A China-Europe freight train loaded with 200 tons of goods set out recently from Ordos, Inner Mongolia, heading for Almaty, Kazakhstan. 

This was the inaugural westbound freight from the city via the China-Europe freight train, marking the opening of the westbound route for the China-Europe freight train in Ordos.

It will take the train, with 41 containers full of automotive parts, furniture components, fitness equipment, musical instruments and other goods, eight days to finish the 3,200-km trip.