A new set of rules governing behavior on the Shanghai subway came into effect on Tuesday, forbidding listening to electronic devices without earphones inside subway cars. This was long called for. Subway cars are public spaces where nobody should disturb others. However, in reality there are many who play music or watch movies on the…
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Workers connect the last two steel rails of a new high-speed line linking Mudanjiang with Jiamusi in Heilongjiang province on Monday. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] As the last two steel rails were connected, the track-laying work for a new high-speed rail line was completed in Heilongjiang province on Monday. Construction started in November 2016 on…
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File photo of the shipment of the first batch of made-in-China steel rails for Indonesia’s Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway line. [Photo/China Railway Material Group] The shipment of the first batch of made-in-China steel rails for Indonesia’s Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway line from Saturday has signaled Chinese steel companies’ increased competitiveness as the country is one of the…
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Using imaginative business models and high-tech, CR20G lands overseas projects A Chinese consortium led by China Railway 20th Bureau Group Corp (CR20G) and China Communications Construction Co will build a sea-crossing cable-stayed bridge to connect the city of Salvador, capital of Bahia, the northeastern state of Brazil, and the island of Itaparica in the same…
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The Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region is vowing to seize opportunities brought by the newly established China (Guangxi) Pilot Free Trade Zone and expand economic and trade cooperation with neighboring countries. Established on Aug 30, 2019, the Guangxi FTZ made great progress in utilizing foreign capital. This was demonstrated by the $170 million in foreign investments…
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An aerial photo shows a China-Europe freight train ready to leave the Tuanjiecun Station in Chongqing municipality, Southwest China, April 3, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua] BEIJING – China’s national freight volume, an indicator of economic activity, grew faster in October from a month earlier, signaling the country’s steady recovery from the COVID-19 fallout. The country’s freight volume…
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A new wave of cold weather will hit central and eastern provinces in the next couple of days, the China Meteorological Administration said on Sunday. The administration’s latest forecast said temperatures in 18 provincial-level region capitals on Monday are expected to be the lowest so far this year. Cities such as Hefei, Anhui province, and…
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Skiers in Beijing planning a bullet-train ride to a nearby resort cluster now have to think again. A new regulation banning large carry-on ski equipment on the high-speed railway linking Beijing and Zhangjiakou’s Chongli district in Hebei province has irked users of the service, with calls growing for a more flexible policy to be adopted.…
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Passengers use mobile apps in a subway train in Beijing. [Photo by Feng Yongbin/China Daily] China’s capital Beijing ranked first in the world in both total and average daily passenger volumes of urban rail transit by the end of 2019, said a white paper on the city’s smart subway development published last week. According to…
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Train from Moscow descending Badaling Pass towards Beijing in 1987.[Photo by Bruce Connolly/Provided to chinadaily.com.cn] Experiencing the opening of China’s very first high-speed railway in 2008 The year of 2008, a special period in time for China. Beijing would host the 2008 Olympics while the country would launch its initial high-speed rail line. A project that…
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