Six intelligent unmanned torpedo cars, each capable of carrying 335 tons of molten iron, roll off the production line at a plant of Dalian Huarui Heavy Industry Group Co in Dalian, Liaoning province on Saturday. [Photo by Han Yongtao/For chinadaily.com.cn] Six torpedo-shaped container cars, each capable of carrying 335 tons of super hot molten iron,…
A crane loads containers onto a China-Europe freight train carrying automobiles, furniture and daily necessities before its departure from Tianjin on Feb 24. [Photo by Sun Lijun/For China Daily] Editor’s Note: Why is China helping other countries with investments and loans and other forms of financial assistance? The obvious answer is to help them develop…
A high-speed train runs on the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link after departing from Shenzhen North Railway Station in Shenzhen, South China’s Guangdong province, on May 11, 2018. [Photo/IC] Transport was a priority when the Outline Development Plan for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area was released in 2019, with the word appearing 29 times…
Construction started with drilling a pile for a bridge along a high-speed railway in northeastern China on May 13, 2021. [Photo/people.com.cn] China began to build a high-speed railway in northeastern China on Thursday, injecting vitality into the old industrial hub, China Media Group reported. The 300-kilometer line will link Harbin and Yichun in Heilongjiang province,…
A CTCE employee signals while 500-meter-long ballastless tracks, part of the Zhangjiajie-Jishou-Huaihua High-speed Railway, are laid over the weekend. The project is supported by smart track-laying facilities, which help in reducing manpower and expediting project work. [Photo by Wu Huaiqiu/For China Daily] The 246-km Zhangjiajie-Jishou-Huaihua high-speed line to wrap up by year-end China Tiesiju Civil…
Editor’s Note: From railways including high-speed trains and aviation including state of the art airports to a comprehensive road network including world-class expressways, China has become a global leader in transportation in just four decades. How did this come about? In the fourth of a series of commentaries, a senior journalist with China Daily searches…
The Sanxingdui-themed self-driving bullet train is decorated with elements of cultural relics from the Sanxingdui Ruins in Sichuan, such as bronze images of birds and golden masks. [Photo/CCTV News] CHANGCHUN – A Chinese train maker has tailor-made a Sanxingdui-themed self-driving bullet train for Chengdu, capital of Southwest China’s Sichuan province, to help the city cash in…
A train designated for migrant workers heading to plant rice seedlings stops at the Suihua Railway Station in Suihua, Heilongjiang province, Feb 27, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua] A special train carrying more than 500 migrant workers left the railway station in Suihua, Heilongjiang province, on Thursday for the rice fields of the Sanjiang Plain. Zhao Zhongshan, 50,…
China’s railway network saw a return-travel peak on Wednesday as the May Day holiday ended, and the daily number of railway passenger trips during the holiday period exceeded pre-COVID-19 levels. On Wednesday, the last day of the five-day holiday, 17.2 million railway trips were expected to be made, an increase of 30 percent from the…
Since the establishment of diplomatic relations, bilateral cooperation between Azerbaijan and China has been dynamically developing. Both countries are interested in continuing and deepening bilateral ties. Because the interests of Azerbaijan and China in many respects coincide, especially with regard to the Belt and Road Initiative. Azerbaijan, which is at the center of three major…