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A train carrying products, including shoes, clothes, hats, furniture, appliances, electronics and building materials, covered the 5,200-kilometer distance between Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong Province, and Xigaze in Tibet.The trucks are responsible for the remaining 870 kilometer of the journey, carrying goods to Gyirong and then to the final stop in Kathmandu, Nepal’s capital.
This is the first such consignment being sent to Nepal after new Prachanda government took over from his pro-China predecessor K P Sharma Oli, who had signed the transit trade deal with Beijing in March this year in a bid to reduce Nepal’s dependence on India despite it being expensive due to the mountainous terrain.
China also agreed his request to build a strategic railway link between the two countries from Gyirong, the last Tibetan county which shares border with Nepal.China plans to extend the railway later to India and other South Asian countries to promote trade.
The process of formation of road and rail links however reportedly slowed down after Prachanda’s take over resulting in the delay of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Nepal.However, Xi and Prachanda met on the sidelines of BRICS summit at Goa in October this year.
“The trip between Guangzhou and Gyirong takes about five to six days, much shorter than the 20 days for sea transport,” said Yao Yanfeng, general manager of the freight carrier Tibet Tianzhi Import
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