Cargo train completes first trip

Shoppers in Yiwu will be able to buy Spanish products such as olive oil at affordable prices next week after a cargo train linking the city to Madrid completed its debut round trip.

The Yiwu-Xinjiang-Europe cargo line runs from the city in Zhejiang province through the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region to Europe. Yiwu is the world's biggest market for small commodities, and the line will boost trade between the city and its European counterpart.

"Madrid is Europe's largest market for small commodities," said Cao Rongqing, a professor of economics at Zhejiang Normal University. "The cargo line linking these two cities will help Yiwu to become a world distribution center for small commodities."