The Baotou-Huinong section of the high-speed railway connecting the industrial city in north China's Inner Mongolia and Yinchuan, capital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region in the northwest, was completed and started operation on Tuesday.
This marked the full-line operation of the Baotou-Yinchuan Highspeed Railway.
The D4667 train departed from Baotou Railway Station at 10:08 on Tuesday, and arrived at the Yinchuan Railway Station at 12:45.
The newly-opened section between Baotou and Huinong district in Shizuishan City of Ningxia, which is north of Yinchuan, includes 10 stations, with six of them newly built.
Spanning 97 kilometers, the Huinong-Yinchuan section, with three stations, went into operation in October 2024.
With a total length of 519 kilometers, the Baotou-Yinchuan high-speed railway line has a design speed of 250 kilometers per hour, and includes 13 stations, cutting travel time between Baotou and Yinchuan from about six hours to less than three.
"The completion and operation of the Baotou-Huinong section of the Baotou-Yinchuan high-speed railway marks the longest high-speed railway line opened at one go in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. With this addition, the total operational mileage of high-speed railway lines in Inner Mongolia has reached 880 kilometers, connecting seven cities to the national high-speed railway network," said Li Chao, head of railway and civil aviation division of the department of transportation in the autonomous region.
The full-line operation of the Baotou-Yinchuan high-speed railway, together with the Beijing-Baotou and Yinchuan-Lanzhou high-speed railways, connects five provincial-level regions of Beijing, Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia and Gansu, and further improves the layout of the national high-speed railway network, and is expected to play a significant role in promoting high-quality development along the Yellow River basin and fostering new pattern in the large-scale development of the western region.
Full operation starts on Baotou-Yinchuan high-speed railway
China's top housing authority has pledged to stabilize the real-estate market, rolling out a package of measures centered on city-specific policies to reduce inventories and optimize housing supply.
At a national conference held in Beijing on Tuesday, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development announced that stabilizing the real estate market will be a central priority next year.
In 2026, local governments across China are expected to focus on city-specific policies aimed at controlling new housing supply, reducing existing inventory, and optimizing housing availability. Efforts will be integrated with urban renewal projects and the redevelopment of urban villages to revitalize and better utilize existing land resources. Authorities will also promote the acquisition of unsold commercial housing stock for conversion into affordable housing, resettlement units, dormitories, and apartments for skilled professionals.
The supply of government-subsidized housing will be optimized and implemented with greater precision, while a national housing quality improvement initiative will advance the orderly construction of "good homes." The role of the real estate project "whitelist" system will be further expanded to support the reasonable financing needs of property developers.
Municipal governments are encouraged to make full use of their autonomy in real estate regulation, adjusting and refining housing policies as appropriate to support both rigid and improvement-oriented housing needs, thereby fostering stable operation across local property markets.
China will also accelerate the formation of a new development model for the real estate sector. This includes building a foundational institutional framework, solidifying the corporate-based project development model, implementing a lead bank system for real estate financing, and promoting the sale of completed homes, effectively reducing the risk of delivery failures. For areas that continue with pre-sale practices, stricter oversight will be applied to the management of pre-sale funds to protect buyers' legal rights.
At the same time, reforms to the housing provident fund system will be deepened. The government will launch a campaign to improve the quality of property services and explore a new model of community governance led by grassroots Party organizations in collaboration with neighborhood committees, homeowners' associations, and property management companies. Moreover, the "property services plus lifestyle services" model will be explored, expanding property-related services into households.
China pledges to stabilize property market
