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China-Europe railways

In Oct 2016, the National Development and Reform Commission announced the construction of the China-Europe Railways transforming Inner Mongolia’s Erenhot, Manzhouli and Ulanqab as main hub cities along the train route.

The Erenhot-Rotterdam railway, the Ulanqab-Almaty railway and the Suzhou-Manzhouli-Europe railway have been in service exporting products to Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Russia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Germany, Austria, France, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy and the UK. The routes have been emphasized under China’s Belt and Road Initiative toward the next stage of development.