China's high-speed railway length to top 30,000 km in 2019

Workers start to lay the tracks for the Beijing-Zhangjiakou high-speed railway line at Huailai section in north China's Hebei Province, Nov. 1, 2018. China plans to build 3,200 km of new high-speed railways in 2019, with the total length expected to exceed 30,000 km, Lu Dongfu, general manager of the China Railway (CR), told a work conference Wednesday. (Xinhua/Yang Shiyao)