Two cargo trains loaded with goods departed on Thursday from southwest China's Chongqing Municipality and Chengdu for Germany's Duisburg and Poland's Lodz.

 

It marked that the number of China-Europe freight trains handled by the two cities has topped 20,000 since Chengdu and Chongqing launched the service in March 2011 and April 2013, respectively, according to local authorities.

 

(Photo by Tang Yi)

 

More than 1,000 kinds of goods, including electronics, machinery, automobiles, auto parts, as well as medicines and medical instruments, have been transported via the service.

 

In 2021 alone, Chengdu and Chongqing handled over 4,800 China-Europe cargo trains, accounting for 30 percent of the national total, with the transported goods worth over 200 billion yuan (about 29.8 billion U.S. dollars).

 

(Photo by Wang Xi)

 

Chengdu and Chongqing are among the earliest cities in China to start the China-Europe freight train service. As a significant measure in constructing the Chengdu-Chongqing economic circle, the two cities have cooperated since 2021 to improve the service.

 

Source: Xinhua

Edited by Huang Xiaomei