The first green China-Europe freight train carrying e-commerce goods to Germany launched from Xi'an City in northwest China's Shaanxi Province on Friday.
Carrying 55 containers full of goods including daily necessities and car supplies, the train will travel 10 days, about 10,000 kilometers, to arrive in Duisburg in western Germany.
It will pass by Kazakhstan, Russia and Poland on the journey. When it arrives in Germany, the goods will be distributed to European countries including the UK, Italy, Spain, Belgium and the Netherlands.
According to its operators, the train's maiden journey marks a step forward for the cleaner transpiration of goods across continents.
"Green freight train means it uses green energies, such as wind power and solar power, during the entire journey, which is really environmental-friendly. Now, China has been actively promoting the reduction of carbon emission, which is quite in line with the overall strategy of the EU," said Shao Bo'er, general manager of Xi'an ITL Multimodal Transportation Company.
"This is a part of the development of climate-neutral industry. And that is good for our development here in Xi'an and for our trains. The partnership in Xi'an between Xi'an ITL and DB is a very good partnership and we have a good possibility in the future to grow together," said Frank Schulze, general manager of DB Cargo Transasia.
In 2025, Xi'an International Port expects to continue deepening its cooperation with DB Cargo Transasia by increasing 20 percent of current shipment volume.
China's first green e-commerce freight train to Germany launches from Xi'an
Nicaragua's co-foreign minister Valdrack Jaentschke has warned that militarism must never be allowed to rise again, as Japan's recent moves to lift its arms export ban and revise the pacifist Constitution continue to draw international concern.
This year marks the 80th anniversary of the opening of the Tokyo Trials, where Japan's Class-A war criminals from World War II were brought to justice.
In an interview with China Global Television Network (CGTN), Valdrack Jaentschke voiced his concern that today's world order is being undermined by interventionism and other challenges.
"It is necessary for us to remember that after the end of World War II, countries worked hard to build a new international order based on international law. However, regrettably, more than 80 years later, we are seeing that this once explored and attempted order is being challenged by interventionism, a confrontational mindset, and tendencies like 'might makes right.' These are precisely the conditions that gave rise to fascism and militarism in the past, which ultimately led to the tragedy of World War II," he said.
He said the international community has a responsibility to pursue a new international order -- one fundamentally grounded in peace.
"Looking back at the history more than eight decades ago and comparing it with today's reality, it is our responsibility to recognize that the world should, and must, build a new international order that is more just, fairer, rooted in international law, based on a logic of mutual benefit and shared success, and fundamentally grounded in peace," said the minister.
"Today, as we revisit the Tokyo Trials, it is meant to remind the world that such a tragedy must never be repeated -- and that we must do everything in our power to prevent it from happening again. We must stop that dark world -- born from militarism, interventionism, and fascism -- from ever returning," he said.
Nicaraguan FM warns of militarism revival
