The first freight train was on its way to Poland, the Baltic News Service (BNS) reported on Monday.

Ganqmod Port, a major energy import channel for the country, has become an important hub on the China-Mongolia-Russia economic corridor.

The 1,035-kilometer China-Laos Railway, a landmark project of the Belt and Road Initiative and a flagship project for bilateral friendship, connects landlocked Laos with China's railway networks, greatly expanding Laos' access to global markets.

Many world-leading technological innovations with independent intellectual property rights have emerged from the railway.

Shanxi began to operate the China-Europe freight train service in 2017, with the first train to Europe departing from Zhongding on Feb 15 that year.

Freight volume has seen stable monthly growth, with October hitting a high of 1.35 million tons, it said. Trade along the railway covers countries such as Laos, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Cambodia and Singapore.

Coal made up the bulk of that cargo — about 1.1 billion tons — up 17 percent year-on-year.

In addition, more railway lines were opened and more investment was made in railway construction to help stabilize the economy.