January-February national railway completed fixed asset investment of 72.2 billion yuan, up 5.4% year-on-year.

Today (11th), reporters learned from China Railway Group that from January to February this year, the national railway completed fixed asset investments of 72.2 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.4%. Since the beginning of the year, railway construction has been progressing efficiently and with high quality. During the Spring Festival holiday, over 570 key railway projects across the country continued construction, with tens of thousands of workers on the front lines, making positive progress on a number of major projects. The high-speed rail from Jinhua to Jiande in Zhejiang, including the Lanxi East to Jiande section, has been opened for operation; the Shandong section of the Beijing to Xiong’an New Area to Shangqiu high-speed railway has fully entered static acceptance; the Xiong’an New Area to Xinzhou high-speed railway has begun track laying; the Xi’an to Ankang high-speed railway has completed track laying along its entire length; all bridge projects of the Chongqing to Kunming high-speed railway have been completed; and several key projects such as the Kachuan East Tunnel and Xi’an East Station on the Xi’an to Chongqing high-speed railway are making solid progress, injecting new momentum into regional economic and social development. (CCTV News)