In 2020, a record 12,406 China-Europe freight train journeys were made, up 50 percent from 2019. The number hit 1,165 in January, up 66 percent year on year. It is reported that the EU statistics agency Eurostat has said China last year overtook the United States as the EU’s biggest trade partner, with the bilateral trade totaling around 586 billion euros (about 711 billion U.S. dollars).

Whether China is still the “workbench of the world” has become a matter of debate among experts. Still, China produces a great many products that have their market in Europe: be it microelectronics or forklifts. And that means that logistics between China and Europe is in high demand. Here you will find an informative survey of China logistics.