A barista (right) tastes coffee at the Chonqqing Coffee Exchange in Chongqing, Southwest China, April 12, 2017. [Photo/Xinhua] |
Meanwhile, coffee imported from Vietnam and Laos goes from Chongqing to the European market via the Chonqing-Xinjiang-Europe international train route.
Launched in Chongqing, the 11,179-km link passes through Xi'an, Lanzhou, Urumqi and the Alataw Pass, where it enters Kazakhstan, before continuing through Russia, Belarus and Poland, finally reaching Duisburg, Germany.
John Edwards, the UK trade commissioner for China, praised Chongqing over its rise as a burgeoning center in intelligent manufacturing.