China News Service, Xishuangbanna, December 5 (Reporter Miao Chao) On the 5th, the construction of the China-Laos Railway Economic Belt in Xishuangbanna Prefecture of Yunnan Province started a total of 22 major projects.

It involves transportation, logistics, industry, ecological and environmental protection, water conservancy and other fields, with a total investment of 12 billion yuan.

  On the 3rd, the highly anticipated China-Laos Railway was put into operation, becoming an economic artery connecting the hinterland of China, circumventing South Asia and Southeast Asia, and facing the economic circle surrounding the Indian Ocean.

As an important node on the China-Laos railway line, Xishuangbanna has not only ended the history of no trains but also ushered in a major opportunity for development with the opening of the railway.

  Zheng Yi, secretary of the Xishuangbanna Prefecture Committee of the Communist Party of China, said that with the “fast train” of the China-Laos Railway, Xishuangbanna has turned from the “tip” of the border to the frontier of opening up in the southwest, and has become an important node in the construction of the “Belt and Road”. New historical opportunities for development and great development.

The picture shows the concentrated construction of major projects in the construction of the China-Laos Railway Economic Belt in Xishuangbanna Prefecture.

Photo by Liu Ranyang

  Zheng Yi stated that the construction of major projects of the China-Laos Railway Economic Belt in Xishuangbanna has been intensively started. The purpose is to seize the major historical opportunity of the completion of the China-Laos railway and open to traffic. The new bureau will speed up the layout of the basic industries and infrastructure that we have developed to catch up with and break through, laying a solid foundation for the construction of the China-Laos railway economic belt."

  The Deputy Secretary of the Xishuangbanna Prefecture Committee and Governor of the Communist Party of China Daowen introduced that 22 projects started today, involving transportation, logistics, industry, urban construction, environmental protection and other fields, of which 6 are directly related to railways and the railway economy. Keep a close eye on project construction plans, reverse construction schedules, and wall chart operations, and promote projects to speed up and complete them as soon as possible; we must firmly grasp the implementation of the safety production responsibility system, prevent major safety production accidents from occurring, and ensure the efficient and safe progress of the project." over)