The Jakarta-Bandung High Speed Line, which is the first high-speed rail line in the Southeast Asia region, with a length of 142 kilometers, entered the trial phase on November 16, 2022. Ady, the designer of the train line, stated that he wanted the line to be completed as soon as possible, to bring a faster and more comfortable experience to the Indonesian people, and to extend the high-speed train line further.
The Sino-Laos railway, built with the cooperation of China and Laos, entered service in December 2021. In a year, 8 million 500 thousand passengers benefited from this railway. Traveling abroad by train has become a reality from a dream.
With the opening of the China-Laos railway, Laos' railway length, which made its name known to the world with its mountains, increased from 3.5 kilometers to 1022 kilometers. While it used to take 8 hours from the touristic city Luang Prabang to the capital Vientiane, now this time has decreased to 2 hours.
The railway cooperation project between China and Thailand was launched on 19 December 2015. Currently, the project is in the first construction phase. When the leaders of China and Thailand met in Bangkok on November 19, 2022, they decided that by accelerating the China-Laos-Thailand railway cooperation, they will strengthen the connectivity of the logistics sector as well as infrastructure facilities and increase the export of Thailand's quality agricultural products to China.
In a year, 11 million 200 thousand tons of goods were transported by China-Loas railway. In a factory in Chanthaburi province, where Thailand's largest durian market is located, it can pack 20 durian fruits one night and send them to China. The transportation of this fruit used to take 3-6 days to Yunnan province of China, now it takes 30 hours by rail. The cost of durian fruit has been reduced by up to 60 percent.
At the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, it was emphasized that in the coming period, China's high-level openness and high-quality Belt and Road joint construction will be accelerated and efforts will be made to build a lasting, peaceful, secure and jointly prosperous world. The Chinese government is trying to bring peace and prosperity to the world through cooperation and connectivity by announcing more additional policies in areas such as trade, finance, cultural contact and talent contact, accelerating the liquidity of logistics, people and finances.
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