further deepened. As the shipping entity of the China Railway Express (Chang’an), Xi'an International Inland Port Multimodal Transportation Co., Ltd. has built a bridge of friendship and bridged the gap between the two cities.

DB Cargo

DB Cargo Eurasia (DBCE) started to play a role in the Eurasian Corridors in 2008. Since the restructuring in 2018, it has become an expert of DB Group in Eurasian rail transportation of containers. To get closer to the Chinese market, it set up DB CargoTransasia (DBCT), a wholly-owned subsidiary, in China in 2021. DBCE also built a network of rail transportation for DB Group on the eastern borders of the EU to serve goods to and from Asia. Now, rail transportation from Europe to China is an efficient and competitive alternative for customers to time-consuming ocean transportation and expensive air transportation.

Let's learn more about Dortmund through a video.

Xi'an International Inland Port Multimodal Transportation Co., Ltd. by ITL Group cooperates with DB Cargo, a new partner of BVB in China, to send cargo to China by China Railway Express. Due to the above, DB Cargo facilitates a tripartite partnership with BVB and ITL Sports.

Signing Ceremony

After the ceremony, representatives of Xi'an Municipal People's Government, Xi'an Municipal Bureau of Sports, Xi'an Football Association, ITL Group, DB Cargo, BVB, and people from all walks of life jointly unveiled the specially painted containers customized by Dortmund that were transported by China Railway Express from Duisburg, Germany to Xi’an Port, and settled the yellow and black containers in the ITL Sports Park for fans to take a photo.

Thanks to the cooperation between ITL Sports and BVB, a two-day ITL Youth Football Training Camp was organized on Sept. 3 and 4. The young players worked hard and forged ahead. German coaches provided professional and comprehensive football guidance, including teamwork, communication, flexible coordination, and explosive power, and trained the participants to admit defeat but never give up so that they could hold an optimistic attitude towards failure and enjoy themselves on the pitch, which laid a foundation for the cultivation of young football talents in China.

Football indicates hard work, team spirit, mutual respect, and mutual trust in a fair competition.Xi'an and Dortmundhave witnessed a deeper railway-bound friendship between the two nations. By virtue of good international logistics solutions and excellent sports venues, ITL Group will further explore the cooperation potential of the three parties in freight logistics, football training, cultural exchange, and other aspects, and expand their brand influence to achieve win-win development. Let's work together for a friendly and green world ofmutual respect!

On August 25, the first batch of Japan-South Korean transit commercial vehicles (Nagoya-Tianjin•Xi'an-Almaty) jointly delivered by Xi'an International Inland Port Multimodal Transportation Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Xi'an International Inland Port Investment & Development Group (ITL Group), and Nippon Express Holdings successfully arrived in Almaty for delivery.

Transportation process

This train departed from Tianjin on August 12, running for 13 dayson a journey of more than 4,000 kilometers. Drawing inspiration from this successful experience, the second batch of transit commercial vehicles delivered through this channelhas also been transported from Tianjin.

On the basis of the traditional Central Asian logistics channels of Japanese and South Korean auto manufacturers,Xi'an International Inland Port Multimodal Transportation Co., Ltd.makes full use of its well-developed cross-border multimodal transportation routes and China's rich railway capacity resources,to create a new international logistics channel connecting Japan, South Korea, China, and Central Asia for many enterprises including Japanese and South Korean automotive OEMs.

It is worth mentioning that Xi'an International Inland Port Multimodal Transportation Co., Ltd. has successfully explored the transportation model of“ro-ro ship + JSQ train + car carrier”,which drastically shortens the whole transportation time from over 60 days (mainly by sea) to about 20 days, greatly reducing the entire transportation time,improving the transit time,and providing a new international logistics corridor for all customers including Japanese and South Korean automotive OEMs.

In addition, in order to provide high-quality logistics services, Xi'an International Port Bonded Logistics Investment Construction Co., Ltd. and Nippon Express Holdings sent professional teams for coordinated cooperation in several critical parts of the whole process. During the departure process, Nippon Express Holdings’ Automotive Business Branch in Tokyo sent an operations team to Nagoya; in the transit link of sea-rail combined transport, a professional vehicle port operations team organized by Xi'an International Port Bonded Logistics Investment Construction Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of ITL Group, went to Tianjin with a professional team of Nippon Express Holdings to carry out the professional spot inspection on the transported vehicles; in the process of destination delivery, the director of Nippon Express Holdings' Kazakhstan Office, also went to Almaty for the spot inspection on the delivered vehicles and gave on-site feedback to clients, providing clients with professional whole-process management and tracking services, which won clients' praise.

In recent years, relying on the functional advantages of Xi'an Vehicle Port, the policy advantagesof the comprehensive bonded zone, and the professional advantagesof the vehicle logistics team, Xi'an International Inland Port Multimodal Transportation Co., Ltd. has provided stable, efficient, safe, and customized logistics services concerning vehicles and parts for a number of car brands such as BYD, Shaanxi Auto, Volvo, Audi, and PSA.

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Xi'an International Inland Port Multimodal Transportation Co., Ltd. owns the largest and most versatile Xi'an Vehicle Port, which can provide the services like vehicle storage, VPC, and PDI. It has more than 830 sets of shipping brackets for vehicle containers, more than 4,000 containers, 40,000 square meters of the ground parking area, and first-class multimodal transportation infrastructure, which can bring better integrated logistics solutions for vehicle transportation.

Please contact Manager Li of the Vehicle Logistics Department. Tel.: 13991263905

Following that, Xi'an International Inland Port Multimodal Transportation Co., Ltd. will unswervingly advance the international vehicle transport business, focus on "customer needs", hammer at providing high-efficient, high-quality, and professional international multimodal transportation services for enterprises, actively participate in the construction of the Asia-Europe Land-Sea Trade Corridor, and contribute to Shaanxi's integration into the Belt and Road Initiative and its building of a hub of reform and opening up in China's inland areas.