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The 1035-kilometer China-Laos railway, which started in December 2016, connects Kunming in
Southwest China's Yunnan Province and the capital of Laos, Vientiane.
According to the Xinhua News Agency, the rail line, with a designated speed of 160 kilometers per
hour, will greatly shorten the travel time from Vientiane to the China-Laos border from two days to
just about three hours, while the journey to Kunming can. be done overnight.
Experts said that the railway will serve as an important transportation junction for Laos, an inland
country, and boost sectors of the Laotian economy like trade and tourism by facilitating the transport
of goods and tourists between the two countries.
"In the past, goods were transported between China and Laos by road, which is only good for small
quantities, or by air, which is relatively expensive. The China-Laos railway could greatly shorten the
transportation time, which I think will definitely encourage trade between the two countries,
particularly for farm goods, which have high requirements for freshness," Gu Xiaosong, dean of the
ASEAN Research Institute of Hainan Tropical Ocean University, told the Global Times on
Wednesday.
Gu said that China-Laos agricultural trade might double due to the railway's operation. Laos' entrepot
trade might also increase as other countries will use it as a transfer station in transporting goods to
and from China, he said.
China's exports to Laos increased by 12.7 percent on a yearly basis in US dollar terms in the first
10 months of this year, while imports surged by 42 percent, Chinese customs data showed. China
mainly imports agricultural and mining products from Laos, while exporting raw materials and
consumer goods, Gu said.
esides stimulating China-Laos economic interaction, the railway could serve as an economic catalyst
for the entire Lancang-Mekong region, which includes countries like Cambodia and Myanmar, by
facilitating countries' trade and personnel interactions, experts said.
"Building a rail network that includes both China and the Lancang-Mekong countries, some of which
are landlocked, is of vital importance to facilitate regional cooperation and economic development,"
Xu Liping, director of the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at the Chinese Academy. of Social
Sciences in Beijing said, giving the examples of faster shipments of Southeast Asia's fruits, Thailand's
auto parts, and electronic parts.
It will largely benefit Thailand via existing rail line that runs through Laos, experts noted.
In September, the Thailand Rail Transport Department unveiled a plan to develop areas in Nong Khai
to prepare for a rail connection with Laos. A section of the China-Laos rail line will be extended
from the Laotian capital to the border with Thailand. Thailand expects to be connected with Laos
and China in 2028, the Bangkok Post reported.
"Once Thailand is connected, it will lay a framework for building a trans-Asian network, as more
countries like Malaysia and Singapore could be connected via the rail land route in the future," Xu
told the Global Times on Wednesday.
He said that negotiations between China and Thailand have run into difficulties partly because the
Thailand side has put the price too high. There are other options, such as extending the China-Laos
railway further to Cambodia, a seaside country that has ports and shipping lines.
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Southwest China's Yunnan Province and the capital of Laos, Vientiane.
According to the Xinhua News Agency, the rail line, with a designated speed of 160 kilometers per
hour, will greatly shorten the travel time from Vientiane to the China-Laos border from two days to
just about three hours, while the journey to Kunming can. be done overnight.
Experts said that the railway will serve as an important transportation junction for Laos, an inland
country, and boost sectors of the Laotian economy like trade and tourism by facilitating the transport
of goods and tourists between the two countries.
"In the past, goods were transported between China and Laos by road, which is only good for small
quantities, or by air, which is relatively expensive. The China-Laos railway could greatly shorten the
transportation time, which I think will definitely encourage trade between the two countries,
particularly for farm goods, which have high requirements for freshness," Gu Xiaosong, dean of the
ASEAN Research Institute of Hainan Tropical Ocean University, told the Global Times on
Wednesday.
Gu said that China-Laos agricultural trade might double due to the railway's operation. Laos' entrepot
trade might also increase as other countries will use it as a transfer station in transporting goods to
and from China, he said.
China's exports to Laos increased by 12.7 percent on a yearly basis in US dollar terms in the first
10 months of this year, while imports surged by 42 percent, Chinese customs data showed. China
mainly imports agricultural and mining products from Laos, while exporting raw materials and
consumer goods, Gu said.
esides stimulating China-Laos economic interaction, the railway could serve as an economic catalyst
for the entire Lancang-Mekong region, which includes countries like Cambodia and Myanmar, by
facilitating countries' trade and personnel interactions, experts said.
"Building a rail network that includes both China and the Lancang-Mekong countries, some of which
are landlocked, is of vital importance to facilitate regional cooperation and economic development,"
Xu Liping, director of the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at the Chinese Academy. of Social
Sciences in Beijing said, giving the examples of faster shipments of Southeast Asia's fruits, Thailand's
auto parts, and electronic parts.
It will largely benefit Thailand via existing rail line that runs through Laos, experts noted.
In September, the Thailand Rail Transport Department unveiled a plan to develop areas in Nong Khai
to prepare for a rail connection with Laos. A section of the China-Laos rail line will be extended
from the Laotian capital to the border with Thailand. Thailand expects to be connected with Laos
and China in 2028, the Bangkok Post reported.
"Once Thailand is connected, it will lay a framework for building a trans-Asian network, as more
countries like Malaysia and Singapore could be connected via the rail land route in the future," Xu
told the Global Times on Wednesday.
He said that negotiations between China and Thailand have run into difficulties partly because the
Thailand side has put the price too high. There are other options, such as extending the China-Laos
railway further to Cambodia, a seaside country that has ports and shipping lines.
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