[The construction of the Heyong section of the Chongqing Ring Line Railway will begin] On August 22, 2024, Chongqing Communications Development and Investment Railway Group announced that the preliminary design and measurement of the high-profile Hechuan-Yongchuan section of the Chongqing Metropolitan Ring Railway (C8 line of the municipal railway) is accelerating and is expected to officially start construction within the year. The project has been included in the "Chengdu-Chongqing Twin-City Economic Circle Construction Planning Outline" and Chongqing's medium and long-term railway network planning, with a total length of about 142.6 kilometers, passing through Hechuan, Tongliang, Dazu, Rongchang to Yongchuan, with six new stations and three existing stations rebuilt, and multiple stations reserved. The railway is mainly freight, taking into account the long-term passenger demand, with a design speed of 160 kilometers per hour and an estimated construction period of four years. After the completion of the project, it will fill the gap of the ring railway in western Chongqing, which is of great significance for optimizing the layout of the new land-sea corridor in the western region and improving the freight capacity. Editor/Jiang Mingyue

Click to see more live >>

• 2024.09.18 11:40
• [Belt and Road: The freight volume of the China-Laos Railway exceeded 10 million tons]
• On December 3, 2021, the China-Laos Railway was officially put into operation, opening a new chapter in economic and trade cooperation between China and Laos and Southeast Asia. As of September 16, 2024, the China-Laos Railway has supervised the inspection and release of a total of 10.002 million tons of import and export goods, with a value of 40.77 billion yuan. During this period, the structure of the goods carried was significantly optimized, and the categories increased significantly from more than 500 to more than 3,000. In particular, in the first eight months of 2024, both cargo volume and cargo value have achieved significant growth, showing strong economic and trade vitality. At the same time, the China-Laos Railway + China-Europe Railway Express international intermodal transport mode runs smoothly, promoting a wider range of international trade. The average daily number of international freight trains on the China-Laos Railway has increased significantly, cross-border transportation has covered many countries and cities, and the cumulative volume of goods transported has exceeded 10 million tons, fully demonstrating the great potential and bright prospects of economic and trade cooperation between China and Southeast Asian countries. Editor/Jiang Mingyue

• 2024.09.18 11:31
• [Wang Yi met with Secretary of the Security Council of the Federation of Russia Shoigu]
• Recently, in St. Petersburg, Wang Yi, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and director of the Foreign Affairs Office of the CPC Central Committee, held an important meeting with Shoigu, secretary of the Russia Federal Security Council. The two sides had an in-depth exchange of views on China-Russia relations, BRICS cooperation, multilateralism and the Ukraine crisis. Wang Yi stressed that the steady development of China-Russia relations has benefited from the guidance of the two heads of state, and expressed support for the work of the Russian BRICS presidency. For his part, Shoigu affirmed the achievements of Sino-Russian cooperation and looked forward to the complete success of the Kazan summit of BRICS leaders. The two sides also expressed their respective positions on the Ukraine crisis, and China reaffirmed its objective and fair attitude and is committed to promoting a political settlement of the crisis. Editor/Jiang Mingyue