Cross-border transport handled by China-Laos Railway hits a record high in the first half of 2025, with robust growth in both passenger flow and freight volume.
According to Mohan's entry-exit frontier inspection station on the China-Laos border, as of 10:00 on Monday, the Mohan railway port recorded more than 145,000 outbound and inbound passenger trips from 91 countries and regions in the first half of the year, marking increases of 16 percent and 3.5 percent, respectively, on a yearly basis.
"I have come to China many times. China is really big and beautiful. This is my second time to take a train on the China-Laos Railway. It feels smooth and comfortable. Besides, Malaysians are exempt from visas to China. It is very convenient," said Vivien Lim Chui Lye, a Malaysian traveler.
On the freight front, the China-Laos-Thailand cold-chain logistics route has shortened transit time from 55 hours to 40 hours, and the Lancang-Mekong Express service on the China-Laos Railway between Kunming City, Yunnan Province, and Vientiane, capital of Laos, has achieved 26-hour delivery.
"Our company's vegetables depart from Yuxi and use the Lancang-Mekong Express service via the China-Laos Railway to reach Laos' Vientiane, which only takes about 20 hours. Compared with road transportation, it saves about one-third of the time. Because of this, the company's import and export business has increased by about 10 percent this year," said Zhao Meng, head of a Yunnan international logistics company. In the first half of this year, the railway handled more than three million tons of cross-border freight ranging from farm produce, industrial products to daily necessities, up by 8.6 percent year on year.
China-Laos Railway cross-border transport registers new record in H1
