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,…

China’s cargo transport back to normal growth

BEIJING – China’s cargo transport industry reported faster growth in June with business activities recovering to normal levels, industry data showed. The China Transportation Services Index (CTSI) stood at 153.9 points last month, down 11.5 percent year-on-year, according to the China Academy of Transportation Sciences (CATS). The decrease narrowed from the 16.5-percent drop recorded in…

China to add 4,400 km rail lines this year

BEIJING — China is expected to launch new rail lines totaling 4,400 km this year as the country steps up infrastructure investment to shore up the economy, the China State Railway Group said. Among the new lines, high-speed rail lines are expected to reach 2,300 km this year, the company said. China has accelerated the…

Build on positive momentum of better-than-expected foreign trade: China Daily editorial

According to data from the General Administration of Customs, China’s foreign trade continued to strengthen in June despite the COVID-19 pandemic still raging in many parts of the world. The positive momentum unambiguously points to the effectiveness of the country’s prevention and control measures which have enabled it to resume production, and is further testament…

China’s rail freight transport up 3.6% in H1

China’s rail freight transport volume, an indicator of broad economic activity, rose 3.6 percent year-on-year in the first half of the year, a sign of recovery from the COVID-19 shock, official data showed Saturday. The country’s state-operated railways carried 1.69 billion tonnes of cargo in the first six months, the China State Railway Group Co,…

Shenyang expands rail cargo links with Russia

A container is loaded onto a China-Europe freight train at the Shenyang railway logistics center owned by Liaoning Port Group, a subsidiary of China Merchants Group, in Shenyang, Liaoning province, in July. [Photo by Ning Yong/For China Daily]   With China-Europe freight train service witnessing steady growth in the first half of the year, the…

Railway trips continue growth pattern in June

China’s railway passenger trips registered stable growth in June — a sign of recovery from the COVID-19 outbreak amid continuous efforts to contain the epidemic — according to the country’s railway operator. A total of 166 million rail passenger trips were made last month, and average daily passenger trips were 5.53 million, up 9.4 percent…