The construction site of a intercity railway linking Foshan and Dongguan, two cities in the Guangdong province, Feb 27, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua] China has rolled out plans to invest 474 billion yuan ($68.4 billion) in the construction of new transportation infrastructure projects in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, according to the country’s top economic planner.…
Firefighters gather to prepare for disinfection works at the Wuhan Railway Station in Wuhan, Central China’s Hubei province, March 24, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua] Countries better prepared to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic from a healthcare perspective were less likely to need a strong economic response, which is a link that needed to be acknowledged, an Italian…
URUMQI – The laying of railway tracks for a new line linking Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region with Qinghai province and beyond was completed Tuesday, paving the way for accelerating development in the country’s western region. The 1,213.7-km Golmud-Korla Railway, linking the city of Golmud in Qinghai and the city of Korla in Xinjiang,…
Passengers take photos of the Shanghai-Suzhou-Nantong Yangtze River Bridge on a train from Shanghai to Nantong as both the bridge and the Shanghai-Suzhou-Nantong Railway opened on July 1. [Photo/CHINA NEWS SERVICE] BEIJING — New development drivers are increasingly underpinning China’s growth, with the internet-based industries adding to economic vitality, an index showed. The new growth…
A trial train hits 220 kilometers per hour on a section of the Shanghai-Suzhou-Nantong Railway during a top-speed test run on May 4. [XU CONGJUN/FOR CHINA DAILY] Lines connecting Shanghai, neighbor provinces to make travel easier in area The Yangtze River Delta region, one of China’s most economically active, open and innovative areas, is gaining…
A clerk counts cash at a bank in Huaibei, Anhui province. [Photo provided to China Daily] Statistics show China’s industrial added value fell by 2.8 percent year-on-year from January to May, 5.6 percentage points less than the decline in the first quarter, as April and May saw year-on-year growth. The five-month period saw the service…
People get together at a restaurant in Shanghai on May 31, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua] The night economy has been prosperous in Shanghai, especially on a street frequented by internationals. Rising from an abandoned railway base, this street on Hongmei road has developed into a commercial street bringing together food and culture from diverse countries. Consumers from different countries enjoy their leisure time…
The construction site of Guangzhou Metro Line 18, which will connect Guangzhou, Zhongshan, Zhuhai, and Qingyuan. [Photo/southcn.com] The pattern for vertical and horizontal metro lines connecting the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area starting from Guangzhou has taken shape. Guangzhou and Foshan have released the tender notices for Guangzhou Metro Line 28 in succession in…
Dear exhibitors, visitors and partners: As we enter April, the outbreak of the novel Corona Virus is widespread throughout the world, with multiple focal points. As a leading international metropolis, Shanghai has a great responsibility to prevent its further spread. The 15th International Rail Transit Exhibition, also known as Rail+Metro China 2020, and the China International…
Fifty years ago, the Mexico City Metro’s first journey began with cheers and applause. “A lot of people were too scared to board the metro … It was something they were not used to,” the conductor of that first journey, Juan Cano, told Xinhua. On the morning of Sept. 5, 1969, Cano drove through the…