Chinese express freight company SF Express began running China-Europe freight trains for the first time on Sunday.

A train loaded with 41 containers of Finland pine worth $ 0.7 million left Finland for the South China port of Ganzhou in Jiangxi province.

Photo: People's Daily app/Ren Jianghua

Another freight train loaded with 41 containers worth $ 3.6 million departed Ganzhou for Moscow.

China is the biggest export market for Finland's timber industry.

(Compiled by Hu Xiaoyu)