CGTN's Li Jianhua tells us more now about that "air silk road" between Zhengzhou and Luxembourg, and how it's changing lives on both ends.

Heading all the way from Luxembourg to central China's Henan Province, the cargo aircraft brings Europe to Asia. On average, 18 flights make the trip each week. As many as five more are added when necessary. Official figures show the cargo transported via Cargolux surpassed 140-thousand tons in 2017.

JACK YUAN VICE PRESIDENT, LUXEMBOURG PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICE HENAN CIVIL AVIATION "By building an air logistics ecosystem and developing supply chain finance, we can create a hub economy and attract more resources to Zhengzhou. Those include high-end manufacturing, service industries and finance and insurance companies."

And this drew a mobile phone company from the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen here for its advanced transport system. Each month 400-thousand mobile phones are produced here, ready to be sent abroad by the ton. The convenient transportation methods help France to buy 30-thousand of them each year. Besides electronic products, clothes, artifacts and car parts are all loaded on the plane and sent to Europe.

LI JIANHUA ZHENGZHOU, HENAN PROVINCE "The air route connects two major transport hubs, one in China, one in Europe. Tons of products are transported from Europe to Central China's Henan Province, then distributed to other parts of China, and vice versa. And the cargo aircraft behind me, loaded with Chinese goods, is about to fly back to Europe. LJH, CGTN, ZHENGZHOU, HENAN PROVINCE."