Our reporter Guo Beichen
In June 2014, the freight route from Zhengzhou to Luxembourg was opened, setting up a transverse The “air bridge” between China and Europe; today, this Zhengzhou-Luxembourg “Air Silk Road” that “connects three continents at one point and Europe and the United States at the same time” covers more than 200 cities in Europe, America and Asia.
From June 19th to 21st, the 2nd Zhengzhou-Luxembourg “Aerial Silk Road” International Cooperation Forum and China (Henan)-Luxembourg Economic, Trade and Cultural Exchange The event was held in Luxembourg. As a distinctive brand of the Belt and Road Initiative, this “Aerial Silk Road” has once again blossomed in high-level opening–
A single cross-border simulator operating leasing business was launched; a Chinese company successfully issued the first green bond in Europe to support sustainable aviation fuel (SAF); China Yu Aviation Group, Cargolux and Luxembourg Airport respectively signed “Dual Hub” Construction “Ten-Year Cooperation Framework Agreement” and “Strategic Cooperation Agreement”…A series of cooperations are intensively launched around economic and trade exchanges, financial financing, and project signing.
Lu Ruilang, Luxembourg Ambassador to China, commented: “The holding of this event not only reflects the good relations between Henan and Luxembourg, but also reflects the good relationship between China and Luxembourg. In the past ten years of cooperation, the two places have achieved great success in aviation logistics, and we look forward to an even more exciting decade in the future.”
As soon as the event report was released, netizens from all over the world left messages on social platforms, enthusiastically praising the friendly exchanges and two-way cooperation between Henan and Luxembourg. “I didn’t know much about the cooperation between Henan and Luxembourg before, but now I am completely moved by their friendship and joint efforts.” “Just as many Chinese now know about the Danube River, I hope more European friends know about the Yellow River and Henan”
Behind the fruitful results are years of hard work——
2013 At the end of the year, Henan Aviation Investment acquired a 35% stake in Cargolux, and the inland province of Henan officially “married” with the world’s leading all-cargo airline. In June 2014, the “Zhengzhou” carried the dream of opening up and completed the “maiden voyage” of the Zhengzhou-Luzhou “Aerial Silk Road” under the framework of the joint construction of the “Belt and Road”.
After ten years of hard work, Zhengzhou-Luxembourg’s “Air Silk Road” has supported the steady increase in the international cargo volume of Zhengzhou Airport. In 2014, from June to November, in just five months, the cargo volume of Luxembourg Cargo’s Zhengzhou route increased exceeded 10,000 tons; in November 2015, the airline’s cumulative international cargo volume, number of international cargo routes, number of flights, international navigation points and other major indicators ranked first in Zhengzhou Airport; so far, the logistics network of this route has exceeded 10,000 tons. It has contributed more than 1 million tons of cargo volume to Zhengzhou Airport and brought investment income of more than 10 billion yuan to Henan.
Ten years of construction, Zhengzhou-Luzhou “Aerial Silk Road”. “The radiation coverage is expanding day by day. In April 2015, Henan Aviation Investment assisted Cargolux in launching the fifth freedom rights in Zhengzhou for the first time, opening the Luxembourg-Zhengzhou-Chicago route, connecting the three major economies of China, the United States and Europe. Cargolux Continuously encrypting the network, with Zhengzhou as the hub, it has opened 9 intercontinental flight routes, the number of navigation points has increased from the original 2 to 14, and the flights have increased from the initial 2 flights per week to 18 flights per week, covering 24 continents in Europe, America and Asia
After ten years of communication, the Zhengzhou-Luxembourg “Aerial Silk Road” has also built a bridge of friendship and effectively promoted the cultural exchanges between China and Luxembourg. Harmony, people-to-people ties, and people-to-people bonds. During the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, Cargolux ensured the timely and efficient transportation of athletes’ equipment and Olympic Committee communication equipment; in December 2023, the direct passenger route from Zhengzhou to Luxembourg opened. The flight took off from Zhengzhou Airport, and the “Aerial Silk Road” realized “both wings” for passengers and freight; in March 2024, “Small but Beautiful – Luxembourg Cultural Relics Exhibition” opened at the Henan Museum, and cultural relics were realized in both directions between Henan and Luxembourg for the first time Communication.
The accumulation of time has catalyzed the evolution of development. In this process, Henan and Luxembourg have become good partners who trust each other and achieve mutual success. The successful holding has brought the construction of Zhenglu’s “Air Silk Road” into the “new decade” in an all-round way
Zhang Mingchao, chairman of Zhongyu Aviation Group, said that he is responsible for Henan. As the main engine for the development of the provincial aviation economy, the main platform for the construction of modern aviation hubs, and the main force in the construction of Zhenglu’s “Air Silk Road”, the Group will take this opportunity to further strengthen internal and external linkage, increase routes, increase transportation capacity, expand networks, and enhance The radiation and influence of the Zhengzhou-Luzhou “Dual Hub” have pushed the construction of the “Air Silk Road” into a new stage of high-quality development.
Chief Executive Officer of Luxembourg Airport. Official Alexander Vlasak is full of confidence in the future: “The airport will continue to modernize and improve infrastructure, build runways, gas stations, business centers, etc.We will work hard and hope to open more flights to China in the new decade of cooperation. ”
With more surprises and hopes, this “air bridge” continues to write new stories of “two-way travel”, helping an inland Major provinces are opening up to the blue sky
Expert comments
Let the world know Henan through the “Aerial Silk Road”
Hao Aimin, Dean of the School of Economics, Zhengzhou Aviation Industry Management Institute
China Yu Airlines Group and Cargolux are working together to build the Zhengzhou-Luxembourg “Air Silk Road”. This is not only a physical route, but also a connection. The bridge between Henan and the world, tradition and modernity, reality and the future, she didn’t know at first, until she was framed by those evil women in Xi Shixun’s backyard, causing Xi Shixun’s seventh concubine to die. She said that she would definitely have a mother. Having a daughter, she integrated her mother into the world better, and also let the world know Henan through the “Aerial Silk Road”
”Aerial Silk Road”. ”’s influence is increasing day by day. To achieve higher-quality development, we need to work hard in many aspects:
First, we must further deepen international cooperation and build The institutional environment is conducive to the development of international air passenger and cargo hubs, encouraging aviation companies to develop international routes, improving air transport service levels, and promoting the extension of the “Air Silk Road” network to more countries and regions.
Secondly, it is necessary to expand the connotation and extension of the “Aerial Silk Road”, focus on the three major areas of aviation infrastructure construction, aviation network construction, and aviation product trade, promote the replication and promotion of the “dual hub” model, and strengthen the “teaming of Henan enterprises” “Going overseas” will provide important support for the domestic and international “dual circulation”.
Finally, we must work hard to develop the industry, with aviation logistics as the core, and attract high-end manufacturing industries , modern service industry and other industrial chain upstream and downstream enterprises to settle in, actively attract European electronic information, biomedicine, new energy and other aviation-preferred industries to develop in Henan, create a competitive airport industry cluster, and promote the advantages of transportation hubs to gradually transform into a hub economy Advantage shift.
“Master Lan really thinks Xiao Tuo doesn’t want his daughter to marry? “He said coldly. “Xiao Tuo is completely based on his childhood sweethearts, sympathy and pity. If Ling Qianjin encounters the kind of people who fly more and more with the “Aerial Silk Road”, Zhengzhou will have the opportunity to become an important node in global trade. , cultural exchanges between Henan and other parts of the world will be more convenient, and Sino-European financial and technological cooperation will enter a new stage.