two thousand and twenty-oneyeartwelvemonththreedayafternoonfourspotforty-fivebranchA train left Kunming railway station for Laos, marking the official opening of the China Laos Railway.China Laos Railwaytwo thousand and sixteenyeartwelveFull start of construction on a monthly basis，yes“The Belt and Road Initiative”Initiatives“Building Southeast AsiaLand associated country”strategyIt covers important projects and is the first international electrified mixed passenger and freight railway mainly invested and constructed by the Chinese side, with the entire line adopting Chinese standards, using Chinese equipment, and directly connected to the Chinese railway network. Starting from Kunming City, China, heading south through Yuxi City, Pu'er City, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture to the capital of Laos, Vientiane,overall lengthone thousandMultiple kilometers, designed speed per hourone hundred and sixtykilometre，Co establishmentforty-threeStations，Newly established domestic sectionelevenThe stations are Eshan Station, Huanian Station, and Yuanjiang StationMojiang Station, Ning'er Station, Pu'er Station, Yexianggu Station, Xishuangbanna Station, Olive Dam Station, Mengla Station, and Mohan Station. The opening of the China Laos Railway is of great significance to urban construction, tourism, agriculture and trade in Laos.

In addition, the China Thailand Railway project is also in full swing. China Thailand Railway 2017yeartwelvemonthtwenty-onedayStarting construction, divided into two phases. The first phase of the project is planned to connect Bangkok with Nakhon Ratchasima in the northeast, and the second phase of the project will extend to Langkai, an important border trade town in the northeast of Thailand, which is only a river away from Vientiane, the capital of Laos, to realize the connection with the China Laos railway. Director of the National Railway Administration of Thailand, Nero, stated that every effort will be made to ensure that the China Thailand Railway cantwo thousand and twenty-eightFully put into use in the year. The Abiwat Central Station located in Bangkok, Thailand will also undertake the transfer function between the China Laos Thailand high-speed railway and the Thailand Malaysia Singapore high-speed railway.

The great blueprint of the China Laos Thailand railway connection has also attracted the attention of Southeast Asian countries such as Malaysia and Cambodia.

In recent years, Malaysia has continued to promote the construction of the East Coast Railway,two thousand and seventeenyeareightmonthnineOn the day, the Malaysia East Coast Railway project undertaken by China Communications Construction Corporation officially began construction, attempting to connect the Trans Asian Railway centerline with the Thai high-speed railway.

On February 11, 2023, China and Cambodia issued the "China Cambodia Joint Declaration" in Beijing, which stated that China will fully support the connection between the China Laos Thailand Railway and Cambodia.

Cambodian Minister of Public Works and Transport Sun Zhantuo stated that Cambodia will build a high-speed railway connecting the capital Phnom Penh and the largest border city of Cambodia and Thailand, Pobe, with a total length ofthree hundred and eighty-twoKilometers, designed at a speed ofone hundred and sixtytotwo hundredKilometers. China will support Cambodia in carrying out preliminary work such as railway planning, design, feasibility study, and timely launch of project construction.

Southeast Asian countries will enter the era of high-speed railway in the future, and China has not only brought advanced railway construction technology, management and operation methods, but also demonstrated the good hope of common prosperity of countries along the "the Belt and Road".