Partnership Agreement | Joining Hands with Gansu (Lanzhou) to Promote High-Quality Development of China Railway Express!

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!