CPC trains officials with immersive education

NANCHANG — Among visitors to Jinggangshan, known as a “cradle” of the Chinese revolution, there were groups of people wearing identical dark outfits with red ties or pins. They were not tourists, but trainees from various levels of Party schools, brought here for an “immersive” Party history education program. In October 1927, Mao Zedong led…

Lithuania’s withdrawal from ’17+1′ shows it is snared in Cold War web: China Daily editorial

A China-Europe freight train with 45 compartments of anti-epidemic supplies leaves the Xinzhu Railway Station in Xi’an, Northwest China’s Shaanxi province, on Aug 12, 2020, to head for Italy’s Milan. [Photo/Xinhua] Informing the media of his country’s decision to withdraw from the “17+1” cooperation mechanism on Saturday, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis described the platform…

Tibet hits highs driven by roads, infrastructure

Region’s Party secretary: Govt investment over seven decades has created ‘miracles’ The building of roads and other infrastructure funded by government investment has helped transform the Tibet autonomous region into a prosperous new world, according to the region’s leaders. Over the past 70 years, the central government has invested 1.63 trillion yuan ($253.3 billion) to…

China Railway employee honored for work in Pakistan

Cao Mengjie, an operational technology supervisor from China Railway Electrification Bureau (Group) Co Ltd, trains local staff at a facility owned by Pakistan’s Orange Line, in April 2021. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] As this year marks the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Pakistan, Cao Mengjie, an employee of a…

Returning a favor of a drop of water with a spring

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…

Transport to play key role in Bay Area

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…

High-speed rail line in Heilongjiang starts construction

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,…

Smart tech boosts ‘most beautiful rail’

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…

Road networks are essential to sustainable development

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…