China-Laos Railway gears up in its first year

Thirteen days before its one-year anniversary, Yunnan International Freight Train Co on Nov 20 recorded freight volume valued at more than 10 billion yuan ($1.4 billion) transported via the China-Laos Railway.

So far, the company has carried 86 percent of the total cross-border cargo transport volume of the railway and has moved some 1.4 million metric tons of cargo via 1,500 international trains.

The company's monthly transport volume has increased from less than 30,000 tons at the beginning of 2021 to more than 200,000 tons.