Europe-bound freight trains from China's Yiwu up 211 pct in Jan.-July

The number of Europe-bound freight trains departing from the city of Yiwu in east China's Zhejiang Province reached 400 in the first seven months of this year, up 211.1 percent year on year, railway sources said Friday.

A train loaded with 100 TEUs of cargo departed from Yiwu, the country's small-commodity hub, bound for Madrid, Spain, on Friday morning. It was the 400th China-Europe freight train to leave the city since Jan. 1.

Currently, the Europe-bound freight trains from Yiwu cover 12 routes linking the city with 37 countries and regions across Eurasia.