Nanjing, the provincial capital of Jiangsu in east China, launched its first China-Europe freight train service crossing the Caspian Sea and Black Sea to Türkiye's Istanbul on Friday.
The train is set to exit China at the Horgos Port in northwestern Xinjiang, pass through Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and cross the Caspian Sea and Black Sea before finally reaching Istanbul.
According to the train service's operator Nanjing International Freight Train, Nanjing has launched China-Europe freight train services in a dozen directions to five Central Asian countries, Russia, Belarus, Poland, Germany and Türkiye. The city has operated over 100 China-Europe freight train trips this year, up more than 70 percent from 2023.
Nanjing launches new freight train to Istanbul
Nanjing launches new freight train to Istanbul
Nanjing launches new freight train to Istanbul
Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng on Monday called for action to further attract and utilize foreign investment, when chairing a symposium on foreign investment work in Beijing.
He, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, urged the further relaxation of market access and turning the country's advantages of an ultra-large market into real advantages in attracting capital.
The vice premier said efforts should be made to continue building a market-oriented, law-based and international business environment, support domestic and foreign enterprises on an equal basis to participate in large-scale equipment upgrading, government procurement and bidding, and smooth channels for foreign enterprises to reflect and resolve their demands, while promptly responding to foreign enterprises' concerns.
Provinces that are major destinations of foreign capital inflow should strengthen services, promote the accelerated implementation of foreign investment projects, give full play to the role of various open platforms such as pilot free-trade zones, and explore ideas and forms of attracting investment that adapt to the new situation, said He.
Chinese vice premier stresses further attracting foreign investment
