2018年CRI China Post builds air corridors for Belt and Road Initiative

 

Friday has marked the first anniversary of the opening of the first direct Chinese air-postal¹ route linking the eastern province of Zhejiang with Russia.

The logistics link - which is helping² feed the growing e-commerce ties between China and Russia - is one of many connections which have been created among China and countries along the Belt and Road.

Hu Zhangsheng works in the business department of China Post's branch in Zhejiang Province.

He says that the new air freight route have given a boost to their ability to meet the needs of their customers trading with Russia.

"There are few domestic flights to Novosibirsk. Winter is often our peak season. We used to refuel to reduce the load. The airline is the most efficient way to extend our operating times in eastern or central Russia. It has given a boost to our transport capacity."

Wang Deben is the deputy director of the Zhejiang Postal Administration. He says the flight has accelerated the development of cross-border export businesses, and facilitated almost 300 million dollars in trade for Zhejiang.

"Next step is for international freight routes to be developed, marketed, and normalized. We are also supporting Shunfeng to launch routes from Hangzhou to the Americas."

The development of a growing number of air freight routes has helped to connect China with the world, and has fostered cross-border e-commerce businesses. At the same time, a growing volume of international commodities are coming into China by air.

Zhu Zhangyao is the general manager of China Post's Zhejiang branch.

"We will develop cross-border import business with Russia by making us of the freight space in the return trips. The high quality and low price of Russian agricultural and sideline products has been recognized by Chinese consumers. So the potential for growth in the business is huge. The air route will help to promote the strategy for optimizing³ imports and exports"

China Post is working with countries taking part in the Belt and Road Initiative to develop the express delivery network. The State Post Bureau of China recently launched its "Air Express Hub" project, which will see the construction of the Asia's first major air freight hub.

1 postal   

adj.邮政的，邮局的

参考例句：

• A postal network now covers the whole country.邮路遍及全国。
• Remember to use postal code.勿忘使用邮政编码。

2 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

3 optimizing   

v.使最优化，使尽可能有效( optimize的现在分词 )；最佳化；寻优

参考例句：

• This model may be classified as either an optimizing model or simulation model. 这个模型可分为最佳化模型或模拟模型。 来自辞典例句
• Need to design crossover operator rationally while optimizing ANN. 优化网络需要合理设计交叉算子。 来自互联网