According to media reports such as Popular News, the Shandong Central Europe (Asia) Shandong-Xinjiang continuous train officially departed on September 5: the train gathered goods in Qingdao, was reloaded at the Urumqi transfer base, and headed for Kazakhstan. This marked the further intensification of the coordinated linkage between Qingdao, Jinan assembly centers and the Urumqi transfer base, and added a new artery for Shandong manufacturing to the sea.
Qingdao train: The "steel camel convoy" leading to Central Asia continues to speed up
Qingdao is a key seaport for Central Asia and SCO countries. On January 1, 2026, Qingdao sent out the first international train of the year, which departed through the Horgos Port and arrived at the Almaty assembly center in Kazakhstan in about 7 days. In the first quarter, 253 China-Europe trains arrived and departed from the SCO Demonstration Zone, with a cargo volume of more than 170,000 tons, both setting a record high for the same period in history. In 2025, there were 1,225 trains arriving and departing, a year-on-year increase of more than 20%.
For the furniture industry, the benefits of the corridor are emerging: in the first five months of this year, Qingdao opened 392 China-Europe freight trains (a year-on-year increase of 3.7%), and the hub park also completed the bonded storage of the first batch of 3,800 cubic meters of Russian panels - panels are the key raw materials for furniture manufacturing. The bonded corridor provides direct support for Qingdao furniture companies to reduce costs and increase efficiency.
Information sources: Public reports such as Popular News, Qingdao Daily·Guanhai News, Qingdao Government Affairs Network, Phoenix Net Qingdao, etc.
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