China opens four high-speed rail lines, expanding national network
China, home to the world’s largest high-speed rail network, opened four major high-speed railway sections to traffic on Monday, improving transport links across several regions.
The new sections connect Xiong’an in Hebei Province with Shangqiu in Henan Province, Xi’an with Ankang in Shaanxi Province, Yichang with Xingshan in Hubei Province, and Harbin with Yichun in Heilongjiang Province.
Spanning northern, northwestern, central, and northeastern China, the new lines will facilitate travel for residents, improve regional connectivity, and support economic development.
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Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
