The first direct China-Europe freight train linking southwest China's Guizhou Province and Russia's Moscow sets out from Guiyang, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Nov. 18, 2021. The first direct China-Europe freight train service linking southwest China's Guizhou Province and Russia's Moscow started service Thursday. Loaded with goods including guitars, electronics and ceramics, the inaugural train is expected to arrive in Vorsino, Moscow on Dec. 3, according to Guizhou provincial commerce department. There is no transit stop along the new route and the train will leave China via the land port of Manzhouli on the China-Russia border for its destination. [Photo by Yang Wenbin/Xinhua]

Aerial photo taken on Nov. 18, 2021 shows the first direct China-Europe freight train (blue) linking southwest China's Guizhou Province and Russia's Moscow pulling up in Guiyang, southwest China's Guizhou Province. The first direct China-Europe freight train service linking southwest China's Guizhou Province and Russia's Moscow started service Thursday. Loaded with goods including guitars, electronics and ceramics, the inaugural train is expected to arrive in Vorsino, Moscow on Dec. 3, according to Guizhou provincial commerce department. There is no transit stop along the new route and the train will leave China via the land port of Manzhouli on the China-Russia border for its destination. [Photo by Yang Wenbin/Xinhua]

The first direct China-Europe freight train linking southwest China's Guizhou Province and Russia's Moscow sets out from Guiyang, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Nov. 18, 2021. The first direct China-Europe freight train service linking southwest China's Guizhou Province and Russia's Moscow started service Thursday. Loaded with goods including guitars, electronics and ceramics, the inaugural train is expected to arrive in Vorsino, Moscow on Dec. 3, according to Guizhou provincial commerce department. There is no transit stop along the new route and the train will leave China via the land port of Manzhouli on the China-Russia border for its destination. [Photo by Yang Wenbin/Xinhua]

The first direct China-Europe freight train linking southwest China's Guizhou Province and Russia's Moscow pulls up in Guiyang, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Nov. 18, 2021. The first direct China-Europe freight train service linking southwest China's Guizhou Province and Russia's Moscow started service Thursday. Loaded with goods including guitars, electronics and ceramics, the inaugural train is expected to arrive in Vorsino, Moscow on Dec. 3, according to Guizhou provincial commerce department. There is no transit stop along the new route and the train will leave China via the land port of Manzhouli on the China-Russia border for its destination. [Photo by Yang Wenbin/Xinhua]

Aerial photo taken on Nov. 18, 2021 shows the first direct China-Europe freight train (blue) linking southwest China's Guizhou Province and Russia's Moscow pulling up in Guiyang, southwest China's Guizhou Province. The first direct China-Europe freight train service linking southwest China's Guizhou Province and Russia's Moscow started service Thursday. Loaded with goods including guitars, electronics and ceramics, the inaugural train is expected to arrive in Vorsino, Moscow on Dec. 3, according to Guizhou provincial commerce department. There is no transit stop along the new route and the train will leave China via the land port of Manzhouli on the China-Russia border for its destination. [Photo by Yang Wenbin/Xinhua]

The first direct China-Europe freight train linking southwest China's Guizhou Province and Russia's Moscow pulls up in Guiyang, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Nov. 18, 2021. The first direct China-Europe freight train service linking southwest China's Guizhou Province and Russia's Moscow started service Thursday. Loaded with goods including guitars, electronics and ceramics, the inaugural train is expected to arrive in Vorsino, Moscow on Dec. 3, according to Guizhou provincial commerce department. There is no transit stop along the new route and the train will leave China via the land port of Manzhouli on the China-Russia border for its destination. [Photo by Yang Wenbin/Xinhua]