Railways connect China to the world
By Xinhua, Published: 2018-05-16 07:24:19
Workers inspect a train in the assembly shop of CRRC Rolling Stock Center (Malaysia) SDN.BHD, Batu Gajah, Perak State, Malaysia, on March 27, 2018. CRRC Rolling Stock Center (Malaysia) SDN.BHD is the first overseas production base of Chinese rail equipment, providing production, assembly, testing, maintenance, refurbishment and other services. (Photo: Xinhua)
Editor's Note:
Chinese railway contractors have increased their presence in overseas market in recently years. Built across Asia, Europe and the Americas, Chinese rails have created a web of mutual beneficial cooperation and win-win relationships all around the world. (Photos: Xinhua)
A train bound for Istanbul stops at the Ankara Station in Turkey on March 22, 2018. Chinese enterprises joined the second phase construction of the high-speed rails, which connect Ankara, capital of Turkey, to its biggest city Istanbul, and were open in July 2014. This reduced traveling time between Ankara and Istanbul from nine hours to three and a half hours. (Photo: Xinhua) 
The freight train researched and developed by the China Machinery Engineering Corporation and CRRC Corporation Ltd. arrives at the port of Buenos Aires, Argentina, on January 3, 2018. In recent years, various types of locomotives, EMU trains, passenger trains, freight trains and subway trains made by China have been delivered to Argentina. (Photo: Xinhua) 
People observe a sand table model during a groundbreaking ceremony of the first-section of the Sino-Thai Railway Cooperative Project, in Pak Chong County, Nakhon Ratchasima Province in NE Thailand, on December 21, 2017. This project is the first standard gauge high-speed railway project in Thailand. The first-stage of the project stretches 253 kilometers from Bangkok to the NE Nakhon Ratchasima Province. (Photo: Xinhua) 
The rail between Belgrade and Stara Pazova in Serbia started construction at the Zemun Station in Serbia on November 28, 2017. This section is part of the Hungary-Serbia Rail project, which stretches 350 kilometers from the capital city of Hungary, Budapest, to the capital of Serbia, Belgrade. It is also the first section under construction along this rail line. (Photo: Xinhua) 
A train runs on the Mombasa stretch of the Mombasa-Nairobi Railway in Kenya on May 29, 2017. Constructed by a Chinese enterprise, the Mombasa-Nairobi Railway connects the eastern port in Mombasa to Kenya’s capital city Nairobi in the west. It stretches about 480 kilometers and was opened to traffic on May 31, 2017. (Photo: Xinhua) 
Huang Xiaoli, an administrator, inspects the conductors’ uniforms in the Nairobi South Station of the Mombasa-Nairobi Railway, Kenya, on May 16, 2017. Constructed by a Chinese enterprise, the Mombasa-Nairobi Railway connects the eastern port in Mombasa to Kenya’s capital city Nairobi in the west. It stretches about 480 kilometers and was opened to traffic on May 31, 2017. (Photo: Xinhua) 
A train rumbles across the Mazeras Railway Bridge along the Mombasa-Nairobi Railway on May 12, 2017. Constructed by a Chinese enterprise, the Mombasa-Nairobi Railway connects the eastern port in Mombasa to Kenya’s capital city Nairobi in the west. It stretches about 480 kilometers and was opened to traffic on May 31, 2017. (Photo: Xinhua) 
A Chinese technical employee checks the train that will run on the Roca Line intercity railway in Llavallol, a city south of the capital city Buenos Aires, Argentina, on April 11, 2017. In recent years, various types of locomotives, EMU trains, passenger trains, freight trains and subway trains made by China have been delivered to Argentina. (Photo: Xinhua) 
Local people dance and sing beside the first batch of diesel locomotives on the Mombasa-Nairobi Railway in Kenya. Constructed by a Chinese enterprise, the Mombasa-Nairobi Railway connects the eastern port in Mombasa to Kenya’s capital city Nairobi in the west. It stretches about 480 kilometers and was opened to traffic on May 31, 2017. (Photo: Xinhua) 
Olympic volunteers take the subway line 4 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on August 1, 2016. Subway trains on this line are all manufactured by China. (Photo: Xinhua) 
Train employees smile at the camera at Dar-es-Salaam Station, Tanzania, along the Tanzania-Zambia railway, on May 31, 2016. The Tanzania-Zambia railway stretches 1,860.5 kilometers from the east port city Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, to Kapiri Mposhi, a city in central Zambia. The Chinese government has provided interest-free loans to assist in its construction. (Photo: Xinhua) 
Workers prepare for the groundbreaking ceremony of the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Rail Project, in West Jawa Province Walini, Indonesia, on January 21, 2016. The Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Rail, stretching 142 kilometers from Jakarta, Indonesia, to the city Bandung, will be constructed by Chinese and Indonesian enterprises. (Photo: Xinhua)