China: Track-laying operation of Xiong’an-Xinzhou high-speed railway kicks off
Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.
Constructors work at the construction site of the Xiong’an-Xinzhou high-speed railway in Baoding, north China’s Hebei Province, Feb. 1, 2026. Track-laying operation of the Xiong’an-Xinzhou high-speed railway officially kicked off on Sunday.
The Xiong’an-Xinzhou high-speed railway is a pivotal section of the Beijing-Kunming high-speed railway that belongs to a greater high-speed rail artery network consisting eight vertical lines and eight horizontal lines in the country. (Xinhua/Mu Yu)
An aerial drone photo taken on Feb. 1, 2026 shows the Xiong’an-Xinzhou high-speed railway crossing over the Beijing-Kunming expressway in north China’s Hebei Province. The track-laying operation of the Xiong’an-Xinzhou high-speed railway officially kicked off on Sunday.
The Xiong’an-Xinzhou high-speed railway is a pivotal section of the Beijing-Kunming high-speed railway that belongs to a greater high-speed rail artery network consisting eight vertical lines and eight horizontal lines in the country. (Xinhua/Zhu Xudong)
Constructors work at the construction site of the Xiong’an-Xinzhou high-speed railway in Baoding, north China’s Hebei Province, Feb. 1, 2026. Track-laying operation of the Xiong’an-Xinzhou high-speed railway officially kicked off on Sunday.
The Xiong’an-Xinzhou high-speed railway is a pivotal section of the Beijing-Kunming high-speed railway that belongs to a greater high-speed rail artery network consisting eight vertical lines and eight horizontal lines in the country. (Xinhua/Mu Yu)
Constructors work at the construction site of the Xiong’an-Xinzhou high-speed railway in Baoding, north China’s Hebei Province, Feb. 1, 2026. Track-laying operation of the Xiong’an-Xinzhou high-speed railway officially kicked off on Sunday.
The Xiong’an-Xinzhou high-speed railway is a pivotal section of the Beijing-Kunming high-speed railway that belongs to a greater high-speed rail artery network consisting eight vertical lines and eight horizontal lines in the country. (Xinhua/Mu Yu)
Constructors work at the construction site of the Xiong’an-Xinzhou high-speed railway in Baoding, north China’s Hebei Province, Feb. 1, 2026. Track-laying operation of the Xiong’an-Xinzhou high-speed railway officially kicked off on Sunday.
The Xiong’an-Xinzhou high-speed railway is a pivotal section of the Beijing-Kunming high-speed railway that belongs to a greater high-speed rail artery network consisting eight vertical lines and eight horizontal lines in the country. (Xinhua/Mu Yu)
An aerial drone photo taken on Feb. 1, 2026 shows constructors working at the construction site of the Xiong’an-Xinzhou high-speed railway in Baoding, north China’s Hebei Province. Track-laying operation of the Xiong’an-Xinzhou high-speed railway officially kicked off on Sunday.
The Xiong’an-Xinzhou high-speed railway is a pivotal section of the Beijing-Kunming high-speed railway that belongs to a greater high-speed rail artery network consisting eight vertical lines and eight horizontal lines in the country. (Xinhua/Mu Yu)
An aerial drone photo taken on Feb. 1, 2026 shows a bridge of the Xiong’an-Xinzhou high-speed railway crossing over a canal of China’s South-to-North Water Diversion Project in north China’s Hebei Province. Track-laying operation of the Xiong’an-Xinzhou high-speed railway officially kicked off on Sunday.
The Xiong’an-Xinzhou high-speed railway is a pivotal section of the Beijing-Kunming high-speed railway that belongs to a greater high-speed rail artery network consisting of eight vertical lines and eight horizontal lines in the country. (Xinhua/Zhu Xudong)
An aerial drone photo taken on Feb. 1, 2026 shows constructors working at the construction site of the Xiong’an-Xinzhou high-speed railway in Baoding, north China’s Hebei Province. The track-laying operation of the Xiong’an-Xinzhou high-speed railway officially kicked off on Sunday.
The Xiong’an-Xinzhou high-speed railway is a pivotal section of the Beijing-Kunming high-speed railway that belongs to a greater high-speed rail artery network consisting of eight vertical lines and eight horizontal lines in the country. (Xinhua/Zhu Xudong)
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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.…
