[Sichuan Road and Bridge won the bid for the Bangladesh Dhaka Xilaite section]On May 29, 2023, Sichuan Road and Bridge received a letter of acceptance from the Bangladesh Highway Authority for the DS-7 section from Dhaka to Silet. The project was won by a consortium formed by Sichuan Road and Bridge and local enterprises, with a total length of 18.2 kilometers. It is planned to upgrade the existing two-way two lanes to two-way four lanes, with two additional service lanes. The owner is the Bangladesh Highway Authority, and the investor is the Asian Development Bank. The construction period is 1460 days, and the maintenance period is 2190 days. The defect liability period for both the construction and maintenance periods is 365 days. The main works include asphalt concrete pavement, earthworks, 42 culverts, 2 bridges, 2 overpasses, and other ancillary facilities. After the project is completed, it will effectively alleviate traffic congestion from Dhaka to Silet. Editor/Ma Xue
Since 2026, the postal management department of Inner Mongolia has relied on the advantages of Manzhouli and Erenhot ports to add two international land postal routes to Russia, and opened multiple cross-border dedicated lines to the European hinterland. Manzhouli has achieved full coverage of four types of cross-border e-commerce regulatory models. The business volume of Erlianhaote International Mail Exchange Bureau ranks among the top in the country, with over 600 regional cross-border e-commerce filing entities, continuously consolidating the support capacity of northward opening delivery channels.Editor/Cheng Liting
As of October 9, 2026, China Laos Railway has delivered more than 80 million passengers in the past five years since its opening, and the maximum monthly passenger volume of the whole line is 2.25 million. Four international passenger trains run daily between Kunming and Vientiane, with the fastest cross-border travel time of 9 hours and 36 minutes, and a total of 950000 cross-border passengers have been transported. Cross border tourism along the route continues to heat up, driving a consumption growth of over 35% in cultural and tourism related industries along the route since the beginning of this year. Editor/Cheng Liting