At the G20 summit, after the Jakarta Bangkok High-speed Railway was successfully trial-run under the gaze of leaders of China and Indonesia , on the Indonesia network, an rap song titled "Song of Jakarta Bangkok" quickly became popular. The lyrics not only praised the convenience and speed of Jakarta Bangkok High-speed Railway, but also specifically mentioned China and praised the friendship between China and India. The concise lyrics are combined with cheerful melody, expressing the Indonesian people's expectations for the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway and their affirmation of China's infrastructure.
"If you want to be rich, build roads first" is a well-known old saying that every Chinese people is fully reflected in the Jakarta-Bandung High-speed Railway. Previously, the travel time from the capital of Indonesia, , Jakarta to the famous tourist city of Indonesia, , Wanlong , reached more than 3 hours, but after the Jakarta RT High-speed Railway was completed, it would only take more than 40 minutes to reduce the time to within 1 hour. Behind the number
, it not only facilitates the travel of the Indonesian people and improves the happiness of the local people, but also facilitates logistics between cities along the route, and forms a large number of localized industries, providing more opportunities for local people to find employment, and also provides development opportunities for cities along the route, which to a certain extent promotes Indonesia's economic development.
And this railway also carries the expectations of the Indonesian people. In the past few years since the construction of the Jakarta-Bandung High-speed Railway, whenever major construction and test drive nodes are encountered, many local Indonesian Internet celebrities will be attracted to start live broadcasts and witnessed with hundreds of thousands of fans. It is no exaggeration to say that as the first high-speed rail in Southeast Asia, the Jakarta-Bandung High-speed Railway is full of charm and pride for Indonesians.
In addition, this railway is of great significance to us and can be regarded as the first step for China's high-speed rail to go abroad. As the flagship project for China and Indonesia to jointly build the "Belt and Road" of China, the Jakarta-Bandung High-speed Railway is responsible for the entire system, all factors and all industrial chains. It is the first order for China's high-speed railway to go abroad.
On the stage of attracting world attention like the G20 Summit, the successful trial operation of the Jakarta-Bandung High-speed Railway will undoubtedly make China's high-speed railway's golden business card shining, and will also play a chain effect in the future and produce a positive demonstration effect, so as to encourage other ASEAN member countries and even countries in other continents to actively seek cooperation with China's high-speed railway. For example, Argentine President Fernandez came to China and talked about railway construction is a good example.
It is worth mentioning that when the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway attracted global attention, another railway built by China for ASEAN countries, China-Laos Railway also celebrated its first anniversary of its operation a few days ago. A year ago, the leaders of China and Laos witnessed the opening and operation of the China-Laos Railway through video links. A year later, the railway has sent a total of 8.5 million passengers and a total of 11.2 million tons of goods.
Since Laos is an undefeated landlocked country, due to geographical conditions, the country previously lacked stable international transportation channels. However, after the opening of the China-Laos Railway, Laos successfully connected with China's railway network and can also use China's power to achieve interconnection with the world through international transportation channels such as China-Europe Express. A China-Laos Railway has profoundly changed the transportation pattern in Laos and sowed the seeds of hope for Laos to accelerate the realization of industrialization and modernization.
Therefore, Lao Vice Prime Minister Song Sai Sipandun said that the China-Laos Railway is not only a landmark project of China-Laos friendship, but also the pride of the Lao people and the country. It is worth mentioning that Sipandun is not only the Deputy Prime Minister of Laos, but also the leader of the China-Laos Railway Project Guidance Group. Therefore, Sipandun understands the benefits of this railway to Laos more deeply than anyone else.
It can be seen from this that whether it is the Jakarta-Bandung High-speed Railway that will be operated next year or the China-Laos Railway that has been opened for more than a year, it is a strong endorsement of China's infrastructure overseas and overseas, and it has also become the pride of ASEAN countries. Interestingly, by the time the Jakarta-Bandung High-speed Railway is officially opened and operated next year, it will also be the tenth anniversary of the proposal of China's "Belt and Road" initiative. At that time, the opening of the Jakarta-Bandung High-speed Railway will also allow many countries around the world to see how much tangible benefits the "Belt and Road" initiative can bring to all countries.
