China-Laos Railway opens, putting Laos on track from landlocked to land-linked


KUNMING/VIENTIANE, Dec 4 (Xinhua):The China-Laos Railway, a landmark project of high-quality Belt and Road cooperation, started operation on Friday.

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Chinese president, and Thongloun Sisoulith, general secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party Central Committee and Lao president, jointly witnessed the opening of the railway via video link.

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