The China-Laos Railway is a model project of regional interconnection, and it carries Laos' dream of transforming from a land-locked country to a land-union country. At 10:30 am on December 29, 2020, the track laying of the Vientiane-Luang Prabang section of the China-Laos Railway in Laos was completed, marking another important progress in the construction of the China-Laos Railway.

Since the track laying began on March 27, the main track of the China-Laos Railway has been laid for 240 kilometers from Vientiane, the capital of Laos, to Luang Prabang, accounting for 57% of the total length. At present, the main parts of the tunnels, bridges, and subgrades under the railway line have been basically completed, all the station buildings on the line have been capped, and the railway operation preparations have also been speeded up.

Facing the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the construction units of the China-Laos Railway adopted strict epidemic prevention measures. Through the implementation of “green customs clearance” for epidemic prevention, Chinese operators and materials were able to reach the construction site to ensure continuous construction of the project. So far, the railway construction targets set at the beginning of 2020 have all been achieved. According to the relevant person in charge of the China National Railway Group, after the completion of the China-Laos railway, it is expected that the evening from Kunming, China to Vientiane, Laos, will be reached.

The China-Laos Railway is a popular project closely linked to ordinary people in Laos under the Belt and Road Initiative. It starts from Boding, the Lao-China border port in the north, and reaches Vientiane, the capital of Laos in the south. It has a total length of more than 400 kilometers and a design speed of 160 kilometers per hour. It adopts Chinese technical standards and Management standard construction is an electrified passenger and freight mixed railway. The project started in December 2016 and is scheduled to be completed and opened to traffic in December 2021. Editor/Sang Xiaomei