The passenger train service connecting Manzhouli City in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region with Zabaykalsk in Russia officially resumed operations on Sunday after suspending for six years.
At 11:00, an inbound train from Zabaykalsk arrived at Manzhouli Station, marking the reopening of another vital passenger transport corridor on the China-Russia border.
Trains will run in both directions twice a week, covering a distance of 9.8 kilometers in approximately 25 minutes.
To ensure efficient and smooth customs processing, Manzhouli Station has upgraded its international waiting area, adding multilingual signage and consultation windows. The ticketing and customs verification processes have been simplified, and a collaboration mechanism with border inspection and customs departments has been in place, reducing traveler's customs processing time by nearly one hour.
Manzhouli Port, located at the tri-junction of China, Russia, and Mongolia, serves as a crucial hub connecting the Eurasian Land Bridge and handles over 65 percent of land transport for China-Russia trade.
China-Russia passenger train resumes operation after 6 years
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday urged efforts to carry out search and rescue operations in a scientific manner after a landslide struck a county in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, leaving people trapped and missing.
The landslide occurred at 9:08 Friday in Hanjia Sub-district along a section of the Wujiang River in Pengshui Miao and Tujia Autonomous County, burying several residential buildings at the foot of the mountain. Ten people had been rescued as of 14:00, according to local authorities.
In his instructions, Xi stressed the need for scientific search and rescue operations to prevent secondary disasters, and called for proper medical treatment for the injured and appropriate arrangements for the aftermath. He also urged relevant departments to identify the cause of the disaster, draw lessons from this case and conduct thorough inspections to eliminate geological hazards. Xi emphasized that all regions and relevant departments must further fulfill their safety responsibilities, strengthen monitoring, early warning and risk inspection systems, and ensure that all work is carried out in a concrete and meticulous manner, so as to effectively protect the lives and property of the people.
The Ministry of Natural Resources on Friday raised its geological disaster emergency response to Level II from Level III and dispatched a working team to the site.
A four-tier emergency response system is in place for geological disasters, with Level I being the most severe.
Xi urges scientific search and rescue efforts after Chongqing landslide
