Rail-sea intermodal freight train loaded with NEVs departs from China's Chongqing
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January 7, 2026
China's landmark trade corridor cargo volume hits record high in 2025
China's New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor rail service handled a record 1.425 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of cargo in 2025, marking a 47.6 percent increase and surpassing the one-million-TEU milestone for the first time, China Railway Nanning Group said on Tuesday.
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January 5, 2026
Rail-road intermodal transport exiting China's Xizang into South Asia sees surging cargo value
A freight train that set off from Yiwu, east China's Zhejiang Province, reached Xigaze in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region on Saturday, marking the successful completion of all 12 freight trains in 2025, with a cumulative cargo value exceeding 230 million yuan (about 32.7 million U.S. dollars).
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January 4, 2026
In pics: First China-Europe freight train setting off from southwest China in 2026
The train, carrying automotive and motorcycle parts, electronic products and other consumer goods, departed from Chongqing on Thursday. It was the first China-Europe freight train setting off from southwest China in 2026.
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January 4, 2026
China deepens business cooperation with Belt and Road partners in 2025
Chinese industrial and commercial enterprises have deepened pragmatic cooperation with Belt and Road partner countries in trade, investment and industries in 2025, data from the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade showed.
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December 24, 2025
China-Mongolia border port sees rise in cross-border traffic
Erenhot, the largest land port on the China-Mongolia border, is a pivotal point of the China-Mongolia-Russia Economic Corridor. As of Dec. 22, inbound and outbound passenger traffic volumes and the number of vehicles driving through Erenhot reached 2.753 million and 741,000, respectively, up by 8.8 percent and 12.1 percent compared with the same period of last year.
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December 23, 2025
Kuwait, Chinese firm sign EPC deal for strategic Kuwaiti port project
The Kuwaiti Ministry of Public Works and China Communications Construction Company Limited (CCCC) on Friday signed an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the first phase of the Mubarak Al-Kabeer Port project on Boubyan Island in northern Jahra Governorate.
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December 23, 2025
Chinese-built logistics hub in Tanzania streamlines regional trade across East Africa
On the second floor of the East Africa Commercial and Logistics Center (EACLC) on the outskirts of Tanzania's port city of Dar es Salaam, bolts of neatly arranged clothing line the shelves as customers drift in from different corners of the East African nation and beyond.
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December 22, 2025
Chinese-built municipal road project improves urban mobility in Mozambique
A Chinese-built municipal road project in Matola, Mozambique's Maputo Province, has been completed and officially handed over, boosting urban connectivity and improving living conditions, local authorities said on Saturday.
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December 18, 2025
Chinese-built solar photovoltaic power station inaugurated in Tunisia
A solar photovoltaic power station built by Chinese companies was inaugurated on Tuesday in central Tunisia's Kairouan province.
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December 17, 2025
North China port sees cargo volume for China-Europe freight trains exceed 5 mln tonnes
The freight volume of China-Europe freight trains passing through the Erenhot Port -- the largest land port between China and Mongolia -- has exceeded 5 million tonnes as of Monday this year, an increase of 22.7 percent year on year, hitting a new record, according to customs authorities.
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December 16, 2025
China, Singapore eye closer cooperation on BRI, innovation
China and Singapore on Monday pledged to deepen cooperation across various sectors, and agreed to work together to safeguard the multilateral trading system to increase regional prosperity and stability.
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December 16, 2025
2 freight trains under China-Singapore Multi-modal Demonstration Project depart from Chongqing
Two freight trains under China-Singapore Multi-modal Demonstration Project departed from Chongqing on Monday, heading to Singapore via Chongqing-Southeast Asia Railway Express and Kazakhstan through Chongqing-Central Asia International Railway Express, respectively.
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December 16, 2025
Chinese engineers pioneer innovative subsea tunnel construction in Abu Dhabi
Chinese engineers are building an innovative subsea tunnel in Abu Dhabi using a pioneering "cut-and-cover with cofferdam" method, drawing broad recognition for its technical advancement and efficient execution.
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December 11, 2025
'Eastern corridor' of China-Europe freight train service hits 5,000 trips
As a China-Europe freight train composed of 60 carriages and loaded with home appliances and digital products departed from the Manzhouli railway port in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, the "eastern corridor" of the China-Europe freight train network this year has witnessed 5,166 trains operating on its railway lines.
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December 5, 2025
Xinjiang's Horgos port handles over 9,000 China-Europe freight trains in 2025
A China-Europe freight train loaded with garments, toys, electromechanical products and auto parts departed earlier this week from Horgos Railway Port in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region for Malaszewicze, Poland, marking the 9,000th such train to pass through the port this year.
