A train fully loaded with diverse goods departed from Xi'an, the capital city of Northwest China's Shaanxi Province, on Saturday morning, bound for Malaszewicze, Poland. This marked a significant milestone as the total number of China-Europe freight train trips has surpassed 90,000.

Illustrated by Liu Bing

To date, China-Europe freight trains have transported more than 8.7 million twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) containers of goods, valued at $380 billion, according to China State Railway Group Co., Ltd (China Railway).

So far, the China-Europe freight trains have reached 223 cities in 25 European countries and over 100 cities in 11 Asian countries, with the service network covering almost the entire Eurasian continent, it added.

"The China-Europe freight trains represent a new model of international transportation with advantages such as convenience, speed, safety, stability and green economy. They have become widely popular as an international public product," said Huang Xin, deputy director of China Railway's cargo department, according to a Xinhua report.

"They have injected new momentum into serving the high-quality construction of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and promoting economic and trade exchanges between China and Europe," Huang added.

(Compiled by Huang Jingjing)