Cross-border e-commerce gains traction aboard China-Europe freight trains

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Cross-border e-commerce gains traction aboard China-Europe freight trains

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Cross-border e-commerce gains traction aboard China-Europe freight trains
-- In 2020, a record 12,406 China-Europe freight train journeys were made, up 50 percent from 2019. The number hit 1,165 in January, up 66 percent year on year.

-- It is reported that the EU statistics agency Eurostat has said China last year overtook the United States as the EU's biggest trade partner, with the bilateral trade totaling around 586 billion euros (about 711 billion U.S. dollars).

-- China rolled out supportive policies early in 2020 to leverage the stable, flexible land transport service to boost cross-border e-commerce. Across the country, the value of cross-border e-commerce trade climbed 31.1 percent over a year ago in 2020...
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