The USD 6 Billion Thousand-Km-Long China-Laos Railway is Made History Today

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The USD 6 Billion Thousand-Km-Long China-Laos Railway is Made History Today​

03/12/2021

China on Friday launched the first cross-border train of its multi-billion-dollar Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) from Laos, which Beijing says will help the small and only landlocked country in South East Asia turn into a land-linked hub, boost regional connectivity and supply chain resilience.

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Laos’ counterpart Thongloun Sisoulith jointly witnessed the opening of the China-Laos railway via video link on Friday.

The first train of the China-Laos Railway left Vientiane soon after the cross-border railway was officially put into operation, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

Besides China, Laos shares borders with Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar and Cambodia which offered Beijing to extend the train project to those countries.

The 1,035-km electrified passenger and cargo railway, connecting Kunming in southwest China's Yunnan Province with Laos’ capital Vientiane, fully adopts Chinese technical standards and consists of two sections, the report said.

Construction of the section in Laos from the border town of Boten to Vientiane started in December 2016, and construction of the section in China from the city of Yuxi to the border town of Mohan started in December 2015.

This is the first cross-border project under the BRI, China’s multibillion-dollar project in different countries.

The railway will shorten travel between Vientiane and the China-Laos border from two days to just three hours, and the trip from Vientiane to Kunming can be done overnight.

The First Expedition of the Thousand-Km-Long China-Laos Railway is Made Today

The First Expedition of the Thousand-Km-Length China-Laos Railway is Made Today - According to the statement made by the China State Railways Group, Kunming in Yunnan Province in southwest China will be transferred to Vientiane, the capital of Laos.

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China-Laos bullet train route Xishuangbanna section in China's Yunnan ethnic Thai autonomous region

 

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How smooth and quiet is China-Lao's bullet train, passengers practice Teaism on the train. Tea Yoga.

 

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China-Lao's bullet railway in Xishuangbanna Thai Autonomous Prefecture. Full experience of Thai culture and Thai cuisine on the bullet train

 

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Xi Jinping: China and Laos help and support each other through thick and thin​

 

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Laotians wrote songs to laud China-Laos bullet train line and China-Laos time tested friendship!

 

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China-Lao bullet train in operation

 

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Pretty amazing, the whole South East Asia will be seamlessly integrated with China by the time that east, central and west lines all are finished!