Construction on the third section of a high-profile railway connecting Sichuan province and the Tibet autonomous region is ongoing, a political adviser told Xinhua News Agency recently. “The Sichuan-Tibet Railway is a strategic project with many challenges, including a complicated geological structure, which will make construct extremely difficult, and a sensitive environment in the region,”…
The annual sessions of the National People’s Congress and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference National Committee are underway. Yang Jun, a CPPCC National Committee member and chairman of the CPPCC Qingdao municipal committee, brought his suggestions on three issues that are crucial to the future of the port city to China’s top political advisory…
The second service of a new train and truck freight route that links Haidong in Qinghai province, Shigatse in the Tibet autonomous region, and Kathmandu, capital of Nepal, will leave Haidong soon, according to China Railway Qinghai-Tibet Group. With a length of about 2,800 kilometers, the new corridor uses trains to ship goods from Haidong…
HONG KONG – Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor on Wednesday said the reopening of the Shenzhen-Hong Kong cargo train route means a lot to Hong Kong in its fight against the pandemic. Lam made the remarks to the press at Lo Wu upon the arrival of the first cargo train loaded with nearly 1…
A train running along the Hangzhou-Shaoxing-Taizhou intercity high-speed railway departs from Taizhou Railway Station in Taizhou, Zhejiang province, on the official opening day of the rail line in January. BEIJING – China plans to launch new rail lines totaling 3,300 kilometers this year along with a slew of measures to improve its comprehensive transport network,…
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government and Chinese mainland authorities are eyeing the use of rail lines to ensure the steady supply of goods to Hong Kong. In a statement issued on Sunday night, the HKSAR govt said it was working closely with the Guangdong provincial government and the Shenzhen municipal government to explore…
A China-Europe freight train pulls out of Alataw Pass in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Feb. 7, 2021. (Xinhua/Ma Kai) URUMQI, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) — Alataw Pass, a major rail port in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, is handling an increased amount of imported farming supplies as the spring farming season has kicked…
The Chinese-built Addis Ababa-Djibouti Standard Gauge Railway is bound to further facilitate regional integration and prosperity for the Horn of Africa with united efforts from China and Ethiopia, China’s ambassador to Ethiopia said. Speaking on Monday during a seminar themed “Significance of the Addis Ababa-Djibouti Railway for the Horn of Africa” in Addis Ababa, the…
BERLIN－A new freight train connection of around 12,300 kilometers between Germany’s Mannheim and Qingdao, Shandong province has been launched to further link the two countries together. The first train of the line set off from Qingdao last Friday. According to operator China Ocean Shipping Co, the train was loaded with 100 standard containers and is…
Recent weeks have been busy for He Zhigang, a train driver in Fuzhou, as the number of passengers and goods rose during the Spring Festival travel rush. A driver for more than three decades, he dreams of one day returning to Taiwan, his father’s home, by train. Born in 1968 in Fujian province, He graduated…