China-Laos railway expected to be fully operational in 2021

Construction workers install a steel girder as they built a bridge across the Yuanjiang River along the China-Laos railway project in Yuxi, southwest China's Yunnan Province, June 22, 2018. Linking Yuxi in southwest China and the Lao capital Vientiane, the China-Laos railway is expected to be fully operational in December 2021. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)