This combo photo shows the Yiwu International Trade Market on Oct. 24, 2018 (above, photo taken by Xinhua photographer Tan Jin), and a local market in September of 1982, in Yiwu, east China's Zhejiang Province. (Xinhua)
BEIJING, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) -- The train service from the Chinese small commodity hub of Yiwu to the European commodity center of Madrid was officially launched in November 2014, spanning eight countries in Eurasia with a total length of more than 13,000 kilometers. The train service from Yiwu to Madrid has become a carrier of economic and trade cooperation and cultural exchanges between countries along the railway and has built a new bridge for opening and cooperation between countries and peoples along the line.
A staff member works in a Yiwu Cainiao bonded warehouse in Yiwu, east China's Zhejiang Province, July 19, 2023. (Xinhua/Li Muzi)
This photo taken on July 18, 2023 shows the Yiwu Railway Port in Yiwu, east China's Zhejiang Province. (Xinhua/Li Muzi)
This photo taken on July 25, 2023 shows the "Faro de Moncloa" transmission tower and Arco de la Victoria in Madrid, Spain. (Xinhua/Meng Dingbo)
This aerial photo taken on Aug. 28, 2023 shows a view of Yiwu, east China's Zhejiang Province. (Photo by Lyu Bin/Xinhua)
This photo taken on July 18, 2023 shows the Yiwu Railway Port in Yiwu, east China's Zhejiang Province. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)
A staff member works at a Cainiao logistics center in Madrid, Spain, July 31, 2023. (Xinhua/Meng Dingbo)
This photo taken on July 31, 2023 shows the Paseo de la Castellana in Madrid, Spain. (Xinhua/Meng Dingbo)
A man paddles in a pond in the El Retiro Park in Madrid, Spain, Oct. 4, 2020. (Xinhua/Meng Dingbo)
An employee of the Yiwu International Trade Market shows a bottle of wine imported from Spain in Yiwu, east China's Zhejiang Province, July 18, 2023. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)
A staff member inspects a container at a railway station in Yiwu, east China's Zhejiang Province, July 18, 2023. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)
This photo taken on July 25, 2023 shows a view of Madrid, Spain. (Xinhua/Meng Dingbo)
Staff members work at a Cainiao logistics center in Madrid, Spain, July 31, 2023. (Xinhua/Meng Dingbo)
A China-Europe freight train departs from a railway station in Yiwu, east China's Zhejiang Province, July 29, 2023. (Photo by Shi Kuanbing/Xinhua)
A China-Europe freight train heading for Yiwu of China departs from Madrid, Spain, March 9, 2023. (Xinhua/Meng Dingbo)
A staff member works in a Yiwu Cainiao bonded warehouse in Yiwu, east China's Zhejiang Province, July 19, 2023. (Xinhua/Li Muzi)
This aerial photo taken on Aug. 28, 2023 shows a view of Yiwu, east China's Zhejiang Province. (Photo by Lyu Bin/Xinhua)
A staff member sorts parcels at a Cainiao logistics center in Guadalajara, Spain, Nov. 11, 2020. (Xinhua/Meng Dingbo)
A shop owner of Spanish goods slices Iberian ham at the Yiwu International Trade Market in Yiwu, east China's Zhejiang Province, July 18, 2023. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)■
