WSL Forum, an international scientific conference took place in Poznan, Poland on November 18th and 19th, 2019 with more than 100 participants from Europe and China attending.
After the opening of the conference by Prof. dr. Andrzej Korzeniowski (Rector WSL), Norbert Wagener (Professor at WSL and Managing Director WAGENER & HERBST) and Tong Zhu (World Bank Beijing) presented the opening speech on ‘New Silk Road Europe-China: Opportunities for Global Supply Chains and Challenges for Further Development’.
According to the speakers, the dynamic growth of transports on the Europe-China relation shows that the container train connections, in addition to ships and airplanes, have firmly established themselves as transport alternatives, especially for time-sensitive and less price-sensitive goods.
New challenges are the reduction of subsidies in China and the congestion of border crossings, especially between Poland and Belarus.
The establishment of gateways and international corridor management as well as other infrastructure investments are proving to be solutions for further growth.
The presentation can be downloaded here.
New Silk Road: Opportunities and Challenges for Supply Chains