Xi'an operates over 4,000 China-Europe train trips in Jan-Sept period

The number of China-Europe freight train trips operated by Xi'an, capital city of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, topped 4,000 in the first three quarters of 2024, surpassing one fourth of the country's total.

In the first three quarters of the year, China-Europe freight train trips totaled 14,689, with the number of routes rising to 93.

Xi'an sent 4,041 China-Europe freight train trips in the first nine months of this year, up 33.4 percent year on year.

Zhou Junxi, the yardmaster of the port station, organized the first China-Europe freight train of Shaanxi in the autumn of 2013.

"We started the first freight train in 2013, and it took seven years for us to operate 4,000 train trips. But this year, we have completed 4,000 trips over only nine months," said Zhou.

Xi'an is also the home port for the Chine-Europe train service line with the highest frequencies nationwide. The freight trains, set out from Xi'an and bound for Duisburg in Germany, which used to operate two departures and one return per week, now have four departures and three returns, making it the most densely operated full-route timetable service.

The United States lacks the willingness to adapt to the global multipolarization process, said a senior Russian lawmaker at a press conference in Moscow on Monday after concluding a two-day visit to the U.S.

Vyacheslav Nikonov, first deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, made the statement after leading a delegation to visit the U.S. from March 26 to 27.

"What I've sensed is that the United States lacks the willingness to adapt to the multipolarization process. In my view, the U.S. still attempts to engage in global politics in a hegemonic way. Nevertheless, I believe the likelihood of the U.S. maintaining this status has fallen to its lowest level," said Nikonov.

Regarding the Russia-U.S. relations, Nikonov said the two sides can hold dialogue in multiple areas, but there will be no breakthrough in bilateral relations in the near term.