STORY: China-Laos Railway sees surging cross-border flow in Spring Festival travel rush
SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 22, 2025
DATELINE: Feb. 24, 2025
LENGTH: 00:01:17
LOCATION: MOHAN, China
CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of passengers of China-Laos Railway
2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): SHI XUELIAN, Chinese tourist
3. various of foreign passengers
4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): PLANCHON LEA CLEMENTINE, French tourist

STORYLINE:

Mohan port in southwest China's Yunnan Province handled a total of 42,000 inbound and outbound passenger trips on the China-Laos Railway during the 40-day 2025 Spring Festival travel rush, up 49 percent year-on-year according to checkpoint data.

SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): SHI XUELIAN, Chinese tourist
"I'm from Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province. I learned from the social media app Xiaohongshu that Luang Prabang in Laos has stunning scenery. I found the China-Laos Railway to be very fast, convenient, and efficient, with excellent service." 

The border checkpoint also processed over 6,000 inbound and outbound foreign passengers from 64 countries and regions during the period.

SOUNDBITE 2 (English): PLANCHON LEA CLEMENTINE, French tourist
"I'm looking forward to being able to experience the Spring Festival in China at this time. We have read lots of introductions to the Chinese New Year, such as on TikTok. We are very curious about the Chinese New Year, so we want to feel it. And we will go to Kunming, Dali, and Lijiang. I think it will be very great. So I'm excited."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Mohan, China.
(XHTV)