At 16:45 on December 3rd, with the departure of the first China-Laos international freight train from Kunming Station, the China-Laos Railway was officially opened to traffic!
Yunnan Provincial Investment Holding Group Company (hereinafter referred to as “YIG”) earnestly implemented the spirit of the important speech made by General Secretary Xi Jinping when inspecting Yunnan, and in accordance with Yunnan Provincial positioning of “strive to become South Asia and Southeast Asia radiation center”, YIG actively serve and integrate into the national “Belt and Road” initiative, and participate in the construction of the China-Laos railway corridor, the three projects involved in the financing of the construction of the overseas section of the China-Laos Railway (Laos section) and the domestic section of the China-Laos Railway (Kunming-Yuxi-Mohan Section), and led the establishment of Yunnan International Train Service and Trade Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Yuntou Freight”) .
Since the start of construction of Yumo Railway, Yunnan Railway Investment Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Yuntou Railway”) as one of the important enterprises in the “Great Public welfare” sector of YIG, has fully fulfilled the responsibilities of the provincial railway investment and financing construction investor representative, actively served and integrated into the national “Belt and Road” initiative, accumulatively the allocation of CNY10.936 billion in railway construction that contributed the “YIG Power” to assist the construction of the “Belt and Road” initiative and build a China-Laos community with a shared future.
On the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Laos, the opening of the China-Laos railway to traffic is a momentous and memorable event of great significance. As a practitioner of the “Belt and Road” initiative, Yuntou Railway actively fulfill the responsibility as a state-owned enterprise, earnestly implement the spirit of the important speech made by General Secretary Xi Jinping at the third “Belt and Road” construction symposium, and seize the new opportunities of being listed in the Fortune Global 500 of YIG, comprehensive implementation of the new development concept. Furhermore, Yuntou Railway speed up the construction of projects such as the China-Myanmar railway international corridor, and continue to improve the unimpeded and safe land corridor aiming at high standards, sustainability, and people's livelihood, and further enlarge the location advantage of Yunnan province, provide strong support for smooth domestic and international dual-cycle development pattern, and promote the high-quality development of the "Belt and Road" joint construction to continuously achieve new results.
At 16:45 on December 3rd, the first China-Laos international freight train loaded with 1,400 tons of cargo departed from Kunming, carrying the friendship through trade between China and Laos, is expected to arrive on the afternoon of the 4th at Vientiane, the capital of Laos. This is the first and essential step taken by the China-Laos international freight train, which will lay a solid foundation for the normal operation of the subsequent China-Laos international freight train.
As the only official provincial train operation platform, Yuntou Freight is responsible for the operation, brand-building, and the implementation of supporting policies of China-Laos International freight.
In the early stage, Yuntou Freight mainly focus on China-Laos cross-border logistics, provide a “one-stop, one-stop” cross-border logistics and transportation services for customers from Yunnan and other province, and to achieve the platform service function of normal operation of China-Laos freights. In the future, as the improvement of network node layout along the China-Laos, China-Thailand, China-Myanmar, and China-Vietnam railways, Yuntou Freight will further improve the value-added service as cross-border logistics plus trade, warehousing and distribution, supply chain management, supply chain finance, and digital information platforms. At the same time, Yuntou Freight will promote the scale of cross-border trade and logistics, accelerate the transformation of location advantages of Yunnan province with high-quality and efficient service, achieve the goals of promoting trade with logistics, promoting industries with trade, and promoting development with industries in the China-Laos Economic Corridor, and make the contribution to the construction of South Asia and Southeast Asia radiation center and the "Belt and Road" initiative.