Xinjiang handles nearly 30,000 China-Europe freight trains in past five years

STORY: Xinjiang handles nearly 30,000 China-Europe freight trains in past five years DATELINE: Jan. 17, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:00 LOCATION: URUMQI, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of China-Europe freight trains 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): CHEN SHIJIE, Xinjiang Zhonglian Haitong International Freight Forwarding Co., Ltd. STORYLINE: During the past five years, the number of China-Europe freight trains passing through northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has exceeded 29,400, with an average annual growth rate of 23.6 percent. According to the region's government work report for 2023, 5,807 freight trains departed from Xinjiang, with an average annual growth rate of 9 percent. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): CHEN SHIJIE, Xinjiang Zhonglian Haitong International Freight Forwarding Co., Ltd. "Thanks to the merits of short travel time, high safety and stability, eco-friendliness, and low transportation time and cost, the China-Europe freight train plays an important role in stabilizing the logistics chai