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Track-laying work completed for major railway in China's Xinjiang (7)

(Xinhua) 11:19, September 28, 2021

Aerial photo taken on Sept. 27, 2021 shows a section of the Hotan-Ruoqiang Railway under construction in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The track-laying work for the Hotan-Ruoqiang Railway, the final section of the Taklimakan Desert railway loop line, was completed on Monday morning in Xinjiang's Minfeng County. Construction on the Hotan-Ruoqiang Railway started in December 2018. As a key national railway project extending over 825 km, it links up Hotan City in Hotan Prefecture with Ruoqiang County in Bayingolin Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture. The Hotan-Ruoqiang Railway is expected to open in June 2022. (Xinhua/Gu Yu)


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