Strategic Xinjiang-Tibet Railway to be part of China’s transport powerhouse project

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(TibetanReview.net, Aug11’25) – The Xinjiang–Tibet Railway which China plans to begin building this year is among 45 major projects outlined in China’s Ministry of Transport’s 2025 Plan for Major Projects in Building China into a Transport Powerhouse, reported China’s official chinadaily.com.cn Aug 10, citing a ministry release in February.

The report noted that speaking at a news conference in April, Jin Jingdong, deputy director of the ministry’s Comprehensive Planning Department, said preliminary work on the railway was being accelerated, with construction targeted to begin within the year.

Initial surveying for the railway was stated to have been completed, ...

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