Yuxi Municipal People's Government
China-Laos Railway—A Golden Way That Brings Opportunities and Development
As the China-Laos Railway sped through the mountains, and the industrial development momentum along the line was surging. In the past three years, the China-Laos Railway has effectively promoted the development of industries along the line, as well as the logistics hubs and industrial zones along the way. Driven by this golden channel, Yuxi City has embraced the railway economy, and is now on its way of fast high-quality development.
As the city with the most stations along the China-Laos Railway, Yuxi actively gives play to the advantages of logistics supply chain agglomeration and industrial chain construction along the China-Laos Railway, and vigorously develops its compound urban economy. Among all the 5 stations, Yuxi Station focuses on the development of new business forms and new economy such as health care, business support, leisure & entertainment, and convenient logistics, to build a new city with high-speed railway. Yanhe Station is working on the layout of grain storage, cold chain logistics, CNC machine tools and other industries, to create a new model of the deep integration of modern service industry and advanced manufacturing industry. Eshan Station and Huanian Station are working on the development of green steel, equipment manufacturing and integrated logistics industries, vigorously promoting the replacement and upgrading of Yukun and Xianfu steel production capacity. Yuanjiang Station is making efforts on creating silicon manganese alloy, nickel, manganese, cobalt nonferrous metal metallurgical new materials industry, logistics, commerce and so on.
On July 21st, workers were busy among the lush potted flowers in the intelligent flower planting greenhouse of Yuxi Ziyu Flower Industry Co., Ltd. This company is a leading enterprise in agricultural industrialization engaged in the production and sales of rose seedlings, potted roses, potted succulents and potted phalaenopsis. With a very productive operation mode, this company has built a research and development platform in cooperation with multiple scientific research institutes, and owns 17 national patents. Flowers from Yuxi are sold far to first-tier and second-tier cities across China and have become a well-known brand in Yunnan's flower industry.
Recently, visitors to Yimen have noticed a café in Luzhi Town, which looks exactly like a tape recorder. With 3.5 meters wide, 10 meters long, and weighing 6 tons, it perfectly replicates the iconic dual-cassette tape recorder from the 1980s, and the owner continuously plays pop music from the 1980s, attracting an increasing number of netizens and tourists to explore it. This highly creative café, which has gone viral on social media, has become a popular local landmark for photo check-ins.
Cherry blossoms are in full bloom at Hongtashan Park, attracting visitors with its springtime spectacle. On March 25, many citizens flocked here to admire the flowers, enjoy the scenery, and take photos, creating a beautiful landscape. Every year when the cherry blossoms bloom, Hongtashan Park draws a large number of tourists.
Performers of Yuxi Nie’er Bamboo Orchestra performed on the D87 China-Laos Railway international passenger train in Jan. 14. At 8:08 am, the China-Laos Railway international passenger train No. D87 left Kunming South Railway Station and headed for Vientiane, Laos. Different from the previous train, the joy and vibe of a transnational artistic performance was spreading all over the train, so that audience of all kinds of "screens" can feel the joy of this international train. (Photo by Hu Chao/Xinhua News Agency)
