Freight trains plying between Chinese and European cities transported in 2014 by 200 percent. more containers than in the previous year, a strong upward trend likely to continue in the coming years – told PAP employees of a Chinese logistics company DHL branch in Shanghai. Rail transport – touted as three times faster than sea and four times cheaper than aviation – it is particularly cost-effective in the case of high-value goods and wherever important is the delivery time.
“New Silk Road is a great opportunity for our country. We create itself as a logistics investment for the whole of Europe “- said the PAP in an interview with Andrew Juchniewicz with the Shanghai office of the Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency (PAIiIZ).
During the 2011-14 regular rail links to Europe has launched several Chinese cities, including Chongqing, Chengdu and Suzhou. As part of the New Silk Road, these connections are strongly promoted by the Chinese authorities, and every large Chinese city is trying to start their own.
Trains to run down the hallway western Europe – through Kazakhstan, Russia and Belarus – either the northern corridor, bypassing Kazakhstan. In both variants are passing through Poland, and some of them are in Poland endpoints. They can benefit from this, among others, Polish rail operators and car.
“Poland has the largest, youngest and cheapest fleet of trucks in the whole European community. Lots of goods find their way to Warsaw or Lodz (train), and are then distributed by truck to various cities in Europe “- told PAP Head of the added value of Chinese DHL office Zafer Engin, considered one of the pioneers of railway transport between China and Europe.
“It’s really exciting because in 2000 years ago, when there was the first Silk Road, Poland was not part of it. We were on the outskirts of ancient civilization. This time we are in the middle “- said the manager of the Chinese branch of DHL Konrad Godlewski.
Andrew Juchniewicz with PAIiIZ expressed the hope that in the future large-scale trains will operate to China Polish export products, especially food. Meanwhile, the vast majority of containers transported by train travels from China to Europe and the European side carriers are having trouble filling up warehouses goods.
The cost-effectiveness of rail transport from China to Europe due to, among others, that these connections are subsidized by local governments Chinese cities. Paying extra for trains, city authorities also indirectly subsidize Chinese exports. In Europe, no one pays for trains heading to China.
The New Silk Road is a gigantic project promoted by the Administration of the President of China Xi Jinping in the autumn of 2013. It consists of “one belt and one pathway,” which mean, respectively, network of sea and land China with Europe – its biggest trading partner.
As noted by the project manager of the EU-China Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW) Marcin Kaczmarski, the New Silk Road initiative is not limited to the construction of logistics infrastructure. It is becoming a key tool for Chinese foreign policy and build soft power (soft power) of the country.
“The concept of Route accompanied by binding information and propaganda, including cultural events, meetings, expert trails. We have launched a special page news agency Xinhua. Chinese experts promoted by the determination of the type + Chinese version of the Marshall Plan +. The concept of this kind of + packaging + Chinese economic expansion by making it an attractive shape “- rated Kaczmarski in a comment published on the website of CES.
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