China-Laos Railway Starts Full Operation The China-Laos Railway, a landmark project connecting Kunming in southwest China's Yunnan Province with the Laotian capital city of Vientiane, started full operation Friday afternoon, according to China State Railway Group. The 1,035-kilometer-long railway is a docking project between the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative and Laos' strategy to convert itself from a landlocked country to a land-linked hub. https://www.cctvplus.com/news/20211203/82447

Track-laying has been completed on a railway linking China's Kunming with Vientiane of Laos. The rail line, scheduled for cross-border service in December, is expected to slash the travel time between the two cities to less than one day. | China Xinhua News