Editor's Note:
A total of 1,400 freight trains have made journeys departing from Urumqi transport hub, a logistics center in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region under the Belt and Road initiative, as of July 24, 2018 since opening two years ago. At the start of operation, China-Europe freight trains ran once a week from the hub, but have since increased to three per day. (Photos: Xinhua)
A photo taken on August 9, 2018 shows a part of the Urumqi transport hub, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Photo: Xinhua 
A train waits to be loaded with freight containers at the Urumqi transport hub, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region on August 9, 2018. Photo: Xinhua 
A worker operates a shipping container crane to unload a freight container at the Urumqi transport hub, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, on August 9, 2018. Photo: Xinhua 
A train waits to be fully loaded at the Urumqi transport hub, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, on August 9, 2018. Photo: Xinhua
