HOHHOT — A new cargo train carrying 50 goods containers departed on Jan 12 from Urad Rear Banner, North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, and is expected to arrive in Moscow in about 10 days.

It is the first China-Europe freight train service officially launched in Urad Rear Banner in the city of Bayannuur, a significant hub connecting China and Mongolia and a node city of the new Silk Road Economic Belt.

In 2022, Urad Rear Banner plans to operate 55 China-Europe freight trains, transporting about 50,000 to 60,000 metric tons of goods with an annual trade value of 300 million yuan (about $47.1 million) to 500 million yuan.

The banner has completed the construction of two logistics rail lines and a large container yard, creating the largest and fastest railway logistics platform in the city, said Hai Gang, head of the banner's foreign affairs and commerce bureau.

An industrial park for warehousing, cold-chain, e-commerce, and logistics is also being planned to facilitate the cargo trade.