New line will link central Yunnan with Laos border

Work on a major section of the Trans-Asian Railway is expected to begin this year, a senior official has revealed.

"We will start building the Yuxi-Mohan Railway before the end of the year, and it will be extended to Vientiane in Laos in the future," said Liu Baisheng, director of the Kunming Railway Bureau in Yunnan province and a deputy to the National People's Congress.

"It is an important section of the central part of the Trans-Asian Railway network's southern section."