At 22:30 on March 7, Hefei North Railway Station launched its first trip to Duisburg, Germany. This trip was organized by the International Land Port Company of Hefei Production and Investment Group. It was full of 88 TEU circuit board assembly modules, multi-master grid crystalline silicon solar cell modules, photovoltaic grid-connected inverters, voltage stabilized power supply container components and other goods, with a value of 4881,000 US dollars and a cargo weight of 549.7. It will take 18 days to reach Duisburg, more than 11,000 kilometers away.

Since this year, the Hefei International Land Port has made every effort to promote the large-scale development of the Sino-European Banquet in Hefei around the established goals of "strong scale, strong base, strong service, strong promotion, strong trade, strong linkage and strong ports". On the basis of stabilizing the existing Hefei-German Hamburg high-quality line, a new route has been added: the Hefei-Duisburg round-trip line.

From 2015 to now, Hefei's main route to Europe is only the regular round trip between Hefei and Hamburg, Germany. The opening of the new line of Hefei Germany Duisburg has accelerated the new economic momentum between the whole province and the European countries. In the "one belt and one way" infrastructure plan, Duisburg is regarded as the logistics center of Europe, especially Germany and Duisburg, which are adjacent to Holland, Belgium and northern France. Hefei International Land Port takes Duisburg as the center to radiate the European market, absorb the source of goods, strengthen trade, and provide unique geographical advantages. Next, the Hefei international land port will take Hefei Germany Duisburg round-trip line as a new starting point, thoroughly implement the "one belt and one road" initiative, speed up the construction of the international railway corridor, continue to plan for the "seven strong" development goals, plan for the long term, and help more "Anhui made" and "Hefei production" to be exported to Hefei, China and Europe. Friendship Circle "strengthens the economic and trade interconnection between domestic and foreign enterprises, builds, shares and wins-win situation, speeds up the high-quality development of Hefei's Central European Banquet, and"escorts"the province to create a new inland open highland.