The China Europe freight train injects new impetus into the development of the world economy

Xi'an, November 18 (Xinhua) -- On the 18th, the "China Europe Railway Express Development Report (2025)" was released at the 2nd China Europe Railway Express International Cooperation Forum held in Xi'an. The report points out that the China Europe freight train has stimulated economic vitality along the route and injected new impetus into the development of the world economy.

The report shows that as of October 2025, the China Europe freight train has operated a total of 118600 trains, transported 11.7 million TEUs of goods, and reached 232 cities in 26 European countries.

The report is divided into four chapters: development history, development philosophy, development achievements, and development prospects. It systematically summarizes the leapfrog development achievements of the China Europe freight train from scratch, from few to many, and from excellence to strength, with detailed data and typical cases. It also looks forward to how the China Europe freight train will continue to develop towards higher quality, better efficiency, and safer direction in the future.

The report emphasized that as the practical cooperation carrier of the "the Belt and Road" initiative, the China Europe Train, relying on the land bridge, has promoted the convergence of Eastern and Western civilizations with its strong vitality and development toughness, and has made important contributions to promoting the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind.

The report believes that throughout the development process of the China Europe freight train, China adheres to the Silk Road spirit of peace and cooperation, openness and inclusiveness, mutual learning and mutual benefit, always adheres to the principle of consultation, co construction and sharing, and works together with countries along the line to promote the high-quality development of the China Europe freight train, shape a new international logistics brand, promote the "hard connectivity" of infrastructure, strengthen the "soft connectivity" of rules and mechanisms, enhance the "heart connectivity" of people along the line, stimulate new vitality of the economy along the line, and demonstrate the development concept of the China Europe freight train of openness, inclusiveness, cooperation and win-win, innovation driven, green, low-carbon, safe and stable. The brand advantages of the China Europe freight train of "convenience, safety and stability, green and environmental protection" are increasingly recognized by countries along the line.

The report points out that looking ahead to the future, the China Europe freight train is still in a new period of development opportunities. Standing at a higher starting point, China will work together with countries along the line to continuously strengthen open cooperation, deepen connectivity, further enhance the resilience of the China Europe freight train's safe development, expand the multi channel network of the China Europe freight train, promote efficient and convenient transportation, enhance the collaborative innovation capability of the China Europe freight train, and jointly write a new chapter of common prosperity and sustainable development between Asia and Europe.