STORY: First China-Europe freight train for CIIE 2024 arrives in China's Shanghai
SHOOTING TIME: Oct. 20, 2024
DATELINE: Oct. 21, 2024
LENGTH: 00:00:48
LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China
CATEGORY: ECONOMY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the "Jinbo" China-Europe freight train arriving in Shanghai

STORYLINE:

The first "Jinbo" China-Europe freight train carrying exhibits for the 7th China International Import Expo (CIIE) arrived at the Minhang Station in Shanghai on Sunday, marking the fourth consecutive year that CIIE exhibition products have been transported to Shanghai via the China-Europe freight train service.

"Jinbo" is short for CIIE in Chinese. The train, which traveled more than 11,000 km over 21 days, is loaded with 76 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of containers of goods valued at about 100 million yuan (about 14.08 million U.S. dollars), including cosmetics and mechanical equipment.

After departing from Germany, the train traveled through Poland, Belarus, Russia, Kazakhstan, and other countries, entering China via the Alataw Pass Railway Port. 

With a total journey of over 11,000 kilometers, the main cargo carried was cosmetics, machinery, and equipment.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Shanghai, China.
(XHTV)