China-Laos Railway opens up SE. Asia

The China-Laos Railway has seen a significant increase in freight transportation this year, becoming an important logistics corridor between China and Southeast Asia.

The cross-border railway has operated for 502 days and during that time it handled 18.8 million metric tons of cargo, the railway's operators China Railway Kunming Group and Laos-China Railway Company, said on Wednesday.

The railway's Chinese section has handled 14.6 million tons of cargo and Lao's section has handled 4.21 million tons. Some 3.7 million tons have been cross-border cargo.