The picture shows the opening of the first special line of "Harbin-Bikeliang" packaging machinery. (Photo by Shen Zhengshui)

China News Network, Harbin, May 11th (Sheng Zhengshui reporter Shi Yifu) With a whistle sounding, at 9:58 on the 11th, the first Harbin-Berlin packing machine "Harbin-Bikeliang" was specially listed at Harbin International Container Center Station Issued, it is expected to reach Bikliang Station in the western Russian city of nearly 10,000 kilometers in 18 days, marking the first step in the normal operation of the Kazakhstan-Russia Railway in 2019.

Heilongjiang Province, adjacent to Russia, has always played an important role in the economic and trade relations between China and Russia because of its unique geographical resources. In recent years, in the context of China ’s official promotion of the “Belt and Road” initiative, the “Northeast Asian Economic Circle” has become increasingly prosperous, and the “intimacy” between northern China and the Russian Far East and even Northeast Asia has become higher and higher.

The picture shows the opening of the first special line of "Harbin-Bikeliang" packaging machinery. (Photo by Shen Zhengshui)

The Kazakhstan-Russia Railway is a hub for Harbin in the "China-Mongolia-Russia Economic Corridor", and has played an important role in actively constructing an international logistics hub for Russia, Northeast Asia, and Europe and the United States.

Since the launch of the Kazakhstan-Russia Railway on February 27, 2016, nearly 23,500 TEU of containers have been shipped, which is at the forefront of shipping on the Eastern European Central Train. The brand effect of the “Kazakh-Russia Railway” cross-border logistics channel has gradually formed.

The first "Harbin-Bikeliang" packaging machinery line is full of 50 containers containing packaging machinery and equipment produced by Harbin enterprises, with a value of 7.5 million U.S. dollars. This special line exits through the Manzhouli port. After passing through Baikal, Irkutsk and other Russian major city.