On January 5, a China-Europe Railway Express (Chengdu-Chongqing) train loaded with cargo including liquid-crystal-display television television components departed from Chengdu International Railway Port and is expected to arrive in Lodz, Poland, in just over 10 days.

"Since the beginning of the new year, the China-Europe Railway Express (Chengdu-Chongqing) has maintained efficient operations. From January 1 to 4, Chengdu alone dispatched 34 trains," said an official from the Management Committee of Chengdu International Railway Port Economic and Technological Development Zone.

On July 9, 2025, the China-Europe Railway Express (Chengdu-Chongqing) Southern Corridor Rapid Service departed from Chengdu

The China-Europe Railway Express (Chengdu-Chongqing) is a cross-provincial China-Europe freight train brand jointly launched by Chengdu and Chongqing on January 1, 2021—the first of its kind nationwide. Over the past five years of joint development, it has operated more than 26,000 trips, consistently leading the nation in scale, with routes covering over 100 cities worldwide. It has become the most frequently operated, best-balanced, most optimally structured in terms of cargo composition, most extensive in regional cooperation, and most stable in transportation performance among all China-Europe Railway Express services.

Logistics corridors drive trade, and trade attracts industries. Leveraging this rail service as a key link, Chengdu and Chongqing have built an international logistics corridor and co-developed an open market—enabling port-adjacent manufactured goods such as TCL smart home appliances from Chengdu and Changan New Energy vehicles from Chongqing to "go global", while also facilitating the entry of global automotive parts, precision equipment, and agricultural products into the Chengdu-Chongqing region. This has formed a closed-loop industrial chain of "import-export–processing and manufacturing–re-export".

By the end of 2025, the railway service had attracted more than 200 major industrial projects, driving the formation of four trillion-yuan-level industrial clusters in Chengdu and Chongqing in electronics and information technology, automobile manufacturing, equipment manufacturing, and new materials. Seventy percent of Sichuan-made electronics products are exported via this rail service. Enterprises such as Changan and Seres in Chongqing rely on the service for importing components and exporting finished vehicles, which has spurred supporting firms in batteries, motors, and other sectors to establish operations in the region.

An official from Chengdu International Railway Port Investment & Development Co., Ltd. stated that both cities are continuously amplifying the "China-Europe Railway Express+" effect by developing specialized services for pharmaceuticals, cold-chain logistics, mail, and cross-border e-commerce. The "China-Europe Railway Express (Chengdu-Chongqing) Cold Chain Distribution Center" has already been established to provide dedicated channels for high-value fresh produce and pharmaceuticals from Southwest China. This year, the two cities will further enhance premium routes such as "Chengdu-Europe speed", with a strategic focus on cold-chain services for fresh fruits, frozen meat, and biopharmaceuticals, as well as postal and cross-border e-commerce trains, thereby building a "railway express + industry" product system.

According to an official from the Chengdu Municipal Port and Logistics Office, this year both cities will continue expanding the southern corridor of the China-Europe Railway Express (Chengdu-Chongqing), promote shared overseas infrastructure resources, strengthen transportation support for export-oriented enterprises, and facilitate high-quality development of economic cooperation and industrial clusters.

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