CHINA-YUNNAN-MENGLA-TRAIN ATTENDANT (CN)

CHINA-YUNNAN-MENGLA-TRAIN ATTENDANT (CN)

(230718) -- MENGLA, July 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yi Bofeng broadcasts aboard the train D887 on July 16, 2023. Yi Bofeng hails from Mengla County in Yunnan Province. After graduating as a Lao major from a technical college in the provincial capital Kunming in 2020, she was recruited as a train attendant under China Railway Kunming Bureau Group Co., Ltd. The China-Laos Railway, a landmark project of high-quality Belt and Road cooperation, began operations in December 2021. Yi was aboard the first train of the railway, witnessing the historical moment of railway operations. The 1,035-km railway connects China's Kunming with Vientiane in Laos. The railway has transported more than 16.4 million passengers and over 21 million tons of cargo as of June 3 this year. The railway started cross-border passenger services on April 13 this year. One passenger train operates daily from Kunming to Vientiane and another one the other way around. Since then, Yi has been in service for over 20 round trips. Along the railw

CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-COAL INDUSTRY-LOW CARBON DEVELOPMENT (CN)

CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-COAL INDUSTRY-LOW CARBON DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(230710) -- HOHHOT, July 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on July 7, 2023 shows a view of a former coal mine after ecological restoration in Jungar Banner, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Energy conservation, carbon reduction, and low-carbon development have been integrated throughout various stages of coal mining, transportation, and utilization in Jungar Banner, Inner Mongolia. The smart mine at Longwanggou Coal Mine of China Datang Corporation Ltd. in Jungar Banner has successfully achieved unmanned operations in 18 fixed underground locations. Intelligent frequency modulation is utilized to optimize coal mining operations, effectively reducing energy consumption by 30 percent. By the end of December 2022, a total of 126 intelligent coal mines, similar to this one, have been established in Inner Mongolia. In early 2023, the inauguration of the railway transportation system at Datang Longwanggou Coal Mine marked the debut of the first electrified underground loading railw

China-Laos Railway ships over 1 mln tons cross-border goods

STORY: China-Laos Railway ships over 1 mln tons cross-border goods DATELINE: Aug. 11, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:41 LOCATION: Vientiane CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Vientiane South Railway Station 2. various of the loading and unloading goods STORYLINE: The Laos-China Railway Co., Ltd. (LCRC), a joint venture based in Lao capital Vientiane responsible for the operation of the railway's Lao section, told Xinhua Wednesday that since its opening last December, the cross-border goods transported by the China-Laos Railway have exceeded 1 million tons. Since the opening of the China-Laos Railway, freight transport has shown a rising trend, with goods such as daily life commodities, fertilizers, electronics, photovoltaics, textiles and vegetables, among others, shipped from China to Laos, while iron and zinc ore, cassava flour, barley rice, charcoal, rubber, potash and fruits were transported from Laos and neighboring countries to China. According to the LCRC, as of Aug. 9, the Lao section of the Railw

New railway section opens to traffic in China's Yunnan after 14 years of construction

STORY: New railway section opens to traffic in China's Yunnan after 14 years of construction DATELINE: July 22, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:10 LOCATION: KUNMING, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the new railway section 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): REN HONGRONG, Conductor, Kunming Railway Bureau 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): WU LIJUN, Project manager, China Railway Eighth Bureau Group 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): ZENG JIN, Yunnan-Guangxi Railway Yunnan Co., Ltd. STORYLINE: A new section of the Dali-Ruili Railway in China's Yunnan Province has been put into operation. The rail line extends 330 km. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): REN HONGRONG, Conductor, Kunming Railway Bureau "I used to return home by bus, which would take almost a whole day. Now the bullet train has reached my doorstep. I'm so excited." The railway was completed after 14 years of hard work. A total of 34 bridges and 21 tunnels were constructed. The tunnels alone are more than 100 km long. SOUNDBITE 2(Chinese): WU LIJUN, Project manager, China Railw