Sign agreement in Spain to take advantage of opportunities freight train Yixinou – Xinhua

ZARAGOZA, Spain, March 14 (Xinhua) – The government of the northern Spanish region of Aragon and the Government of the Chinese city of Yiwu today signed a collaboration agreement to maximize the benefits of Yixinou freight train, linking the Chinese city with Madrid, capital of Spain.

President of the Government of Aragon, Javier Lamban, and the general secretary of the Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of Yiwu, Sheng Qiuping, they signed this agreement to strengthen economic relations between the two countries.

Sheng Qiuping proposed to build on the return journey the train from Madrid to Yiwu with commodities. Sheng said the last journey of the train to Yiwu led red wine, olive oil and Spanish juices, and “was quickly exhausted because they arrived just before the celebration of the Spring Festival”.

In this sense , Lamban Aragon recalled that exports to China perishable products, mainly pork, wine and stone fruit. “China has great potential and, therefore, we want to facilitate their projects,” Lamban said, adding that “the cargo airport of Zaragoza is one of the most important in southern Europe, and we are improving connections to ports Cantabrian sea and the Mediterranean “.

the two leaders stressed the similarities between Aragon and Yiwu. Zaragoza, which is the capital of Aragon, and Yiwu are two important logistics cities due to its strategic geographical location and, therefore, the two leaders want to “establish closer relations and strengthen exports.”

This sense, the agreement signed today Sheng Qiuping and Javier Lamban includes the possibility that in the future, the freight train Yixinou, also known as the train Silk Road, has a stop in Zaragoza.

Mr Sheng Qiuping said that is the only railway line, of the ten linking China with Europe, which is operated by a private company.

in addition, he said that 28 January 2016 Yiwu another train will open to the Iranian capital, Tehran, which then come to Europe. So he asked make the most of the train lines to strengthen economic relations between Chinese and Spanish cities.

The economic and commercial counselor of the Chinese Embassy in Spain, Chen Yuming, was also present at signing the agreement, and encouraged all entrepreneurs of Aragon to “get the maximum benefits” of this rail line.

according to statistics from the Ministry of Commerce of China, Spain is the sixth largest trading partner within the European Union, and China is the largest trading partner of Spain outside the European Union.

the bilateral trade between the two countries in 2014 was US $ 27,700 million.