Railway route to be key conduit

Cargos from 47 Chinese cities and regions will be exported to Russia and to other countries in middle and eastern Europe through the newly opened Chifeng-Manzhouli-Europe railway route.

The first train on the route set off from the Chifeng Bonded Logistics Center, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, on May 17, bound for Russia.

It carried 1,100 tons of lysine, widely used as feed supplement for poultry, swine and other livestock and is also used in pharmaceuticals, dietary supplements and cosmetics.