China's high-speed rail mileage tops 50,000 km

The first train of the Jinnan-Zhengzhou high-speed railway departs from Zhengzhou East Station in Zhengzhou, central China's Henan Province, Dec. 8, 2023. The Jinnan-Zhengzhou high-speed railway was open for operation on the same day. China, home to the world's largest high-speed rail network, has expanded its total operational mileage beyond 50,000 kilometers with the launch of a new high-speed line.

A "Fuxing" bullet train departed Friday morning from Yan'an, a sacred revolutionary heartland in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, for the provincial capital Xi'an, inaugurating the new route. (Xinhua/Li Jianan)