This Day, That Year
China Daily | Updated: 2016-01-05 07:57
Item from Jan 5, 1998, in China Daily: Migrant workers in Beijing try to board a train bound for their home province of Jiangsu at the Beijing West Railway Station over the weekend. ...
Chinese railways are set to fight back against fiercer competition from road, water and air transport. The railway network is aiming to launch a large-scale restructuring effort this year to improve its economic performance. ... The Ministry of Railways will modify its current transportation management methods in line with market-oriented economic principles.
In March 2013, the Ministry of Railways, which was established in 1949, was dismantled.
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