BEIJING, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) – Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged efforts to advance the construction of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway project with high quality. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the instruction ahead of the beginning of the construction of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway’s Ya’an-Nyingchi section …

BEIJING, China – China plans to build at least 4,000 kilometers of new railway lines this year, including 2,000 km of high-speed lines, the country’s top rail operator said. The planned development of new railways this year is part of the nation’s effort to maintain large-scale fixed-asset investment, Lu Dongfu, general manager of China State Railway Group, said at its …