Longest high-speed railway tunnel in East China completed

An 18.23-km high-speed railway tunnel in East China’s Zhejiang province is bored through on Monday. [Photo/Qianjiang Evening News] BEIJING — An 18.23-km high-speed railway tunnel in East China’s Zhejiang province was bored through on Monday, the China Railway Construction Corporation Ltd said. The completion of Dongming Tunnel, the longest high-speed railway tunnel in east China,…

Taiyuan railway equipment firm expects Q4 export rebound

Taiyuan Heavy Industry Railway Transit Equipment Co Ltd, located in North China’s Shanxi province, is expecting an export rebound in the fourth quarter after the company saw a sales decline in the overseas market due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, according to an official. “We have rolled out a series of measures to maintain a…

Investment in transport sector sees solid increase

A trial train hits 220 kilometers per hour on a section of the Shanghai-Suzhou-Nantong Railway during a top-speed test run on May 4. [Photo by Xu Congjun/For China Daily] China’s transport industry saw steady recovery as investment in its infrastructure rose 6 percent year-on-year in the first half of the year to top 1.45 trillion…

China-EU fast-track rail freight cooperation

A train loaded with medical equipment, including surgical face masks and protective gowns, departs Yiwu, Zhejiang province, for Madrid, Spain, last month to help in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. LYU BIN/FOR CHINA DAILY Having departed from Nanchang, capital of Jiangxi province, a cargo train loaded with COVID-19 protective equipment and materials arrived in…

URUMQI – The laying of railway tracks for a new line linking Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region with Qinghai province and beyond was completed Tuesday, paving the way for accelerating development in the country’s western region. The 1,213.7-km Golmud-Korla Railway, linking the city of Golmud in Qinghai and the city of Korla in Xinjiang,…

China’s cargo transport back to normal growth

BEIJING – China’s cargo transport industry reported faster growth in June with business activities recovering to normal levels, industry data showed. The China Transportation Services Index (CTSI) stood at 153.9 points last month, down 11.5 percent year-on-year, according to the China Academy of Transportation Sciences (CATS). The decrease narrowed from the 16.5-percent drop recorded in…

China to add 4,400 km rail lines this year

BEIJING — China is expected to launch new rail lines totaling 4,400 km this year as the country steps up infrastructure investment to shore up the economy, the China State Railway Group said. Among the new lines, high-speed rail lines are expected to reach 2,300 km this year, the company said. China has accelerated the…

Build on positive momentum of better-than-expected foreign trade: China Daily editorial

According to data from the General Administration of Customs, China’s foreign trade continued to strengthen in June despite the COVID-19 pandemic still raging in many parts of the world. The positive momentum unambiguously points to the effectiveness of the country’s prevention and control measures which have enabled it to resume production, and is further testament…