【Premium】China Railway Express: More And More Landlocked Cities in China Are Land-linked (EN)


The map shows the Chinese cities launching China Railway Express between 2011-2018. This China-Europe freight train service is a flagship project of China’s Belt and Road Initiative, aiming at enhancing connectivity with European and Central Asian markets. In the past, the high cost of inland delivery to the port of origin and the long transit time put the Chinese landlocked cities at unfavourable positions when competing for both domestic and foreign investment. Nowadays, thanks to the faster transcontinental rail transport, these landlocked cities are evolving into international ports and investments hot spots.