New high speed rail line opens to boost economy of SW China

The high-speed train G3002 runs past the Guiding section on a newly-opened rail line in Guiding County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, June 18, 2015. A new high speed rail line connecting southwest China's Guizhou Province with the economically better-off eastern regions opened on Thursday. The six-station line connects Xinhuang, a county bordering Guizhou in Hunan Province, and Guiyang, provincial capital of Guizhou. The track is 286 kilometers and forms part of the high-speed rail connecting Shanghai and southwest China's Kunming City. (Xinhua/Liu Xu)