Work on three railways in Southwest China's Yunnan province, which will serve the Belt and Road Initiative, began in 2016 as the province builds logistics channels to Southeast Asia.

Liu Baisheng, director of the Kunming Railway Bureau in Yunnan and a deputy to the National People's Congress, said the railways - the Yuxi-Mohan Railway, Dali-Lincang Railway and Dali-Ruili Railway - connect with Southeast Asian countries.

The three are among 13 railways under construction in the province this year - in total more than 2,385 kilometers at a cost of more than 244 billion yuan ($35.3 billion).

Source: China daily.com