CHINA-XINJIANG-DESERT RAIL LOOP-HOTAN-RUOQIANG RAILWAY-INAUGURATION (CN)
(220616) -- HOTAN, June 16, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on May 19, 2022 shows the windbreaks including grass grids, shrubs and trees along the Hotan-Ruoqiang Railway in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
The last section of a 2,712-km rail loop line around China's largest desert, the Taklimakan, in the country's northwesternmost Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region was put into operation on Thursday.
The opening of the Hotan-Ruoqiang rail line will enable trains to skirt a full circle around a desert for the first time in the world, according to the China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. (China Railway). (Xinhua/Ding Lei)
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