High-speed railway services between HK, mainland fully resume

Passengers walk on the platform of Fuzhou Railway Station, preparing to board a train bound for West Kowloon Station, Hong Kong on Saturday. HONG KONG — The long-haul services of the Express Rail Link (XRL) Hong Kong Section fully resumed on Saturday, connecting the financial hub with destinations outside the neighboring Guangdong province. Over 30,000…

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Construction of new high-speed rail gains traction

Builders of China Railway 24th Bureau Group Corp Ltd work at the Dangyang Tunnel in Hubei province on Thursday. State contractors have once again showcased their edge in infrastructure construction with the recent completion of a tunneling project on a major railway under construction. China Railway 24th Bureau Group Corp Ltd (CR24), which is building…

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Public transportation prioritized during Five-Year Plan

Taicang in East China’s Jiangsu province will promote the development of its transportation system and strive to create a demonstration model in the Yangtze River Delta area by the end of the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25) period, officials said. The container throughput of Taicang Port hit a record high of 8 million 20-foot equivalent units…

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China’s rail-sea intermodal trains make 25,000 trips on trade corridor

China’s rail-sea intermodal trains have made 25,000 trips along the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor. A cargo train carrying 74 containers of imported goods departed from the Qinzhou port station in south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on Thursday. It is scheduled to arrive at the Chengxiang station in Chengdu, capital of southwest China’s Sichuan…

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Foreign trade to receive further tech, policy backing

China’s efforts to build modern industries and expand institutional opening-up will create new advantages in international cooperation and competition, especially given the challenges of slowing global demand, geoeconomic shocks and soaring global commodity and energy prices, said government officials and business leaders. They said these efforts will not only enhance China’s overall economic prowess, but…

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China-backed project set to power Uganda

Commissioning of dam paves way for ensuring steady energy supply to locals The successful commissioning of the dam, a part of Uganda’s biggest hydroelectric project, has paved the way for ensuring a steady supply of power to millions of people across the country. The 600-megawatt Karuma Dam, a part of the Karuma Hydroelectric Power Station,…

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Belt and Road promoting common development

A freight train departs for Moscow, Russia from Beijing's Mafang Station in suburban Pinggu district, becoming the latest cargo service linking China with Europe via railway. [Photo by Zou Hong/China Daily] Economic cooperation has been an admirable priority focus of a dynamic, pragmatic and outward-looking China over the past 10 years, despite the world’s stormy…

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