Manzhouli port sees rising China-Europe freight trains in Q1

HOHHOT, April 8 (Xinhua) -- Manzhouli, the largest land port on the China-Russia border, saw a rising number of China-Europe freight trains during the first quarter this year.

The number of freight trains that ran between China and Europe via Manzhouli went up 8 percent year on year to 591, transporting a total of 52,947 standard containers of cargo in the period.

Among the total, the number of outbound freight trains grew 13.8 percent to 339 and that of inbound trains increased 1.2 percent to 252.

There are currently 52 routes of China-Europe freight trains via the Manzhouli land port, which helps promote trade between about 60 Chinese cities and 28 cities in 13 European countries including Germany, Poland and Belgium.