China's railway sector saw its investment in fixed assets reach 711.7 billion yuan (about 98.2 billion U.S. dollars) in the first 11 months of this year, marking a 11.1-percent increase from the same period of last year, according to data released by China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. on Tuesday.
The increased fixed-asset investment has helped enhance the role of railway construction in effectively driving overall investment in the whole of society, the national railway operator said.
Since the beginning of this year, China State Railway Group, with a focus on serving major national strategies and regional economic and social development, has promoted high-quality railway planning and construction. In November alone, a number of key railway construction projects were put to implementation nationwide.
China's railway sector sees increase in investment in fixed assets in Jan-Nov
China’s railway sector sees increase in investment in fixed assets in Jan.-Nov.
Chinese Vice President Han Zheng met with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Vietnam Bui Thanh Son in Beijing on Tuesday, with both sides pledging to promote the China-Vietnam community with a shared future.
Noting that China and Vietnam are comrades in the socialist cause and good partners on the path of reform, Han said General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and President Xi Jinping and General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and President To Lam have made strategic plans for advancing the China-Vietnam community with a shared future, providing clear direction for the development of bilateral relations.
Noting that next year marks the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries and the China-Vietnam Year of People-to-People Exchanges, Han said the two sides should follow the important consensus reached by the top leaders of the two parties and two countries, maintain strategic communication, expand practical cooperation, consolidate the foundation of public opinion, strengthen multilateral coordination and promote the building of a China-Vietnam community with a shared future, bringing more benefits to the two peoples.
Bui Thanh Son said that developing long-term friendly relations with China is the consistent proposition, objective requirement, strategic choice and top priority of Vietnam's diplomacy.
Vietnam firmly adheres to the one-China policy and is willing to strengthen high-level exchanges, consolidate political mutual trust, deepen pragmatic cooperation with China, and jointly promote the building of a Vietnam-China community with a shared future with strategic significance, he added.
Chinese, Vietnamese officials pledge to promote China-Vietnam community with shared future
