New rail station eases access to cities for rural Yunnan

He brought his family members to take the train on Saturday. 

"I never expected the high-speed train would arrive at my home, which shortens the travel time to Dali to one hour and that to Kunming to three hours," he said, adding that he expects to take his family members to Beijing for a tour.

The train will not only make travel more convenient but will carry agricultural products to more markets, said Huang Jianbo, Party secretary of Xiaowandong.

"It connects the tea market in Nanjian with markets in Lincang, Kunming and places outside of Yunnan province, which will bring more income to more than 100,000 tea farmers in the county," Huang said.

Zha, the resident, plans to take his walnuts and pomegranates to bigger markets via the train.

"The Xiaowandong railway station gives us a ride on the national strategy of rural vitalization," Huang said.