A China-Europe freight train departed from Guangzhou in south China’s Guangdong Province on Wednesday, marking that the number of international freight trains operated by the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area this year has exceeded 20,000.
The train loaded with electronics, home appliances and some other goods left Guangzhou’s Zengcheng West Station for Europe via the Horgos Port in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
Currently, international freight train routes from the Greater Bay Area span Europe, Central Asia, ASEAN and beyond.
The variety of cargo has grown from traditional mechanical and electrical products to high-value-added items, including new energy vehicles and photovoltaic modules.
Int’l freight trains departing from China’s Greater Bay Area surpass 20,000 this year
Chinese Vice President Han Zheng met with the candidate for the next United Nations Secretary-General, Michelle Bachelet, in Beijing on Wednesday.
Han said that the United Nations embodies the aspirations of people across the world for lasting peace and common prosperity.
President Xi Jinping put forward the concept of building a community with a shared future for humanity and four global initiatives — the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative, the Global Civilization Initiative, and the Global Governance Initiative — which are consistent with the spirit of the UN Charter, he said.
China is willing to work with all parties to continue to firmly support the United Nations in playing a core role and promote the building of a more just and equitable global governance system, he added.
As a permanent member of the UN Security Council, China will earnestly fulfill its responsibilities, continue to take an impartial stance, safeguard the authority of the United Nations, and protect the common interests of the Global South, Han said.
Bachelet said she highly appreciates China’s long-term and firm commitment to promoting multilateralism and the cause of the United Nations, supporting the balanced advancement of the three pillars of the United Nations — peace and security, development, and human rights, adhering to the membership-led principle, and supporting the United Nations in further improving quality and efficiency through reform.
Bachelet said she is willing to work with the Chinese side to uphold the fundamental original aspiration and purpose of the United Nations and jointly strengthen its role.
Chinese vice president meets candidate for next UN Secretary-General in Beijing
