Located at an important intersection between the construction of the Belt and Road Initiative and the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, Chengdu has a unique location advantage to serve the country's opening to the west and south.

2022 is the ninth year for the safe and smooth operation of the Chengdu China-Europe freight train. The Chengdu China-Europe train runs more than 2,000 trains a year, and the running time has been shortened from the initial 22 days to the fastest 10 days. This steel camel team runs back and forth along the Belt and Road, and together they interpret the prosperity of the New Silk Road.

Zhong Junlan is the first driver of the Chengdu China-Europe freight train. For him, who is nearly 39 years old, the first China-Europe freight train departing from Chengdu and the 50,000th train of the China-Europe freight train will sound the outbound whistle. of. In the past 9 years, the China Railway Express has been running along the Belt and Road, witnessing the great changes in China's extraordinary decade. In the past 9 years, regardless of rain or shine, the mission will be fulfilled. Zhong Junlan laughed and called himself the "camel leader" of the steel camel team.Editor/Ma Xue