BEIJING, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- China has made steady progress on a number of key railway projects as investment in railway construction continued to expand in 2026, generating a notable driving effect and injecting fresh momentum into regional economic and social development, the national railway operator said on Monday.
Fixed-asset investment in the railway sector totaled 440.6 billion yuan (about 64.92 billion U.S. dollars) in the first seven months of the year, up 1.8 percent year on year, according to China State Railway Group Co., Ltd.
Recent projects included the opening of Foshan Station on the Guangzhou-Zhanjiang high-speed railway in south China's Guangdong Province, and the full-line testing on the Xi'an-Ankang high-speed railway in northwest China, among others. (....)