Lao Deputy Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone on Saturday hailed the Laos-China railway as a pride of Laos.
Linking Vientiane with Kunming, capital of Yunnan, the 1,035-km railway generates benefits more than just at local levels.
China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has contributed enormously to Cambodia's economic growth, the Cambodian government's senior advisor Sok Siphana said on Wednesday.
"Cooperation, innovation and mutual benefits are the essence of the successful practice and spirit of the construction of the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway."
With Muangxay Station starting freight service, all the seven freight stations along the Lao section of the China-Laos Railway have been put into operation.
The Sixth Silk Road International Exposition opened Sunday in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, with deeper Belt and Road cooperation high on the agenda.
A freight transit yard of China-Laos Railway was officially put into operation on Friday with the first railway containers heading to Thailand's Laem Chabang port.
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Chinese archaeologists have uncovered submerged porcelain that can be traced back to the Yuan Dynasty (1271 to 1368) from the excavation of an ancient merchant vessel off the coast of eastern China's Fujian Province.
The restoration of the ruins of Xuanquanzhi, a post office site built over 2,000 years ago along the Silk Road in Dunhuang City, began on Wednesday.
