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

In this aerial photo taken on Aug. 25, 2018, workers set up girders for the Chanpan bridge which is part of the Yinchuan-Xi'an high-speed railway in Qingyang, northwest China's Gansu 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/Guo Xulei)