First train of “Zheng He” Sea-Road-Rail International Multimodal Transport Service departs from China’s Yunnan
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A staff member conducts inspection of the first train of the “Zheng He” Sea-Road-Rail International Multimodal Transport Service at Tengjun International Land Port in Kunming, capital of southwest China’s Yunnan Province, July 4, 2025. The train left Kunming on Friday. After arriving in Vientiane of Laos via the China-Laos Railway, the goods will be transported to Thailand, Singapore and Bangladesh through other three routes. (Xinhua/Peng Yikai)
An aerial drone photo shows the first train of the “Zheng He” Sea-Road-Rail International Multimodal Transport Service waiting for departure at Tengjun International Land Port in Kunming, capital of southwest China’s Yunnan Province, July 4, 2025. The train left Kunming on Friday. After arriving in Vientiane of Laos via the China-Laos Railway, the goods will be transported to Thailand, Singapore and Bangladesh through other three routes. (Xinhua/Peng Yikai)
An aerial drone photo shows the first train of the “Zheng He” Sea-Road-Rail International Multimodal Transport Service waiting for departure at Tengjun International Land Port in Kunming, capital of southwest China’s Yunnan Province, July 4, 2025. The train left Kunming on Friday. After arriving in Vientiane of Laos via the China-Laos Railway, the goods will be transported to Thailand, Singapore and Bangladesh through other three routes. (Xinhua/Peng Yikai)
A staff member confirms departure signal for the first train of the “Zheng He” Sea-Road-Rail International Multimodal Transport Service at Tengjun International Land Port in Kunming, capital of southwest China’s Yunnan Province, July 4, 2025. The train left Kunming on Friday. After arriving in Vientiane of Laos via the China-Laos Railway, the goods will be transported to Thailand, Singapore and Bangladesh through other three routes. (Xinhua/Peng Yikai)
The first train of the “Zheng He” Sea-Road-Rail International Multimodal Transport Service departs from Tengjun International Land Port in Kunming, capital of southwest China’s Yunnan Province, July 4, 2025. The train left Kunming on Friday. After arriving in Vientiane of Laos via the China-Laos Railway, the goods will be transported to Thailand, Singapore and Bangladesh through other three routes. (Xinhua/Peng Yikai)
The first train of the “Zheng He” Sea-Road-Rail International Multimodal Transport Service waits for departure at Tengjun International Land Port in Kunming, capital of southwest China’s Yunnan Province, July 4, 2025. The train left Kunming on Friday. After arriving in Vientiane of Laos via the China-Laos Railway, the goods will be transported to Thailand, Singapore and Bangladesh through other three routes. (Xinhua/Peng Yikai)
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Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
