China-Europe freight train bound for Russia with more than 620 metric tons of cargo

The "Honggutian" China-Europe freight train, carrying daily necessities, clothes, shoes, and household appliances, left Shanghang Railway Station in Fujian Province at 9:20 p.m. on Monday. 　

The train, carrying 55 containers and more than 620 metric tons of cargo with a total market value of about $5.5 million, will exit the country via the land port of Manzhouli in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region before arriving in Moscow, Russia, 15 days later. 　

The "Honggutian" freight train is the fourth China-Europe freight train operating in Fujian Province and also the first cross-border cargo train to depart from the revolutionary base in western Fujian. 　

As a new international logistics channel that helps western Fujian expand its opening to the outside world and enables enterprises to import and export, the "Honggutian" China-Europe freight train has made 11 trips in the past year, carrying 599 boxes of materials, including mechanical products, daily necessities, electronic products, and fitness equipment.