At 16:44 on December 3rd, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and President Xi Jinping attended the launch ceremony of the China-Laos Railway via video link in Beijing, together with General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith. The two heads of state issued the departure order, and the China-Laos Railway officially opened to traffic.

Xi Jinping and Thongloun Sisoulith jointly attend the launch ceremony of the China-Laos Railway

The China-Laos Kunming-Vientiane Railway, also known as the "China-Laos International Railway Corridor" and abbreviated as the "China-Laos Railway", is an electrified railway connecting Kunming City, Yunnan Province, China, and Vientiane City, Laos. Constructed in accordance with China's Class I Railway Standards, it is the first cross-border railway invested in and built mainly by China, jointly operated, and directly connected to China's railway network. As a "Friendship Railway" built for the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area, it traverses towering mountains and links China and Laos. This railway embodies the hope and dream of the people of both countries for a better and happier life, further enhancing their friendship and promoting deeper people-to-people bonds between China and Laos.

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The China-Laos Railway is a flagship project of practical cooperation between China and Laos. Its opening and operation have strengthened people-to-people exchanges between the two countries, greatly facilitated travel for residents, boosted the development of tourism, agriculture, water conservancy, and other resources along the route, and promoted urbanization. It is of great significance for deepening economic, social, and cultural cooperation and exchanges between China and Laos, accelerating the construction of the China-Laos Economic Corridor, and forging a China-Laos community with a shared future.