At 11:35 on October 22, the "China-Kyrgyzstan-Wu" international Tuding train (Lanzhou Dongchuan-Kashgar North Railway Station) departed from Lanzhou International Dry Port, marking a key step in deepening Gansu's opening up to the west and integrating into the international logistics channel.

　　Honking the whistle and setting off (Photo courtesy of Gansu International Logistics Group)

　　This train adopts the "iron, road, rail" international multimodal transport mode, departing from Lanzhou, passing through Kashgar, Xinjiang, exiting from Irkeshtan port, passing through Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, and finally arriving at Hailatun, Afghanistan, with a total distance of about 5,600 kilometers, and the time limit is shortened to 15 days.

　　The reporter learned that since the beginning of this year, Gansu International Logistics Group has focused on building a "six-in-one" international development system, continuously encrypting the frequency of train operations, and promoting the coordinated development of "train + industry", "train + commerce" and "train + project". Since the launch of the first "China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan" special train on March 18, it has gathered domestic advantageous sources of goods, organized independent sources of goods in the province, basically formed a normalized trial operation mode of 2 trains per week, promoted the continuous flow of mechanical parts, daily necessities and other products to international markets such as Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Afghanistan, and built an efficient and smooth international channel economic bridge.

　　The "China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan" international train was successfully included in the China Railway Group's map train system, which is another international scheduled train in Gansu Province after the Central Asia JSQ train map, and it is also a new model and new measure for differentiated and characteristic international trains in Gansu Province.

　　Industry insiders said that the opening of the international Tuding train not only effectively plays the regional radiation and cross-border service functions of Lanzhou's national dry port logistics hub, but also promotes the innovation of "port area linkage" and bonded logistics formats, and comprehensively improves the comprehensive efficiency and radiation driving role of international freight trains. The successful opening of the "China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan" international Tuding train marks that Gansu, as a northwest inland open hub, is officially embedded in the westward opening of the interconnected transportation network, injecting distinctive Gansu elements into the high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road", and also marks a new stage in the international development of Gansu International Logistics Group. (Reporter Xue Xiaoxia)