First container train links China to Middle East

( Xinhua/chinadaily.com.cn )

Updated: 2016-02-01

First container train links China to Middle East

Crowds gather around the first regular container train linking China to the Middle East pulls at the railway station of Yiwu, East China's Zhejiang province, Jan 28, 2016. [Photo/CFP]

There are currently about 4,000 Middle Eastern businessmen living in Yiwu and more than 180 companies set up by Middle Eastern investors. The city witnessed 58.3 billion yuan ($8.8 billion) of exports to the Middle East in 2015.