China-Thailand railway agreement likely be signed in October: Thai transport minister

The “Contract 2.3” for the Bangkok-Nakhon Ratchasima high-speed railway between Thailand and China is likely to be signed in October, said Thai Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob on Monday. Saksayam made the announcement after attending a virtual meeting of the 28th Thai-Chinese Joint Committee with Ning Jizhe, vice chairman of China’s National Development and Reform Commission.…

Nation well-placed to meet modern challenges

By Andrew Moody | China Daily Workers load vegetables bound for Wuhan, Hubei province, at Nanning Railway Station in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region in February, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua] Key advantages held over Western democracies, experts say A centralized political system such as China’s may be better equipped than Western liberal democracies to meet the challenges of…

China’s land port sees 1,100 China-Europe freight trains this year

A China-Europe Railway Express freight train passes through China’s largest land border port of Manzhouli in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region on Tuesday. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] HOHHOT – Manzhouli, the largest land port on the China-Russia border, has seen 1,100 China-Europe freight trains so far this year, marking an 11 percent increase year on…

Transport projects to get more funding

By WANG KEJU | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2020-05-20 09:00    A self-driving taxi is seen in Changsha, capital of Hunan province. [Photo by Yang Huafeng/China News Service] Ministry pledges to push exploration, application of self-driving technology China will inject more funds into transportation infrastructure and push forward the development of self-driving technology to build…

High-tech infrastructure projects on the horizon

A batch of industrial clusters with hundreds of billions of yuan in investments will be built in China, Economic Information Daily reported on Thursday. In May, some local governments published roadmaps on infrastructure construction investments focusing on 5G, artificial intelligence and industrial internet. In Guangzhou, 16 new digital infrastructure constructions have signed contracts on Monday…

Foreign firms upbeat on high-tech zone prospects

At 2 pm on May 1, two planes from Seoul landed at Wuhan Tianhe International Airport. Disembarking were 136 South Korean technicians and supply representatives-the first batch of foreigners to return to Wuhan, Hubei province, to resume work since the novel coronavirus outbreak began late last year. After completing screening procedures at the airport, including…

Track-laying work begins for major railway in Xinjiang

URUMQI — Track-laying work has begun for a major railway project in Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. The Hotan-Ruoqiang Railway spans more than 825 km, with a designed speed of 120 km per hour. It is located within Hotan prefecture and the Mongolian autonomous prefecture of Bayingolin. It will form part of the third…