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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
Beijing, January 5 (Xinhua) — On New Year's Day 2026, the first trains departed from Chongqing, a key logistics hub in southwest China, along both the China-Europe rail freight routes and the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor (NLMTC).
As reported by the news portal chinanews.com, citing information from the relevant department of the city government, on January 1, a container train loaded with Chongqing-made goods, such as electronic gadgets, smart devices, and car and motorcycle parts, departed from Chongqing for Europe.
On the same day, freight trains departed simultaneously from several stations in Chongqing along the NMTC land-sea routes. Using a combination of rail and sea transport, they carried a total of 350 standard containers (TEUs) of cargo, including laptops, chemicals, household items, and agricultural products, to countries including Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines, the UAE, and France.
As a reminder, Chongqing serves as a key departure point for international China-Europe freight transport, as well as a logistics and operations hub for the NMTC's land-sea corridor. With these important positions, the city serves as a springboard for expanding the openness of China's western inland regions to the outside world.
According to the Chongqing-Xinjiang-Europe Supply Chain Management Company, services under the China-Europe rail freight brand were launched in Chongqing in 2011, reducing the delivery time of local goods to European countries by almost a month compared to sea transport. During the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030), Chongqing intends to further develop such services to consolidate its strategic role in stimulating industrial upgrading, trade transformation, and interregional coordinated development.
The NMTC land-sea operator, in turn, expressed its readiness to continue expanding the NMTC transport network based on the favorable start, in particular by launching a number of new regular transport routes and deepening the integration of advantageous resources and industries in the regions along the NMTC. -0-
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