Workers walk along a steel girder at a construction site of the China-Laos Railway, a Belt and Road project, in Pu’er, Yunnan province, in April. [QIN QING / XINHUA] A senior official on Sunday encouraged overseas entrepreneurs to get more involved in the country’s signature Belt and Road Initiative as they seek to tap foreign…
There are two ideal, realistic and expedient possible scenarios for Asia’s cosmopolitan “Pearl of the Orient”, the still important yet now temporarily troubled international financial hub of Hong Kong — peaceful dialogue for all sectors of society, and sweeping reforms. However, for dialogue and reforms to happen, there should first be a decisive cessation to…
Alashankou customs staff members check containers carried by the China Railway Express at Alashankou Port, in Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region on Sept 3, 2018. [Photo/IC] URUMQI – Customs of the city of Urumqi, capital of Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region said Monday that the number of China-Europe freight trains they handled from…
A Fuxing bullet train runs on the Jinan-Qingdao high-speed network at the Qingdaobei railway station in Qingdao, East China’s Shandong province, on Dec 26, 2018. [Photo/IC] BEIJING – China’s transportation industry expanded steadily in October, an industry index showed. The China Transportation Services Index (CTSI) stood at 176.6 points last month, up 4 percent year-on-year,…
Workers of CRRC Tangshan Co Ltd check the status of a China-standard EMU train at a production line in Shijiazhuang, Hebei province. [Photo/Xinhua] Manufacturing investment will expedite efforts to move up the ladder China’s new manufacturing fund will provide impetus for the nation’s industrial restructuring, and help it better pursue high-quality growth, experts said. The…
A bullet train pulls into Shenyang North Railway Station on Dec 29, 2018. [Photo/IC] China has experienced tremendous development since the founding of the People’s Republic 70 years ago. Among all the tools and projects implemented to transform the country in such a short time, one in particular deserves special attention: connection. Plenty of efforts…
Passengers wait to board a subway train in Beijing, Sept 10, 2017. [Photo/IC] Beijing transport commission signed a strategic cooperation agreement to build a green transportation service platform with the domestic navigation company Amap on Monday. Amap, which was acquired by Alibaba in 2014, has shifted from a mapping application for mainly drivers to all…
A drilling platform designed for polar regions is completed in Yantai, Shandong province. It is supposed to work in Norway’s offshore areas. [Photo by Tang Ke/for China Daily] China has set up the second phase of its national advanced manufacturing investment fund, with a size of 50 billion yuan ($7.12 billion), in order to inject…
A passenger on the Xiju station of Subway Line 14 in Beijing. [Photo/Xinhua] The Beijing subway system will apply facial recognition technology to passenger security checks to improve transport efficiency, a senior official from the Beijing transport authority said on Tuesday. A new security check system will be established soon to divide passengers into groups,…
A C2701 train is ready to depart from Beijing West Railway Station to Beijing Daxing International Airport, Sept 26, 2019. [Photo by Wang Zhuangfei/chinadaily.com.cn] Construction will begin on an intercity railway linking Tianjin with Beijing Daxing International Airport by the end of this year, Beijing Daily reported. The rail line is expected to open in…