ISLAMABAD: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said on Thursday that regional connectivity was not optional, terming it essential for growth and shared progress. “Connectivity is not optional. It is essential for stability, growth and shared progress. Regional cooperation directly impacts the lives of millions of our people,” he said while addressing the Regional Transport Ministers’ Conference in …

BY GLOBAL TIMES In 1975, deep in the Qinling Mountains, China’s first fully electrified railway, the Baoji-Chengdu Railway, marked the beginning of a transformative journey toward railway modernization. Half a century later, on the Chengdu Plain, engineers are developing a cutting-edge 400 km/h traction power supply system for the CR450 bullet train, which is expected to establish a new global …

In the past five years since Beijing Daxing International Airport was put into operation, it has achieved a series of remarkable milestones. The airport has remained a three-peat winner of the “China Civil Airport Service Quality Excellence Award” since 2021. Besides, it has served over 127 million passengers and handled 860,000 tons of cargos. Since its grand opening on Sept. …

SHANGHAI: Pakistan and China on Thursday agreed to enhance bilateral relations, with a particular focus on the rapidly growing automotive sector, Pakistan’s Consul General in Shanghai, Shehzad Ahmad Khan affirmed at the 2024 Taizhou International Automobile Industry Expo. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the four-day event, Khan said Taizhou played a pivotal role as a trailblazer in China’s automobile …

By Yao Xueqing, Han Xin Autonomous freight transport is making rapid progress in China as the country continuously improves relevant policies and standards and strengthens pilot and demonstration projects. Leveraging pilot applications of intelligent transport, China is putting autonomous driving technologies into trial use on a larger scale, focusing on typical freight transport scenarios including road freight, delivery, intra-park transport …

Nanchang Railway Station, a major transportation hub in east China’s Jiangxi Province, handled nearly 6.79 million passenger trips in the first five months of 2024, according to data from China Railway Nanchang Bureau Group. The station, which initially had only two platforms, five tracks, and a small waiting hall, has undergone extensive renovations over the past few decades. It now …