China's Qingdao launches new freight train to Moscow

STORY: China's Qingdao launches new freight train to Moscow SHOOTING TIME: April 2, 2024 DATELINE: April 3, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:28 LOCATION: JINAN, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the freight train's departure STORYLINE: A new freight train departed from China-Shanghai Cooperation Organization. Local Economic and Trade Cooperation Demonstration Area (SCODA) in China's Qingdao for the Russian capital Moscow on Tuesday. The train carried refrigerators, washing machines and other goods. It's the first China-Europe freight train departing from the SCODA in Qingdao to Moscow via the northern Chinese railway port of Tongjiang. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): SU JITONG, Manager of operations department, SCODA "With the advantages of safe and highly efficient transportation, the China-Europe freight train can effectively help reduce our logistics costs, while enhancing the international competitiveness of exported goods." Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Jinan, China. (XHTV)