New China-Europe freight train route launched in NW China's Xi'an city

A China-Europe freight train with 45 compartments of anti-epidemic supplies leaves the Xinzhu Railway Station in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, on Aug. 12, 2020, to head for Italy's Milan.  (Photo by Yuan Jingzhi/Xinhua)

A new China-Europe freight train route linking Shiyan of Central China's Hubei province,  Xi'an city of northwest China's Shaanxi province and Duisburg of Germany was launched on Wednesday, reported cnr.cn.

The cargo train loaded with auto parts and other commodities produced by local intelligent equipment company in Hubei. This marks the first cooperation between Shiyan city and Shaanxi China-Europe freight train service.

Relying on China-Europe freight train (Xi'an) assembly center, the two sides will further enhance cooperation in high-quality development of export-oriented economy and integration between supply chain and industrial chain.

In recent years, with the goal of building a world-class inland port, Xi'an has made every effort to speed up the construction of  China-Europe freight train (Xi'an) assembly center, and operated 16 freight routes linking Xi'an with Asia and Europe.

Data showed that in the first half of this year, a total of 1,791 trains of China-Europe freight trains were handled in Xi'an, with core indicators maintaining leading position nationwide.