What they say

Editor's Note: The State Council Information Office invited five representatives of outstanding railway professionals to meet journalists and answer questions in Beijing on Tuesday.

I drove trains on railways with average altitudes of over 3,000 meters and 4,000 meters. Despite the harsh environment, it is a proud and fortunate thing for me — a child from a farming and herding family — to work along the railway and serve my hometown. My colleagues and I overcome severe cold weather and oxygen deficiency to ensure the safe and smooth operation of the railways (in Xizang autonomous region). It is our sacred mission.

Sonam Wangdrak, driver instructor of the No. 1 Operating Workshop of the Golmud Locomotive Maintenance Section of China Railway Qinghai-Tibet Group Co