New Langfang-Tashkent road-rail route. [Photo/China Daily]

Also utilizing the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan corridor, a freight train carrying office furniture, air conditioners and other small home appliances, departed from Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province, heading to Uzbekistan on Tuesday, marking the 18th international route leaving from the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

The cargo will also pass through Kashgar, Irkeshtam and terminate in Tashkent, according to the operators.

Compared with the traditional lines, the multimodal international freight service will help save about five days from the GBA to Uzbekistan, providing a more convenient and faster channel for trade between the GBA and Central Asia.

With the rapid increase in trade volume and the intensification of traffic at the Horgos port in Xinjiang, there has been an urgent need to open a new transportation channel to help accelerate the flow of goods between China and Central Asia, according to the operators in Guangzhou.

"It provides a more convenient and fast channel for trade and commerce between China and Central Asian countries," said Chu, the chairman in Hebei, adding that transportation costs will be further reduced when the planned railway connecting the three countries is completed.