Photo taken on July 30 shows the opening ceremony of "Sensing China Through the New Silk Road-Culture Mission for Chongqing-Sinkiang-Europe International Railway" is held in Tuanjiecun, Shapingba District of Chongqing. (Photo source: micro blog of Li Xiaoming, a participant in the media tour)

CHONGQING (CQNEWS) -- "Sensing China Through the New Silk Road-Culture Mission for Chongqing-Sinkiang-Europe International Railway" kicked off in Tuanjiecun, Shapingba District, Chongqing on July 30.

A multimedia news group, consisting of 31 journalists from People's Daily, Xinhua News Agency, Chongqing Daily, CQTV, CQNEWS, etc., will set off from Tuanjiecun, also known as the origin of Yuxin'ou Railway, via Xi'an, Lanzhou, Urumqi, the Alataw Pass, Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, Poland, and arrive in Duisburg of Germany in the one-and-a-half-month media tour.

This media tour is not only an important activity to introduce Chongqing's urban image to foreign countries, but also a rare chance to display "made-in-China" and "made-in-Chongqing" to countries along the railway.