The New Baishatuo Yangtze River railway bridge is seen with the previous Baishatuo Yangtze River railway bridge in Chongqing on Jan 9, 2018. The new double-decker steel truss cable stay railway bridge has four tracks on the upper deck for passenger trains with a designed speed of 200 meters per hour, and two on the lower deck for cargo trains with designed speed of 120 kilometers per hour. The overall length of the bridge is 5.32 kilometers, of which the main bridge is 920 meters. [Photo by Su Zhigang/provided to chinadaily.com.cn] |
John Edwards, the UK trade commissioner for China, praised Chongqing over its rise as a burgeoning center in intelligent manufacturing.