As an important part of the southern passage of the China Railway Express, the China-Gyrgyzstan-Ukraine Railway, which has been planned for at least 25 years, is finally about to start construction. Kyrgyzstan President Zaparov said in an interview on May 30 that after he explained to Russian Putin that Kyrgyzstan needs the China-Gyrgyzstan-Ukraine railway just like it needs "air and water", Putin said he would no longer oppose the project.
He said that after the completion of the feasibility study, the construction of the China-Kyrgyzstan-Ukraine Railway will start next year (2023).
Uzbekistan officials have previously stated that the completion of the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway will be the shortest route for transporting goods from China to Europe and the Middle East, shortening the freight journey by 900 kilometers and saving time by seven to eight days.
International logistics
At present, the China-Europe and Central Asia international railway routes are completely dependent on Alashankou on the northern line of Xinjiang. The first section of the running route must pass through Kazakhstan, and then turn to Europe and Central Asian countries respectively. The international railway line of the Belt and Road is passive, and the production capacity and the running route are limited. After the operation of the China-Kyrgyzstan-Ukraine Railway, Kashgar, which is located on the southern line of Xinjiang, will be directly connected to Central Asia. In addition to turning to Europe, it can also be extended to Iran via Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and related international land logistics services. And products will become more and more abundant, the production capacity of railway trunk lines will be increased, and the existing logistics costs of these countries will be reduced, and the import and export volume of international trade will be increased. Therefore, the first beneficiary of the China-Gyria-Ukraine Railway will be the international logistics industry.
international trade
Directly related to international logistics is international trade. At present, the trade volume of China-Kyrgyzstan, China-Ukraine, China-Arab, China-Pakistan, and Iran is increasing year by year, most of which are exported goods, and imports are relatively weak, because the industrial chain of these countries is not perfect. , cannot be cut into the international supply chain system, but these countries have rich natural resources, agricultural resources and human resources. With the opening of railway channels and the reduction of transportation costs, these resources are expected to enter the international supply chain market, increasing exports and Investment, therefore, the international trade industry will be the second beneficiary.
Benefit area
International logistics and international trade are the beneficiary industries. If the beneficiary countries are narrowed down to the beneficiary regions, it will be the major cities along the China-Kyrgyzstan-Ukraine Railway. First of all, the biggest beneficiary city for China will be Kashgar in Xinjiang. In Kashgar, at present, the city has become China's main land hub connecting Central Asia, with well-established infrastructure such as logistics stations and comprehensive bonded areas, and domestic road-rail combined transport projects have been fixed here. If the railway is connected to Central Asia In the future, the freight volume will catch up with Alashankou and Horgos on the North Vietnam Line, and the urban volume will be further expanded. Looking at foreign countries, the overseas section of the China-Jiangsu Railway Line is planned to be divided into two lines, which are divided into the southern line and the northern line. We can only judge from the existing information that the cities we pass through are all beneficiary areas. However, due to the different industrial and agricultural backgrounds and economic strengths of the cities, there will be differences in the degree of benefit. For example, Osh in Kyrgyzstan and Andijan in Uzbekistan, the two cities With an industrial base, the degree of benefit must be higher than that of other cities along the line, and the latter may become another international railway hub of the China-Kyrgyzstan-Ukraine Railway in Central Asia. Through Andijan, it can be distributed to the capital of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Termez, and Tajikistan. Dushanbe in Kyrgyzstan, Kabul in Afghanistan, Islamabad in Pakistan, etc., coupled with a strong industrial base, Andijan is likely to become another major overseas investment destination in Uzbekistan. At present, Xinjiang Zhonglian Huayun International Freight Forwarding Co., Ltd. has Investing in logistics and warehousing business in Andijan, in the future, the road and railway goods from China can be distributed here to the whole of Uzbekistan and countries in Central Asia and the Middle East.
