According to the person in charge of the freight Department of China Railway Group, in the first quarter, the demand for railway freight was very strong and maintained a high level of operation. The railway department conscientiously implemented the deployment requirements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, coordinated the epidemic prevention and control and railway transportation organization, made full use of the transportation capacity released after the suspension and reduction of passenger cars for epidemic prevention and control, carried out in-depth incremental battle of freight transport, optimized freight transport organization, and effectively ensured the smooth operation of the national economy and the production and life of the people.

The transportation of key materials for the national economy and the people's livelihood has been guaranteed. According to the needs of local epidemic prevention and control, we strengthened the transportation organization of epidemic prevention materials, opened 35 central material trains for Hong Kong, and transported 1384 tons of various materials. Actively undertake the supply of "transit railway" to meet the transportation needs of raw materials and finished products. Carefully organized the transportation of spring ploughing materials such as fertilizers, pesticides and seeds, opened up a green channel, achieved fast loading and fast transportation, and did not miss the agricultural time. A total of 43.79 million tons of agricultural related materials were sent, with a year-on-year increase of 8.8%. Continue to implement the action of ensuring the supply of electric coal, give full play to the role of major coal transportation channels such as Daqin, Haoji and Wari, scientifically allocate transportation capacity resources, actively meet the needs of enterprises, implement the accurate supply of electric coal, send 350 million tons of electric coal, an increase of 6.5% year-on-year, and maintain the coal storage of 363 railway direct power supply plants in China for more than 21.7 days.



It ensures the stability and smoothness of the international industrial chain and the supply chain. One belt, one road, and the international transportation organization should be strengthened to work closely with the domestic customs departments and foreign trade and logistics enterprises to optimize and perfect the international transport plan, strengthen the prevention and control of epidemic situation at the port, enhance the efficiency of import and export clearance, and ensure the stable and smooth supply chain of the international industrial chain. 3630 China Europe trains were operated and 350000 TEUs were sent, with a year-on-year increase of 7% and 9% respectively; 170000 TEUs were sent by the train of the new western land and sea channel, with a year-on-year increase of 56.5%; China and old fellow railways sent 260 thousand tons of import and export goods, showing strong growth. Accelerating the construction of convenient logistics channels between China and ASEAN, enhancing the transport age and reducing logistics costs, benefiting more enterprises.

The quality of railway freight service was further improved. Taking the opportunity of the overall upgrading of the railway 95306 freight e-commerce platform, the whole 24-hour online freight business is realized, and the convenience and user experience are further improved. At present, the number of 95306 users is more than 70000, the proportion of electronic waybills is more than 95%, and the system runs smoothly and orderly. We vigorously developed container multimodal transport and improved the quality of transportation services. The average daily loading of containers was 38290, an increase of 13.5% year-on-year.



The official said that in the next step, the railway department will continue to deepen the structural reform of the transportation supply side, optimize the supply of freight products, improve the service quality, and make new contributions to serving the stable operation of the national economy and actively building a new development pattern.

Text source: CCTV news