China News Agency, Kunming, December 3 (Reporter Miao Chao) The 1,035-kilometer China-Laos Railway, which starts from Kunming, China in the north, and connects to Vientiane, Laos in the south, is a landmark project of the "Belt and Road". Spilled to Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and many other countries and regions.

The driving effect of regional interconnection and common development is obvious, and business and people's livelihood have benefited a lot.

　　Southeast Asia is rich in tropical fruits, and China is one of the largest markets for these fruits.

In the past, due to conditions such as weather, traffic and entry-exit inspection, the transportation time was long, and tropical fruits were easily spoiled on the way.

　　At present, a cold chain train full of tropical fruits such as durian, mangosteen, and longan from Thailand, Malaysia, and Laos departs from Vientiane, Laos, and enters China through the newly built Mohan Railway Port in Yunnan, China, and then directly to Yunnan Province Kunming, the provincial capital.

Through distribution in Kunming, these tropical fruits will soon enter thousands of households in China.

　　The long-distance fast running of tropical fruits, punctual and time-saving is just one of the epitome of the continuous innovation of service measures and the promotion of international logistics convenience in the past year since the opening of the China-Laos Railway.

　　Chen Pei, deputy general manager of China Railway Kunming Bureau Group Co., Ltd., said that in the past year, the China-Laos Railway has also innovatively launched the passenger car-based, point-to-point China-Laos Railway "Lanmei Express" international freight train, and the logistics time from Kunming to Vientiane has been shortened. within 26 hours; the rapid customs clearance and customs transit mode has been implemented, and the overall customs clearance time at the Mohan Port on the China-Laos border has been reduced from more than 40 hours at the beginning to less than 5 hours at present; Business" organization model, initially formed the brand effect of cross-border freight from Kunming to Vientiane.

　　Constantly innovating service measures to promote the convenience of international logistics. The China-Laos Railway has handed over the report card of "both passenger and cargo" within one year of its opening: a total of 8.5 million passengers have been sent, and 11.2 million tons of goods have been sent, including more than 1.9 million cross-border goods. Ton.

Cross-border cargo transportation covers Laos, Thailand, Myanmar, Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Singapore and other countries and regions, and the names of goods transported have expanded from more than 10 kinds at the beginning of opening to more than 1,200 kinds.

　　This railway across mountains and rivers, which was completed and opened to traffic on December 3, 2021, has been expected to be a "golden channel" since the day of operation.

Today, its "gold fineness" is getting more and more abundant.

From China's perspective, the China-Laos Railway has opened up an economic channel connecting China's domestic market and Southeast Asia. Asbestos from Gansu, tires from Jilin, air conditioners from Guangdong, water purifiers from Beijing, photovoltaics from Yunnan, and other products are constantly gathering in Kunming. , to Southeast Asian countries via the China-Laos Railway.

　　From the perspective of Laos, the China-Laos Railway has become the "golden key" for Laos to connect to China in the north and ASEAN countries in the south.

According to a previous report released by the World Bank, by connecting with the network along the “Belt and Road”, in the long run, the China-Laos Railway will increase Laos’ total income by 21%, making Laos more attractive to investors.

　　Ud Suvannavon, chairman of the Lao National Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said that the Laos-China Railway covers 30% of the population of Laos, and the price of cargo transportation between Kunming and Vientiane has dropped by 40% to 50%, turning Laos from a "land-locked country" into a "land-linked country". , has brought development opportunities to Laos' transportation, tourism, and other industries.

　　On the first anniversary of the opening of the China-Laos Railway, nearly 90% of the cross-border goods transited through Laos and then were transported south to Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and other countries and regions. The supply chain, promotion of trade and investment liberalization and facilitation provide new opportunities, and the international demonstration effect it brings is gradually emerging.

　　Chachai Panikiwa, vice chairman of the Federation of Thai Industries, said that the opening of the China-Laos Railway has attracted discussions and attention from the Thai business community, which is objectively conducive to the progress of the Thailand-China Railway.

China is Thailand's main trading partner, and Thai companies attach great importance to the Chinese market. It is hoped that Thailand and China will conduct more in-depth and close communication and cooperation based on the actual conditions of the two countries, so as to speed up the construction of the Thailand-China railway.

　　Today, under the leadership of the China-Laos railway demonstration, the China-Thailand railway project has entered the stage of comprehensive construction, and the China-Vietnam and China-Myanmar international railway passages are also being accelerated. In the future, the interconnection between China and neighboring countries will be smoother.

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