China-Europe freight train service hits 100,000 trips, boosting global economic, trade ties

A drone photo taken on Nov. 15, 2024 shows the 100,000th China-Europe freight train, coded X8083, at the Tuanjiecun Station in Chongqing, southwest China. The 100,000th China-Europe freight train departed from southwest China's Chongqing Municipality on Friday morning, a significant milestone in the development of the service that facilitates economic and trade exchanges between China and Europe.

In March 2011, the China-Europe freight train (Yuxinou) service was launched from Chongqing to Duisburg, establishing a direct overland trade corridor between China and Europe.

Over the past 13 years, the service has transported over 11 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) containers of goods, valued at more than 420 billion U.S. dollars. (Xinhua/Wang Quanchao)