* Since the China-Laos Railway started operation on Dec. 3, 2021, the time and logistics costs for freight transportation between China and Laos have significantly decreased, and economic and trade cooperation between the two countries further deepened.
* In 2023, the bilateral trade volume between China and Laos reached 7.1 billion U.S. dollars, up 26.6 percent year on year.
* As of Dec. 2, over 346,000 passengers from 108 countries and regions have traveled across border on the China-Laos Railway. Among them, about 49,000 were foreign nationals, with approximately 87 percent of them entering China visa-free.
KUNMING, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) — Three years since its launch, the China-Laos Railway has handled over 43 million passenger trips and…



























