Freight volume transported via the China-Laos Railway surpassed 10 million metric tons on Monday, about a month before its first anniversary.
Passengers in China and Laos can buy train tickets between the two countries starting Tuesday, as the high-profile China-Laos Railway will open cross-border passenger services on Thursday.
The China-Laos Railway, a landmark project of the Belt and Road Initiative, has made "remarkable achievements" in various aspects since it came into operation last year.
A record 1.45 million passenger trips were made on the China-Laos Railway in July, averaging 46,000 trips daily, according to operator, the Kunming branch of China State Railway Group Co.
Saysettha Comprehensive Development Zone in Vientiane, Laos, has become an important partner for Chinese enterprises to invest in Laos.
The China-Laos Railway, connecting China's Kunming in Yunnan province and Laos's capital city Vientiane, has built up an efficient transportation channel between China and ASEAN countries, with logistics costs greatly reduced and regional economy further boosted.
Five years after President Xi Jinping was in Laos on a state visit, Sommano Pholsena, an old schoolmate of his, is happy to see the fruit of collaboration between the two countries.
On June 23, the first China-Laos Railway tourist train carrying near 500 tourists departed from Kunming Station to Xishuangbanna Dai autonomous prefecture,
