Construction of China-Laos Railway benefits regional people

It is a ten-hour ride from Kunming to the Mohan Economic Development Zone in Mengla County, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture. Here, in the Friendship Railway Tunnel connecting China and Laos, workers from the China Railway Second Bureau Group Corporation (CRSBGC)are busy building concrete supports amid the roar of machines. As a part of the China-Laos Railway, the tunnel is advancing at a speed of four metres a day.

With construction progressing smoothly, the China-Laos Railway is bringing benefits to people living along the tracks.

 “The Friendship Tunnel will be 9.68 kilometres long when completed. It will connect our two countries and further strengthen the friendship between the people o f Chinese and Laos,” said Li Shunwei, the CRSBGC executive in charge of tunnel construction.

The China-Laos Railway’s Kunming-Mohan section is an important international link connecting China with not only Laos, but also Thailand. When the railway goes into operation, it will only take about four hours to travel from Kunming to Jinghong City in Xishuangbanna Prefecture. Hopefully, one can start out from Kunming in the evening and arrive in the Laos capital of Vientiane the next morning.

At Kunming South Railway Station, the starting point of China-Laos railway, a Lao passenger named An Nan and her Chinese husband were waiting for a high-speed train to her husband’s hometown in east China’s Anhui Province. An Nan said it used to take 36 hours to travel from Kunming to Anhui by train, while now the high-speed train lasts only nine hours. However, they still have to spend two days on on a bus travelling from her home in Laos to Kunming. She hopes that the China-Laos Railway will be completed as soon as possible. By then, it will take only ten hours or so for her to get to Kunming.

 “I used to earn 200 yuan a day growing vegetables and selling them to local residents. Now I sell vegetables to railway workers and earn more than 500 yuan. When the railway is completed, I will sell my vegetables in Kunming, Laos and other places,” said Wu Sitao, a vegetable farmer at Mengyang Farm. Like Wu Sitao, many other people living along the railway line are also looking forward to the opportunities it will create.

Construction of China-Laos Railway benefits regional people

It is a ten-hour ride from Kunming to the Mohan Economic Development Zone in Mengla County, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture. Here, in the Friendship Railway Tunnel connecting China and Laos, workers from the China Railway Second Bureau Group Corporation (CRSBGC)are busy building concrete supports amid the roar of machines. As a part of the China-Laos Railway, the tunnel is advancing at a speed of four metres a day. With construction progressing smoothly, the China-Laos Railway is bringing benefits to people living along the tracks. The Friendship Tunnel will be 9.68 kilometres long when completed. It will connect our two countries and further strengthen the friendship between the people o f Chinese and Laos, said Li Shunwei, the CRSBGC executive in charge of tunnel construction. The China-Laos Railways Kunming-Mohan section is an important international link connecting China with not only Laos, but also Thailand. When the railway goes into operation, it will only take about four hours to travel from Kunming to Jinghong City in Xishuangbanna Prefecture. Hopefully, one can start out from Kunming in the evening and arrive in the Laos capital of Vientiane the next morning. At Kunming South Railway Station, the starting point of China-Laos railway, a Lao passenger named An Nan and her Chinese husband were waiting for a high-speed train to her husbands hometown in east Chinas Anhui Province. An Nan said it used to take 36 hours to travel from Kunming to Anhui by train, while now the high-speed train lasts only nine hours. However, they still have to spend two days on on a bus travelling from her home in Laos to Kunming. She hopes that the China-Laos Railway will be completed as soon as possible. By then, it will take only ten hours or so for her to get to Kunming. I used to earn 200 yuan a day growing vegetables and selling them to local residents. Now I sell vegetables to railway workers and earn more than 500 yuan. When the railway is completed, I will sell my vegetables in Kunming, Laos and other places, said Wu Sitao, a vegetable farmer at Mengyang Farm. Like Wu Sitao, many other people living along the railway line are also looking forward to the opportunities it will create.