The first China-Europe freight train of the Year of the Horse departed from Guojigang Railway Station in Xi'an City, northwestern Shaanxi Province, at 03:55 on Tuesday, which marked the Spring Festival, or the Chinese New Year.
The X8155 freight train, bound for Duisburg, Germany, carries a full load of electronics, auto parts, festive food products and specialty light industrial goods.
It is expected to reach its destination in around 12 days.
1st China-Europe freight train in Year of Horse leaves Xi'an for Germany
1st China-Europe freight train in Year of Horse leaves Xi'an for Germany
International Energy Agency (IEA) Executive Director Fatih Birol warned on Thursday that the global oil market may enter a "red zone" in July and August this year, as fuel demand rise and stocks dwindle.
Birol noted that the supply crisis triggered by the situation in the Middle East was initially cushioned by spare capacity in the global oil market, but that oil stocks are now gradually decreasing.
The 32 members of the IEA on March 11 unanimously agreed to make 400 million barrels of oil from their emergency reserves available to the market in response to disruptions caused by the Middle East conflict.
The IEA stands ready to coordinate further reserve releases if necessary, Birol added.
IEA chief warns of global oil market entering "red zone" this summer
