Beijing is revving up efforts to develop rail transit and build a comprehensive, green, safe and intelligent urban transportation system to become a modern international metropolis. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in 2012, Beijing has alleviated its urban traffic congestion and facilitated travel by adhering to the “people-centered” development…
A skywalk corridor for monkeys is under construction above an expressway in Chongzuo, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. CHINA DAILY A skywalk corridor for monkeys above an expressway in the mountains of Chongzuo, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, was recently completed to preserve the animals’ access to their habitat. The expressway passes through the Encheng National Nature…
Containers of Chinese companies China Shipping and COSCO (China Ocean Shipping Company) are loaded on a container as it is leaving the port in Hamburg, Germany March 11, 2020. [Photo/Agencies] The German government’s approval to a Chinese investment for 24.9 percent stake in HHLA Container Terminal Tollerort GmbH (CTT) will create space to deepen China-Germany…
A rail-sea cargo freight loaded with imported goods is to leave Qinzhou railway station in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region for Chongqing municipality. [Photo by Chen Lei/for chinadaily.com.cn] CHONGQING– A cargo train carrying containers of goods, including paper pulp, quartz sand, and ceramics, arrived in Southwest China’s Chongqing municipality on Saturday, marking the completion of the…
The high-speed railway line linking Huzhou and Hangzhou in East China's Zhejiang province went into full operation on Sept 22, 2022. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] In an interview after the closing of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China on Saturday, Li Shaojie, an engineer of the Third Engineering Co Ltd of…
Liu Xiaoyun has been working for 27 years at the railway station in Dalian, Liaoning province, and has witnessed China's railway development firsthand. [Photo by Sui Feng/for chinadaily.com.cn] Liu Xiaoyun, a delegate to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, said she will do her best to contribute to the development of…
An aerial view of a train running along railway line 11 in Shanghai in August 2020. Local governments in the Yangtze River Delta region leveraged infrastructure-related REITs products when looking for new paths to revitalize their existing assets. [Photo/XINHUA] Infrastructure real estate investment trusts (REITs), which have been rolled out in China for more than…
High-speed railway plans and new expressways connect province with cities across the nation With construction beginning on a new high-speed railway, Shanxi province is to have another channel of rapid link to its neighboring provinces and municipalities. The groundbreaking ceremony for the Xiong’an-Xinzhou High-Speed Railway was held in the township of Shizui in the central…
A Fuxing bullet train runs on the Lhasa-Nyingchi railway during a trial operation in Shannan, Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region, June 16, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua] China’s railway network will operate a new schedule from Tuesday, increasing the number of passenger and freight train services to boost transport capability, the national railway operator China State Railway Group…
Rail passengers wait on a platform at the main train station in Berlin on Saturday, following disruption on the German railway network. An act of sabotage targeting communications infrastructure was behind the disruption, operator Deutsche Bahn said. JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP Security authorities in Germany are investigating an incident of what has been called “intentional acts”that led…