New Year market introduced on train No. 5640 in China’s Guizhou

By Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan February 9, 2026 6 min read

Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.

A passenger is pictured on the train No. 5640 in southwest China’s Guizhou Province on Feb. 8, 2026. The train No. 5640 runs in Guizhou Province between Yuping Dong Autonomous County of Tongren City and provincial capital Guiyang City. It connects more than 100 ethnic minority villages along the route and makes travel more convenient for the villagers.

A New Year market has been introduced on the train No. 5640 upon the upcoming Chinese New Year, during which fresh agricultural products and folk customs were displayed for passengers along the way. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

A paper-cutting artisan displays the paper-cutting skills on the train No. 5640 in southwest China’s Guizhou Province on Feb. 8, 2026. The train No. 5640 runs in Guizhou Province between Yuping Dong Autonomous County of Tongren City and provincial capital Guiyang City. It connects more than 100 ethnic minority villages along the route and makes travel more convenient for the villagers.

A child displays ethnic costumes on the train No. 5640 in southwest China’s Guizhou Province on Feb. 8, 2026. The train No. 5640 runs in Guizhou Province between Yuping Dong Autonomous County of Tongren City and provincial capital Guiyang City. It connects more than 100 ethnic minority villages along the route and makes travel more convenient for the villagers.

Conductor Hu Guichuan (L) introduces the new year goods to passengers on the train No. 5640 in southwest China’s Guizhou Province on Feb. 8, 2026. The train No. 5640 runs in Guizhou Province between Yuping Dong Autonomous County of Tongren City and the provincial capital Guiyang City. It connects more than 100 ethnic minority villages along the route and makes travel more convenient for the villagers.

A passenger looks at a plush toy horse on the train No. 5640 in southwest China’s Guizhou Province on Feb. 8, 2026. The train No. 5640 runs in Guizhou Province between Yuping Dong Autonomous County of Tongren City and provincial capital Guiyang City. It connects more than 100 ethnic minority villages along the route and makes travel more convenient for the villagers.

Passengers select vegetables on the train No. 5640 in southwest China’s Guizhou Province on Feb. 8, 2026. The train No. 5640 runs in Guizhou Province between Yuping Dong Autonomous County of Tongren City and provincial capital Guiyang City. It connects more than 100 ethnic minority villages along the route and makes travel more convenient for the villagers.

Children send New Year greetings on the train No. 5640 in southwest China’s Guizhou Province on Feb. 8, 2026. The train No. 5640 runs in Guizhou Province between Yuping Dong Autonomous County of Tongren City and provincial capital Guiyang City. It connects more than 100 ethnic minority villages along the route and makes travel more convenient for the villagers.

Villagers prepare to board the train No. 5640 to sell vegetables at the Liugeji Railway Station in southwest China’s Guizhou Province on Feb. 8, 2026. The train No. 5640 runs in Guizhou Province between Yuping Dong Autonomous County of Tongren City and provincial capital Guiyang City. It connects more than 100 ethnic minority villages along the route and makes travel more convenient for the villagers.

Villagers sell their vegetables on the train No. 5640 in southwest China’s Guizhou Province on Feb. 8, 2026. The train No. 5640 runs in Guizhou Province between Yuping Dong Autonomous County of Tongren City and the provincial capital Guiyang City. It connects more than 100 ethnic minority villages along the route and makes travel more convenient for the villagers.

An actor plays Lusheng, a traditional reed-pipe wind instrument, on the train No. 5640 in southwest China’s Guizhou Province on Feb. 8, 2026. The train No. 5640 runs in Guizhou Province between Yuping Dong Autonomous County of Tongren City and the provincial capital Guiyang City. It connects more than 100 ethnic minority villages along the route and makes travel more convenient for the villagers.

A New Year market has been introduced on the train No. 5640 for the upcoming Chinese New Year, during which fresh agricultural products and folk customs were displayed for passengers along the way. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

Reference Link:- https://english.news.cn/20260209/9755918bd4034ed28c043ca4b4cbe359/c.html

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Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan Founder & Chair, Global Silk Route Research Alliance

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.…

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