China's Shenyang opens new freight route for RCEP countries

STORY: China's Shenyang opens new freight route for RCEP countries DATELINE: March 24, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:36 LOCATION: SHENYANG, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the freight 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): GAO ZENGLI, Chairman of a local wholesale company STORYLINE: A new international freight route for Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) member countries through Shenyang to Europe via entrepot trade has been launched. The first train carrying cargo containers from the RCEP member countries, including Laos, Vietnam and Japan, departed from Shenyang, capital of northeast China's Liaoning Province, on Saturday. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): GAO ZENGLI, Chairman of a local wholesale company "It took nearly two months (to reach Europe) if we transported by sea, but now it takes less than one month by the freight train via entrepot trade, like about more than 20 days." Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Shenyang, China. (XHTV)