Xiamen-Central Asia freight rail service extends to Vietnam

Central Asia freight train received its first batch of cargo from Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam on Aug 9, making the country another customer of the combined international sea-railway transportation network. On Aug 12 the transit cargo from Vietnam will be delivered to Kazakhstan. In all the freight train via Xiamen will take 10…

5G to reach Guizhou’s major urban areas next year

A worker from the China Tower Guizhou branch maintains a 5G station. [Photo/Xinhua] According to the Guizhou Telecommunication Administration, 5G commercial trial service will be launched in 2019. By 2020, the construction of a 5G network covering major urban areas of all cities and prefectures in Guizhou will be completed, and 5G commercial service will…

Elon Musk’s Boring Company to launch China branch this month

Elon Musk, co-founder and chief executive officer of Tesla Inc, speaks during an unveiling event for the Boring Company Hawthorne test tunnel in Hawthorne, South of Los Angeles, California, on Dec 18, 2018. [Photo/VCG] LOS ANGELES – Elon Musk’s the Boring Company will launch its China branch later this month, Musk has confirmed on Twitter.…

Female drivers for high-speed trains

A total of 15 female drivers have begun training for driving high-speed trains along the Yangtze River Delta. The drivers will receive about one month of training at the Nanjing unit of the China Railway Shanghai Group Co. Ltd. in Nanjing, capital of eastern China’s Jiangsu province. The training will include physical exercises and skill…

Guizhou promotes overseas cooperation on rail transit education

Southwest China’s Guizhou province looks to have more overseas students from ASEAN countries to exchange experiences and advanced concepts in rail transit, due to its efforts to promote cooperation in this area. The province’s determination was obvious during the 4th China-ASEAN Rail Transit Education Training Alliance annual meeting. As part of the China-ASEAN Education Cooperation Week, the…

Completion of tunnels in Tibet rail line within reach

Photo taken on Dec 23, 2018 shows a construction site on the Lhasa-Nyingchi section of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway in Southwest China’s Tibet autonomous region. [Photo/Xinhua] Most of the tunnels along the Lhasa-Nyingchi section of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway have been completed, railway authorities said over the weekend. The Bukamu Tunnel, one of the longest tunnels on…

Chinese railway sees steady passenger trips growth in July

People get train tickets on machines. [Photo/Xinhua] BEIJING — China’s railway network saw steady growth in passenger trips in July as summer holidays drove up travel demand, data from the China State Railway Group Co Ltd showed. A total of about 356 million railway passenger trips were made last month, up 9.7 percent year on…

Flight to Chengdu easier than finding a stairway to heaven

The high speed Xi’an-Chengdu rail line and the Sino-Euro Cargo Railway crisscross in Jiangyou, Sichuan province. YANG ANWEN/FOR CHINA DAILY Before accompanying her son 980 kilometers to check out a bar in Chengdu made famous by a hit pop song, Mei Chun thought traveling to the Sichuan capital was like going to another realm. The middle-aged…

Nepal and China ideal partners in development

The picture shows China-assisted Ring Road upgrading project in Nepal. [Photo/Xinhua] Nepal and China established diplomatic relations on Aug 1, 1955. Ever since, the successive leaderships of the two countries have cultivated bilateral relations for mutual benefit. Nepal and China also share common aspirations for peace, prosperity and development, and enjoy good neighborly relations based…