People dressed in Miao ethnic costumes cheer as a high-speed train runs through Xingwen county in Yibin, Sichuan province, on Monday. HE HAIYANG/FOR CHINA DAILY Ji Fang is a regular traveler from Guiyang, Guizhou province, to Chengdu, Sichuan province. The middle-aged Sichuan native works in Guiyang from Monday to Friday. Calling it a day on Friday,…
DetailsThe G2405 Fuxing bullet train flashes by on Dec 11, during a test run on the high-speed railway linking Hohhot with Beijing, Dec 11. [Photo/Inner Mongolia Daily] The G2405 Fuxing bullet train, departing from Beijingbei Railway Station, arrived on Dec 11 in Hohhot, capital of North China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region — marking the completion…
DetailsAbout 440 million trips are expected to be made by rail during the world’s largest annual human migration – the Spring Festival travel rush – an 8 percent year-on-year increase, according to the national railway operator. The upcoming 40-day Spring Festival travel rush, or chunyun in Chinese, which kicks off on Jan 10 and ends…
DetailsFile photo: the central business district of Beijing, Chinese capital city. [Photo/IC] China may implement a more expansionary fiscal policy, coordinated with a cautious monetary policy, to counter economic risks and ensure that GDP growth can remain steady at around 6 percent in 2020. That viewpoint was expressed by experts before the opening of the…
DetailsA volunteer helps a man using a wheelchair to board a bus in this file photo on Sept 2, 2010. [Photo/Xinhua] Beijing aims to become more accessible for seniors and the disabled. The move is part of the city’s three-year action plan to help people with disabilities to live and work better in the city,…
DetailsThe high-speed railway line connecting Beijing and Zhangjiakou is a major project for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.[Photo/Xinhua] The high-speed railway line connecting Beijing and Zhangjiakou in north China’s Hebei province started test runs Tuesday, China Railway Beijing Group Co. Ltd. said. The first test-run train left the Beijing North Railway Station Tuesday…
DetailsA train rolls in at the Mombasa Terminus of the Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway. [Photo/Xinhua] An international conference on country governance and socio-economic development in China and Africa was held in Pretoria, the capital city of South Africa, on Tuesday. More than 200 representatives from key research institutions, policymaking departments, and enterprises from both China…
DetailsA volunteer helps a man using a wheelchair to board a bus in this file photo on Sept 2, 2010. [Photo/Xinhua] Beijing aims to become more accessible for seniors and the disabled. The move is part of the city’s three-year action plan to help people with disabilities to live and work better in the city,…
DetailsBOGOTA – Colombian President Ivan Duque on Wednesday lauded the signing of a contract with APCA Transmimetro, a Chinese railway construction consortium, to build the first subway line in its capital Bogota. A technician from China’s CRRC Sifang Locomotive and Rolling Stock Co Ltd checks trains at the workshops of the Roca Line, in Llavallol,…
DetailsGuangdong’s coastal city of Zhanjiang has become an increasingly attractive investment destination, said its executive vice-mayor Cao Xing. The credit for this, he said, goes to the city’s location, resources and business environment being better known to the world. Cao made the remarks during an investment promotion meeting following the groundbreaking of BASF’s mega-sized integrated…
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