Laos border railway building large-scale logistics center

December 29, supporting projects in the old railway Mohan Mohan in Yunnan Railway Logistics Center started, the first phase investment of about 1.8 million, will mainly take the old railway goods storage and transportation and rail welding and other tasks.

Han is located in southern Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, and Laos, the small port of mountains and rivers grinding, is the only state-level leading to Laos land boundary control points. Accordance with the "Intergovernmental Agreement on Trans-Asian Railway Network Plan", Kunming, Yunnan, Trans-Asian Railway will start from the center line, after leaving from Mohan, leading to 680 km outside the capital, Vientiane, Laos, and then via Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, extended to Singapore.

It is reported that Mohan international freight rail logistics center will be the main functions of distribution and bonded logistics. An investment of about 1.8 billion yuan, covers an area of 500 acres for the construction of rail welding base, ballast and sleepers pre-market, cement steel, depots and other facilities, to provide support for future railway construction.

Vice Minister of Chinese Ministry of Railways, said Chun Lu room, Mohan railway logistics center is the old international railway corridor in an important part. Mohan railway logistics center project implementation, for improving the layout of the railway network in Yunnan, China and Laos to promote economic and trade exchanges, promote China-ASEAN Free Trade Area is of great significance. At the same time, it will greatly promote the economic and social development in Yunnan.

Recently, the Lao National Assembly approved the construction of the railway from China to Laos plans. In the old part of the railway is also being processed in China, but has not yet announced specific start time.