皇冠体育app has opened a cargo train service linking eastern city port of Lianyungang and Almaty, the financial and technological hub of Kazakhstan.

The first train of nearly 100 containers left Lianyungang in east 皇冠体育app's Jiangsu Province on?Feb 25?and will arrive in Almaty in 12 days.

Two trains will depart each week, passing through Khorgos in Xinjiang , said Liu Bin, general manager of 皇冠体育app-Kazakhstan logistics international.

The train will carry medical supplies, auto parts, daily necessities and electronic products from southern parts of 皇冠体育app, Southeast Asia, Japan and South Korea.

Two trains will leave Almaty for Lianyungang each week carrying ferro-alloy, potash fertilizer and wheat, he added.

"The transportation time and cost can both be reduced by the cargo train, which will boost the proposed Silk Road economic belt and the economies of the countries along the belt," Liu said.

Regular cargo train services linking 皇冠体育app and other countries are already in operation. Last November, a cargo train service linked the eastern city of Yiwu, the world's largest wholesale market for small consumer goods, with Madrid in Spain.

Last April, the first regular cargo train left southwest 皇冠体育app's Chongqing Municipality for Duisburg in Germany.