East Asia: Facts and Analytics 2025/4
DOI: 10.24412/2686-7702-2025-4-22-36
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Author
| Aleksandrova Maria V. |
| Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences |
| ORCID: 0000-0001-7257-5573 |
| E-mail: alexandrova@iccaras.ru |
Abstract
Despite China’s success in global monopolization of container production, containerization equipment and vehicles, the country remains concerned about global market instability. To reduce these tensions, China has actively developed rail container transportation both domestically and internationally. The China-Europe Express has become the shortest “bridge” connecting China’s domestic and foreign markets. The express train is crucial for promoting high-quality economic development in the country’s hinterland. A number of Chinese cities have become assembly hubs for container train products. The author analyzes the specifics of their development on the example of Chongqing, Xi’an and Wuhan. Special attention is also paid to the issue of train subsidies. The author notes that the container express train has changed the development logic of China’s interior regions, significantly improving their transport links.
Keywords
China, Europe, containerization, container express, rail transport, multimodal transport, subsidies, assembly hub
Support
The research was carried out within the state assignment of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (project No. FMSF-2021-0009 “The modern foreign policy of the People’s Republic of China and the interaction of the Russian Federation and the PRC in interstate, economic, other practical areas and the foreign policy sphere, including multilateral formats (RIC, BRICS)”).
Acknowledgments
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For citation
Aleksandrova M.V. (2025). Kak mezhdunarodnyy konteynernyy ekspress sblizhayet tsentral’nyye rayony Kitaya s Yevropoy [How the international container express brings China’s central regions closer to Europe]. Vostochnaya Aziya: fakty i analitika [East Asia: Facts and Analytics], 7 (4): 22–36. (In Russian). DOI 10.24412/2686-7702-2025-4-22-36
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Dates
| Received Date: | 2025.08.31 |
| Accepted Date: | 2025.11.04 |
| Publication Date: | 2025.12.23 |