Dalian-Bratislava rail freight link boosts ties

The first China-Slovakia block train set off on Friday from Dalian, Liaoning province, linking Northeast China's biggest seaport with Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia.

Loaded with 41 20-foot equivalent units of electronic products, machinery parts and light industrial products, the train is heading for Bratislava via Russia and Ukraine.

"It will greatly reduce the heavy traffic of China-Europe freight trains in Malaszewicze, Poland," Duan Guoqiang, vice-president of Panjiang Logistics Co Ltd, said.