Photo taken on April 20, 2017 shows the containers in a railway container center in Qingbaijiang District in Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province. (Xinhua/Xue Yubin)

CHENGDU, July 12 (Xinhua) -- Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, saw 619 China-Europe freight trains in the first half of 2019, up 48.4 percent year on year.

China-Europe freight trains starting from Chengdu are upgrading services for economic and trade exchanges, according a provincial meeting on economic development Friday.

The China-Europe freight train network has helped companies in China and neighboring countries to improve their trade with countries along the railway lines.