This photo taken on March 4, 2024 shows a Chinese airplane C919 at Wattay International Airport in Vientiane, Laos. Chinese airplanes C919 and ARJ21 developed by the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd. (COMAC) on Monday arrived in Laos for a static display and demonstration flight.
The two jetliners flew from Singapore to Vietnam, and then to Laos, after finishing the Singapore Airshow 2024 where they made their first airshow appearances outside China. (Photo by Kaikeo Saiyasane/Xinhua)
Passengers get off a train from Ibadan at the Mobolaji Johnson Railway Station of the Lagos-Ibadan Railway in Lagos, Nigeria, on March 2, 2024. Built by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC), the Lagos-Ibadan Railway connects Nigeria's economic center Lagos and the southwest industrial city Ibadan.
Officially opened to traffic in June 2021 with a main line of about 157 kilometers long and a branch line of about 7 kilometers long, it adopts modern railway standards and has a designed speed of 150 kilometers per hour.
The railway provides Africa's most populous country with an affordable and safe mode of transportation. It not only facilitates people's travel, but also helps improve the efficiency of port and inland cargo transportation.
As of March 5, 2024, the Chinese-built Lagos-Ibadan Railway has been operating safely for 1,000 days, with passenger traffic exceeding 2 million. Moreover, CCECC has provided all-round technical support for the operation of the Railway, which also trained a large number of technical and managerial talents and directly created job opportunities for the locals.
The Lagos-Ibadan Railway is continuing to inject vitality into Nigeria's socio-economic development. (Xinhua/Han Xu)
This photo taken on Sept. 1, 2023 shows a new species of odorous frog, the Odorrana leishanensis, at the Leigong Mountain National Nature Reserve in southwest China's Guizhou Province. (Xinhua)
The opening meeting of the second session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2024. (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen)
Passengers prepare to board a train in Nanjing railway station, east China's Jiangsu Province, March 5, 2024. China's 40-day travel surge, also known as "chunyun", concluded on Tuesday. (Photo by Su Yang/Xinhua)
Wang Yongcheng (C), a deputy to the 14th National People's Congress (NPC), reads the Braille versions of files at the opening meeting of the second session of the 14th NPC held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2024. (Xinhua/Wang Yuguo)
The official posters of Paris 2024 Olympic (L) and Paralympic Games are seen during the unveiling ceremony at the Orsay Museum in Paris, France, March 4, 2024. (Xinhua/Gao Jing)
