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

Aerial photo taken on July 16, 2017 shows the entrance of the Qingyang tunnel on the Jinan-Qingdao high-speed railway in east China's Shandong Province. 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)