Major railway to forge new links through western China

Aerial photo taken on July 21, 2020 shows the Golmud-Korla railway line that is under construction near Altun Mountains in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. - Xinhua

URUMQI, (Xinhua): A major railway line linking northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and Qinghai Province was put into operation on Wednesday (Dec 9), paving the way for the accelerated development of the country's western region.

The 1,206km Golmud-Korla railway, linking the city of Golmud in Qinghai and the city of Korla in Xinjiang, is the third railway facilitating exchanges between Xinjiang and other regions.