Two Centers of China Railway Express (Chang’an) Enable First Transport Business for Cainiao's Goods

On April 30, the Consolidation Center of China Railway Express Chang'an international freight train (CRE (Chang'an) for short) and CRE (Chang'an) National Collaboration Center for Cross-border E-commerceenabled the transport services for Cainiao's cross-border e-commerce goods for the first time under the great support of Xi'an Customs District P.R.China, Xi'an Station Customs, China Railway Xi’an Group Co., Ltd., China Railway Container Transport Co., Ltd. (CRCT), and CRIntermodal Xi'an Railway Container Terminal.

This is an additional standardized and efficient logistics solution provided by Xi'an International Inland Port Investment & Development Group (ITL Group)—in cooperation with Cainiao—to build a concentrated transportation business demonstration area and leverage platform resource advantages.

The first Cainiao transport business adopted a new consolidation mode of customs declaration before crating. The packing operation was completed in the CRE (Chang'an) Consolidation Center and CRE (Chang'an) National Collaboration Center for Cross-border E-commerce, and the international logistics transportation is provided by the CRE (Chang'an). With mutual support of ITL Group's platforms, a portfolio of one-stop services is enabled for Cainiao business.

According to sources, CRE (Chang'an) Consolidation Center is the first railway transport customs supervision workplace ITL Group establishes in China to innovatively implement the new mode of customs declaration before crating under the guidance of customs authorities. Since the approval of establishment on February 7 this year, the Center has aroused positive echoes in the industry and has been affirmed by businesses. It will facilitate re-improvement in efficiency, expand the supply of goods in multiple ways and take other measures to maintain steady growth in business volume.

As the CRE (Chang'an) Consolidation Center and CRE (Chang'an) National Collaboration Center for Cross-border E-commerce are both in the Port Operation Area of Xi'an Comprehensive Bonded Zone, they can benefit from each other via integrated port resources in this zone and reciprocal guarantee for the supply of goods and services.

The two centers, coupled with CRE (Chang'an), further enrich ITL Group's full chain services, expand new value-added business modes, and launch the Cainiao services, providing an exemplary one-stop solution to Xi’an Port cross-border logistics.

As China's cross-border trade has grown rapidly in recent years, Cainiao sees the demand of importers and exporters for warehousing operations, logistics and transportation and focuses on promoting construction of international logistics channels. Its cross-border business is in a zoom. In the fourth quarter of 2021, it daily handled more than 5 million cross-border packages on average.

From "decentralized processing" to "centralized processing", the mode of customs declaration before crating has completely solved the pain point that if a crate is found something wrong in customs inspection, all other goods in the container will be delayed. In particular, cross-border e-commerce goods are highly fit for consolidation, so this also solves the pain point of Cainiao. In the future, the two centers will embrace more Cainiao's goods. They will give full play to their advantages in gathering resources in warehousing operation, customs supervision, and logistics and transportation, further standardize operation, improve the efficiency of customs clearance, and provide a solid service guarantee for increase in the transport volume of Cainiao's goods.

Centering on the goal of "consolidating the advantages of standardized and large-scale consolidation business, creating a demonstration zone for centralized transportation business", ITL Group will integrate broader resources and improve institutional innovation, actively explore a multi-mode and diversified development pattern, and improve the comprehensive service quality of international freight transport. It also focuses on constantly optimizing transportation plans and making the consolidation business more prosperous, so as to provide a strong driving force to advance the CRE (Chang'an) National Collaboration Center for Cross-border E-commerce.