一条友谊、合作、繁荣的致富铁路 A railway of friendship,cooperation and prosperity
作者: 刘同功中老铁路作为中老友谊的标志性工程 ,是一条连接了中国和老挝两个国家的跨国铁路,全长1,000多千米,从中国云南的昆明出发,一路穿山越岭,横跨两国边境抵达老挝首都万象。它不仅奏响我国与世界合作发展的新乐章,还架起了国与国之间的友谊桥梁。
China Laos Railway is a landmark project of China Laos friendship. This railway is a big project linking China s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) with Laos s strategy of “transforming itself from a landlocked country to a land linked country”. In Laos, the railway stretches 414 kilometers from Boten, a border port between southwestern China and northern Laos, to Vientiane in the south. The entire railway is over 1,000 kilometers long, with the section in China being over 508 kilometers. The railway is built according to Chinese technical standards, with a designed speed of 160 kilometers per hour.
China Laos Railway is the first international railway mainly invested by China, built with Chinese equipment and directly connected with China s railway network. It provides more opportunities to promote people to people ties and enhances friendship between the two countries. It has created more than 110,000 jobs for locals in Laos and helped villagers along the route build nearly 2,000 kilometers of roads and canals.
The railway has shortened travel time from Vientiane to China Laos border from 12 hours to less than three hours. It is also expected to realize direct transportation and same day access from Vientiane to Kunming, bringing great convenience to the people of China and Laos and everyone along the route.
Furthermore, China Laos Railway was built with great difficulty given the complex geological structures along the way and abundant rainfall throughout the year. The ratio(比例) of bridge and tunnel to the railway is 87.3 percent with 93 tunnels and 136 bridges, and the construction of the whole railway lasted 11 years. The Chinese and Lao people braved these construction difficulties and forged a profound friendship in the process.
China Laos Railway is a railway of cooperation. Laos has actively participated in and supported the BRI. The two sides signed the Laos China Economic Corridor Cooperation Framework Agreement in 2019, laying a foundation for cooperation.
China Laos Railway is a railway of prosperity. It will inject vitality into the development of emerging industries in Laos, such as tourism, commercial real estate, new energy and enterprise digitization, which will bring more hope and prosperity to the local people.
1. What s the state strategy of Laos?
A. To carry out the BRI in all ways.
B. To develop high speed railways on its own.
C. To connect with the outside world by railway.
D. To introduce railway technologies from China.
2. The China Laos Railway cuts down the travelling time from Vientiane to China by
.
A. about three hours B. less than five hours
C. over ten hours D. more than nine hours
3. What s Laos s attitude to the BRI?