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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
Beijing, November 1 (Xinhua) — From January to September 2025, the number of trains operating on the China-Europe and China-Central Asia routes departing from or arriving at the China-SCO Regional Economic and Trade Cooperation Demonstration Zone in Qingdao, Shandong Province, east China, totaled 962, an increase of 14.1 percent year-on-year. These trains carried over 650,000 tonnes of freight. Both figures reached record highs for the corresponding period, according to a statement posted on the official website of the General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China.
During the specified period, 541 trains departed from the China-SCO Demonstration Zone to Central Asia, and 114 trains arrived from Central Asia to the zone, both figures increasing by 56 percent and 50 percent, respectively, year-on-year.
Currently, 22 regular international railway freight routes pass through the China-SCO Demonstration Zone, linking 54 cities in 23 SCO countries and states participating in the Belt and Road Initiative. The freight transported covers a wide range of goods, including mechanical equipment, electronic products, and everyday items.
In order to assist the China-SCO Demonstration Zone in developing international railway freight transportation between China and Europe and China and Central Asia, local customs are actively promoting a work model whereby enterprises can complete all customs clearance procedures at the departure point, effectively reducing the time spent by trains at the Alashankou and Khorgos border crossings (Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Northwest China) and ensuring cost reduction for enterprises. -0-
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