Feature: Port of Hamburg witnesses prosperity of Sino-German trade

Workers watch the first freight train linking Harbin and Hamburg departing from Harbin in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, June 13, 2015. The trading partnership between China and German city of Hamburg can be traced back to the 18th century. After years of development, the Port of Hamburg is now one of the most important European hubs for trade with China. In 2018, the Port of Hamburg had a total seafreight volume of approximate 8.7 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU), of which some 2.6 million are related to China, according to the statistics released by the port. (Xinhua/Wang Song)