This Day, That Year

Editor's note: This year marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of New China.

On Sept 9, 1958, China's first homemade Jianshe diesel locomotive was completed in Beijing, based on the ND1 train imported from Hungary.

Since the success of the locomotive, China has made remarkable progress in train research and development, including railway network construction. In 1982, the first train left Taiyuan, Shanxi province, on the country's first electric double-track rail to Hebei province, as seen in this item from China Daily.