Phouphet Kyophilavong said he is delighted that the China-Laos Railway is now in full operation after being opened on Friday despite the difficulties that the pandemic threw in the way. Apart from linking two countries, the first railway in landlocked Laos ushers in a new era and will benefit the country economically, including by helping…
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Laos’ first ever high-speed railway receives blessing of religious groups on Thursday and is expected to deliver improved connectivity that will create more business opportunities and transform the landlocked country. The China-Laos railway, scheduled for official opening on Friday, is a docking project between the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative and Laos’ strategy to convert…
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Bullet train service to cut travel time, bring job opportunities President Xi Jinping, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, will meet with Thongloun Sisoulith, general secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party Central Committee and Lao president, via video link on Friday. The two leaders will also attend…
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URUMQI－Railway maintenance worker Yu Guorong was once afraid of the wind. For more than 30 years, he has battled winds in the Gobi Desert in Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region to ensure the safety of railway lines. Nowadays, Yu gets along better with his invisible enemy thanks to technology and windbreaks adopted for a…
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URUMQI－Railway maintenance worker Yu Guorong was once afraid of the wind. For more than 30 years, he has battled winds in the Gobi Desert in Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region to ensure the safety of railway lines. Nowadays, Yu gets along better with his invisible enemy thanks to technology and windbreaks adopted for a…
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A new rail vehicle developed by Chongqing Changke Track Vehicle Co in Liangjiang New Area finished track testing on Oct 20. Unlike most trains, it is China’s first railway vehicle that can seamlessly transit between urban and suburban railways. One week later, news came that Zhuzhou CRRC Times Electric Co will establish a new branch – Chongqing CRRC Times…
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The China-Laos Railway is not only a key project of China-Laos cooperation, but also a key hub of the regional transport network, which is of great significance to enhance mutually beneficial cooperation between China and Laos, and regional connectivity, Chinese Ambassador to Laos Jiang Zaidong said. by Zhang Jianhua, Chanthaphaphone Mixayboua VIENTIANE, Nov. 26 (Xinhua)…
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On a high-speed train in late October going between Tianjin and Suzhou, I was reminded of how much rail travel has changed in China. During that journey I sat on a comfortable seat, my laptop placed on a fold-out table while I proceeded with my latest article. Before arriving on time at Suzhou, I forwarded…
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Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic (2nd R), Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto (1st R) and Chinese Ambassador to Serbia Chen Bo (2nd L) attend a ceremony marking the start of construction work on a new section of the Belgrade-Budapest railway in Serbia in Novi Sad, Serbia, Nov 22, 2021. Construction began on…
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In the first nine months of this year, inbound and outbound China-Europe freight trains on the Changchun-Manzhouli-Europe International Rail Freight Line carried 7,398 standard-sized shipping containers, up 8.6 percent year-on-year, according to the Changchun International Land Port Development. Import and export goods were valued at around 2.4 billion yuan ($375.6 million), a 3.4 percentage point…
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