-- Chinese railways' fixed-asset investment in the first quarter rose 5.1% year on year to 137.9 billion yuan, Xinhua reported Saturday, citing China State Railway Group.
Some of the railway projects that are continuing are the Xi'an-Shiyan high-speed railway and the Shandong section of the Xiong'an-Shangqiu high-speed railway, the report said.
About 2,000 kilometers of new national railway lines are planned to start operations this year, the report said.