On June 8, container trains also departed from the cities of Chongqing, Zhengzhou, Wuhan, Changsha, Suzhou, Dongguan and Yiwu for Europe, bearing the unified new logo, which integrates the Chinese railway logo and its English abbreviation, in red and black.
More than 1,700 China-Europe container trains have been launched since the first left southwest China's Chongqing for Germany's Duisburg in 2011. Most of these trains passed through Poland while the Chengdu-Europe cargo train and "Sumanou" from Suzhou to Warsaw, two non-stop trains, run from China directly to Poland.
The China-Europe trains have helped China-Poland economic ties and are seen by many as a powerful support for the development of the China-proposed Belt and Road initiative.
"Compared to shipping, the China-Europe container trains are faster. And it is cheaper than air freight," said Liu Xilin, general manager of the Shanghai branch of China Railway Container Transport Co. Ltd.
The latest train from the eastern city of Suzhou, bound for Warsaw, capital of Poland, also departed on June 8 and arrived last weekend. It transported electronic products, branded clothes and sophisticated instruments manufactured in Suzhou and Shanghai, according to Liu.
Regular train left Suzhou for Warsaw two or three times every week, Liu said