China's small commodity hub boosts transport efficiency for cross-border e-commerce

HANGZHOU, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- Yiwu in Zhejiang Province, east China, known as the "world's supermarket" for its enormous exports of small commodities, has launched a special train service for cross-border e-commerce goods to reach the global market through sea-rail intermodal transport.

A train carrying 90 TEUs (20-foot equivalent units) of cross-border e-commerce goods, sounded its whistle and set off from Yiw