Shenzhen's foreign trade tops 5 trln yuan in first 10 months

Foreign trade in south China's Shenzhen surged past a historic milestone in the first 10 months of the year, with total imports and exports reaching 5.25 trillion yuan (around 787 billion U.S. dollars) -- a year-on-year increase of more than 40 percent.

According to data released by local customs on Saturday, Shenzhen has become the first city on the Chinese mainland to cross the 5-trillion-yuan foreign trade threshold.

Exports during the 10-month period rose nearly 20 percent year on year to 2.71 trillion yuan, while imports experienced a dramatic surge of more than 70 percent, reaching 2.54 trillion yuan.

Shenzhen's foreign trade tops 5 trln yuan in first 10 months

A new China-Europe freight train route linking Yiwu City of east China's Zhejiang Province to Miramas in southeast France was launched on Friday.

The first train on the route carried 110 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of cargo, containing air conditioners and daily necessities.

To date, Zhejiang's China-Europe freight train service operates 28 international routes, covering more than 50 countries and regions across the Eurasian continent. The trains have made more than 17,600 trips so far.

China's Yiwu launches freight train service to Miramas, France