The number of China-Europe freight trains rose significantly in July, with a record 1,232 trains being put into operation, up 68 percent year on year, according to the China State Railway Group.
While the COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented disruption to the world economy, it has also strengthened the rail links between China and Europe, and industry experts believe the growing volume of rail freight between East and West will aid the economic recovery of countries and regions along the routes of the Belt and Road Initiative.
The first freight train from China bound for a major logistics center in Moscow arrived in the Russian capital on Thursday, heralding a boost in rail-borne trade between the two countries.
The dynamic landscapes of nature and diverse cultures along both the Silk Road and Maritime Silk Road have always been an inspiration for artists.
CCCC-FHDI Engineering Co Ltd, a subsidiary of China Communications Construction Co Ltd, completed and handed over a middle school expansion project to Pakistan's education authority in late June, a clear sign of China's support for the education sector in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.
Officials from China and Singapore on Monday pledged to maintain smooth supply chain and trade amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The first group of trainees for the China-Laos railway have been undergoing intensive Chinese language and professional railway theory training since mid-July in the Laotian capital Vientiane.
East China's Shandong Province saw its foreign trade with countries along the Belt and Road (B&R) up 4.4 percent year on year to 292.33 billion yuan (41.67 billion U.S. dollars) in the first half of this year, local authorities said Friday.
An open day event was held by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC), which is affiliated with China Railway Construction Corporation Limited (CRCC), on Friday to brief international audiences on the progress of the Lagos-Ibadan railway project and the life of workers there from a 360-degree multifaceted perspective.
Rail services in China have seen strong growth because China-Europe freight trains have carried urgently needed anti-coronavirus supplies to other countries, along with daily necessities and production materials.
The 6,969-meter Houay Phoulai Tunnel in northern Laos, a key bottleneck and highly risky project along the China-Laos railway, has been drilled through by a Chinese railway engineering company.
The China National Silk Museum, the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, and the UNESCO Silk Roads Programme jointly organized a webinar to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Silk Roads expeditions.
A China-Europe cargo train loaded with 88 containers of disposable medical masks left northeast China on Friday afternoon for Madrid, supporting the COVID-19 fight and work resumption in the Spanish capital.
The Laos-China Railway Co., Ltd. (LCRC), a joint venture based in Lao capital Vientiane in charge of the construction and operation of the railway, told Xinhua on Thursday that, all its beams of the two cross-Mekong River bridges have been installed.
The customs authority at Alataw Pass, a major rail port in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, handled a total of 2,128 China-Europe freight trains during the first half of the year, the authority said.
China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism has initiated an open call for major international cooperation projects of cultural and tourism industries along the Belt and Road.
The number of China-Europe freight trains rose significantly during the first half of this year, with a total of 5,122 trains being put into operation, up 36 percent year on year, the China State Railway Group said Friday.
A multilateral fund to support infrastructure construction projects under the Belt and Road Initiative has been established, and six countries have agreed to donate US$180.2 million to the fund, according to the Ministry of Finance on Wednesday.
Experts from eight countries at a video conference on Wednesday said that the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is based on principles of equality, reciprocity and mutual benefit, and is the way forward by promoting regional connectivity.
China-Laos expressway is co-developed by China Yunnan Construction and Investment Holding Group (YCIH) and the Lao Ministry of Planning and Investment.
The world's largest containership, HMM GDANSK, called at the port of Xiamen in east China's Fujian province on Tuesday.
The concessional agreement of the 700.7-MW Azad Pattan Hydropower Project under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has been signed, a breakthrough for the implementation of the project, according to China Gezhouba Group.
The first direct container train, which left the central Chinese city of Wuhan on June 16, arrived in Kiev on Monday, opening up new opportunities for China-Ukraine cooperation, said Ukrainian officials.
Since the start of the pandemic in Europe, China Railway Express has been dedicated to transporting medical supplies from China to hard-hit European countries, supplementing cargo planes chartered by the Polish government.
China's top economic planner has allocated 200 million yuan (about US$28.3 million) from the central budget to support the construction of transportation hubs in five cities to improve China-Europe rail freight services.
The groundbreaking ceremony for the Vientiane station of the China-Laos Railway was held on Friday in the northern outskirts of the Lao capital.
China-Europe freight trains to and from Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, made more than 1,600 trips in the first half of this year, almost double the figure for the same period last year, local authorities said Thursday.
Since the initial outbreak of COVID-19, trains between China and Europe have been operating a "green channel" for the transportation of medical and raw materials.
A new China-Europe freight train route linking the city of Jinhua in east China's Zhejiang Province and Moscow was launched Wednesday.
Amid efforts to expand common interests in China-EU cooperation, the China-Europe rail transport service, which was initiated in 2011, is widely expected to play an increasingly important role in the post-pandemic era.