New 'silk road' connects Yiwu, Europe
A gala featuring Spanish culture is held in Yiwu on May 23, 2019, in celebration of the China-Spain cultural exchanges which have been bolstered by the Yiwu-Xinjiang-Europe freight train service. [Photo/Qian Xusheng and Wang Jianming]
Workers ready a Yiwu-Xinjiang-Europe freight train carrying anti-epidemic goods at a railway station in Yiwu on March 21, 2020. This was the first China-Europe freight train dedicated to exporting such goods from China during the COVID-19 pandemic. [Photo/Qian Xusheng and Wang Jianming]
A Chinese visitor and an European exhibitor enjoy wines from Europe at the Yiwu Imported Commodities Fair on Nov 13, 2020. [Photo/Qian Xusheng and Wang Jianming]
A Yiwu-Xinjiang-Europe freight train departs from Yiwu to Madrid on Nov 18, 2021. The banner hanging in front of the locomotive reads "Seven years of China-Europe freight train service (Yiwu-Madrid)". [Photo/Qian Xusheng and Wang Jianming]