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

A bullet train of Beijing-Zhangjiakou high-speed railway passes through Juyongguan Tunnel and heads for Taizicheng from Beijing, Jan. 21, 2022. 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/Xing Guangli)