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at the end of last month, a batch of household appliances, tires, auto parts, and other goods that were shipped from overseas through jiangsu lianyungang, took the lianyungang-china europe freight train (including central asia direction, same below) to kazakhstan and other asian countries; on july 2nd, a batch of ferroalloys produced in kazakhstan arrived at lianyungang via the china europe freight train, and then was transported to southeast asia by sea. the international hub port advantage of lianyungang is increasingly prominent. in the yangtze river delta region, the operation of the china europe freight train is booming. in the first six months of this year, a total of 2,538 china europe freight train trips have been made (including return trips), transporting 266,000 teus of goods, an increase of 12.8% compared to the same period last year. a fleet of "iron camel trains" shuttles back and forth across the eurasian continent, establishing an important "bridge" for international economic and trade cooperation between many places in shanghai, jiangsu, zhejiang, and anhui, and the countries involved in the belt and road initiative. the yangtze river delta region is home to numerous fortune 500 companies and is also one of china's major industrial bases. on september 29, 2013, the china-europe freight train (suzhou-warsaw) was launched for the first time, marking a breakthrough from zero in the operation of china europe freight train services in the yangtze river delta region. over the past decade, the yangtze river delta's china-europe freight train services have cumulatively operated 25,000 trains (including return trips), transporting 4.684 million teus of goods. this has injected new vitality into the high-quality economic development of the yangtze river delta, effectively ensuring the stability of international industrial and supply chains. it has also driven economic development and improved people's livelihoods in the countries and regions along the route.
source: anhuinews.com
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