The China-Laos Railway handled 177,000 passenger trips and transported 13.8 billion yuan (around 1.94 billion U.S. dollars) worth of goods in the first three quarters of this year, up by 175.6 percent and 50.5 percent year on year, respectively, data from the Kunming Customs showed.
The railway has seen passengers from over 101 countries and regions and transported goods to 19 countries including Laos, Thailand and Singapore, according to the latest data.
The China-Laos Railway connects Kunming in Yunnan Province with the Laotian capital Vientiane. The 1,035-km railway, a landmark project of high-quality Belt and Road cooperation, started operation on Dec. 3, 2021.
China-Laos Railway sees brisk passenger, cargo transport in first three quarters
China sent a new satellite into space on Thursday from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province.
The satellite, Tianping-3A 02, was launched at 10:12 (Beijing Time) aboard a Long March-6 carrier rocket and entered its preset orbit successfully.
The satellite will be primarily used for the calibration of ground-based radar equipment and radar cross section (RCS) measurement. It will support imaging experiments for ground-based optical equipment and monitoring tests of the low-orbit space environment, while also providing services for atmospheric space environment measurement and orbital prediction model correction.
The launch marks the 568th flight mission of the Long March carrier rocket series.
China successfully launches new satellite
