Xinhua, Chongqing :
Every day, trains full of laptops, electronics and auto parts depart the remote village of Tuanjiecun for Europe.
For five years, trains have delivered laptops for Hewlett-Packard, car window regulators for Brose and semi-conductors for AT&S, from Chongqing Municipality, southwest China, to Europe.
Since the trains started in March 2011, there has been a business boom in the mountain city.
According to Chongqing Logistics City, Chongqing imported more than 2,000 cars on the international rail network in the past two years.
Six years ago the city was struggling to attract businesses, which mostly centered on China’s coastal areas where convenient shipping and air transport converge.
“Before 2011 we had to wait for business to come because we did not have much of a transport advantage, even though labor was cheap,” said Guo Jian, director at Chongqing Municipal Commission of Economy and Information Technology. “But with the launch of the trains, we got more deals because train transport costs are only about one-fifth of air, and one-third faster than sea.”
Every day, trains full of laptops, electronics and auto parts depart the remote village of Tuanjiecun for Europe.
For five years, trains have delivered laptops for Hewlett-Packard, car window regulators for Brose and semi-conductors for AT&S, from Chongqing Municipality, southwest China, to Europe.
Since the trains started in March 2011, there has been a business boom in the mountain city.
According to Chongqing Logistics City, Chongqing imported more than 2,000 cars on the international rail network in the past two years.
Six years ago the city was struggling to attract businesses, which mostly centered on China’s coastal areas where convenient shipping and air transport converge.
“Before 2011 we had to wait for business to come because we did not have much of a transport advantage, even though labor was cheap,” said Guo Jian, director at Chongqing Municipal Commission of Economy and Information Technology. “But with the launch of the trains, we got more deals because train transport costs are only about one-fifth of air, and one-third faster than sea.”
