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President Xi will meet with Thongloun Sisoulith, general secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party Central Committee and Lao president, via video link on Friday.
Tickets for Yuxi-Mohan Railway in Yunnan Province, the Chinese section of China-Laos Railway, went on sale Thursday, according to China Railway Kunming Group.
The China-Laos Railway, which is set to launch on Friday and connect Kunming city of Yunnan Province and Laos’ capital city Vientiane, will adopt entirely Chinese standards, China Railway said, noting that the Friday launch marks a significant moment for Laos to enter the era of fast rail transportation.
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Workers on Thursday began laying tracks along the Mile-Mengzi high-speed railway in southwest China s Yunnan Province.
The 106-km railway that will link the cities of Mile and Mengzi, both located in Yunnan s Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, is expected to begin operations in 2022, according to China Railway Kunming Group.
Passenger trains on the railway are targeted to run at a speed of 250 km per hour.
Upon completion, the railway will connect with the Nanning-Kunming Railway and integrate into southwest China s outbound channel to Vietnam and other Southeast Asian nations.
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