The Horgos Railway Port in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has handled more than 55,000 China-Europe freight trains, including services bound for Central Asia, according to data from the Urumqi branch of China State Railway Group Co. (China Railway).
The port is a key Belt and Road hub linking China with Europe and Central Asia.
Since the first China-Europe freight train departed from the Horgos Railway Port in March 2016, the number of such trains handled by the port has been rising steadily.
It took 54 months for the figure to reach 10,000, and less than 13 months to grow from 40,000 to 50,000.
More than 200 types of goods are transported via the port, including mechanical and electrical equipment, new energy vehicles, electronic products and agricultural and sideline products.
Horgos now connects 91 routes across 18 countries, underscoring its role as a major Belt and Road gateway.
China’s Horgos rail hub marks 55,000 trains, expands Belt and Road reach
China hopes that Vietnam's top leader To Lam's upcoming visit to China will help carry forward the traditional friendship between the two countries, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said at a regular briefing in Beijing on Thursday.
At the invitation of General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese President Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and Vietnamese President Lam will pay a state visit to China from April 14 to 17.
"Following his recent election as President of Vietnam, General Secretary To Lam chose China as his first overseas visit, fully demonstrating he attaches high importance to developing relations between the two parties and countries. China hopes that through this visit the two countries will carry forward the traditional friendship, further deepen the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership, promote the building of a higher-level China-Vietnam community with a shared future that carries strategic significance, jointly advance the global socialist cause, and work together to safeguard regional and global peace, stability, and prosperity," said Mao.
Lam was elected as Vietnam's president for a five-year term on Tuesday.
China expects Vietnam's top leader's visit to carry forward traditional friendship: spokeswoman
