The railway between Kaiyuan, Southwest China’s Yunnan Province to Haiphong, Vietnam had carried 3,003 China-Central Asia freight trains as of Sunday, announced China Rail on Tuesday.
This boosted the communication between China and countries in South Asia and Southeast Asia as well as the country’s foreign trade volume in spite of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The railway had suspended operation temporarily during COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, but has quickly resumed services. It facilitated the import of 606,000 tons of sulphur and export of 568,000 chemical fertilizer, and transported nearly 1.2 million tons cargo in total by the end of May.