Silk Road trade on track: Freight train sets off from China to Russia, drastically cutting travel time

A special China-Europe

A special China-Europe freight train departed from Dongguan in South China’s Guangdong province to Russia on Wednesday. It will arrive in Moscow within 15 days, cutting the travel time by two-thirds compared with the sea route.

According to China Daily, the train is loaded with 50 containers of goods made by the Guangdong-based Midea Group company, a leading home-appliance manufacturer. It is the first export train used by a local home-appliance company since Guangdong opened its China-Europe freight service in 2015.

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