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December 5, 2025
BRI opens new trade opportunities for Kyrgyz city, says official
Proximity to China and participation in the Belt and Road Initiative are opening up new trade and investment opportunities for the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh.
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December 5, 2025
4 years on, China-built cross-border railway gains popularity, unlocks opportunity in Laos
Four years after the China-Laos Railway traversed the rugged mountain ranges, this cross-border line has become far more than a transport corridor. It has won growing trust from Lao people and businesses, while reshaping community livelihoods and serving as a key driver of local economic progress.
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December 3, 2025
China's BRI-backed hydropower station in Cambodia empowers locals with skill transfers
Joining the 400-megawatt Lower Sesan II hydropower station in Sesan district in northern Cambodia in 2017, Houng had been trained by Chinese experts to operate and maintain the machinery that generates power.
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December 3, 2025
China-Laos Railway boosts regional tourism, trade connectivity
The China-Laos Railway has handled over 62.5 million passenger trips and more than 72.5 million tonnes of cargo since its launch four years ago, injecting strong momentum into regional economic and social development, the China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. said Tuesday.
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November 28, 2025
Locals thrilled with construction of China-funded Mekong River bridge in NE Cambodia nearing completion
Undertaken by the Shanghai Construction Group, the work on the Cambodia-China Mekong Kratie Friendship Bridge commenced in early 2023. To date, over 98.4 percent of the bridge has been completed.
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December 1, 2025
SW China's Chongqing launches fixed-schedule freight train service to Budapest
A freight train bound for Budapest, Hungary, departed from southwest China's Chongqing Municipality on Sunday, marking the launch of a new fixed-schedule China-Europe freight train service, also known as China Railway Express.
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November 27, 2025
China's BRI-backed hydropower station in Cambodia provides clean energy, transforms lives of local villagers
Cambodian relocated villager Laing Nuth has expressed her satisfaction with the development of the Lower Sesan II hydropower station here, saying that the project has not only generated clean and reliable energy, but also significantly changed the lives of local residents.
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November 26, 2025
China-Europe freight train turns inland furniture hub into global trade player
Five years ago, Zhu Hao, marketing general manager of Jiangxi Sanyou Furniture in east China's Jiangxi Province, could hardly imagine that the European market would one day become a major client. Today, however, Europe accounts for 70 percent of the company's foreign orders.
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November 25, 2025
China-Europe freight train service boosts Eurasian trade with shared benefits
Over 2,000 years ago, during the Western Han Dynasty (202 BC-25 AD), Chinese envoy Zhang Qian embarked on a journey from Chang'an, known as Xi'an today, to the Western Regions via Central Asia. His expedition laid the foundation for the ancient Silk Road, creating an early model for transcontinental exchange.
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November 20, 2025
China, Tanzania deepen railway cooperation with major technician training program
China and Tanzania have taken a significant step toward deepening railway cooperation with the completion of a major training program for Tanzanian railway technicians.
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November 20, 2025
Maritime Silk Road deepens collaboration, cultural exchange
The deepening of cultural exchange and collaboration among Maritime Silk Road cities is underway, according to the ongoing 2025 Maritime Silk Road Urban Cooperation & Development Conference and the International Travel Agents Conference in Wenzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province.
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November 19, 2025
China-Europe freight trains fuel interconnectivity, global economy
At an international forum on the China Railway Express on Tuesday, government officials, scholars, entrepreneurs and representatives of international organizations from home and abroad commended the freight train service's role in stabilizing global industrial and supply chains, and in boosting development.
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November 19, 2025
Accelerating China-Europe freight trains boost Belt and Road trade
In the early winter at Xi'an International Port Station, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, the roar of locomotives and the bustle of cranes paint a vivid picture of connectivity. The X9043 China-Europe freight train departed for Baku, Azerbaijan, laden with auto parts, photovoltaic modules, and e-commerce goods, a testament to the "steel camel fleet" that fuels cross-continental trade.
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November 18, 2025
China-Europe freight train trips hit nearly 120,000
China-Europe freight trains have made nearly 120,000 trips, according to figures announced at the second China-Europe Railway Express Cooperation Forum held Tuesday in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province.
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November 17, 2025
Xi'an emerges as modern international trade and logistics hub
Launched in 2013, the China-Europe freight train in Xi'an has ranked first nationwide in key aspects such as the number of trains, freight volume and laden-container ratio for many years.