China opens new high-speed railway linking Chengdu, Yibin

China on Tuesday opened the Chengdu-Zigong-Yibin high-speed railway in southwest China's Sichuan Province, linking the provincial capital of Chengdu with the cities of Zigong and Yibin. 　

The Chengdu-Zigong-Yibin high-speed railway boasts a designed speed of 350 km per hour and has 12 stations along its 261 km line.　Due to complicated terrain, the new line has 231 bridges and 29 tunnels. 　

Through cutting travel time, the line is designed to help cities like Yibin and Zigong in south Sichuan and other cities in the neighboring provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou further integrate into the Chengdu-Chongqing economic circle. 　

(Reporter: Lv Yang, Liu Zhongjun, Wang Peng 　Editor: Wang Xiaoting)