Off the wire
• China investing heavily in Tibet education subsidy  • China to join horticultural exhibition in Turkey  • First round scores of Australian PGA Championship  • China's top legislator concludes Laos visit with fruitful results  • Gray-haired Shanghai expands old-age subsidies  • China, Japan restart ruling party talks  • Roundup: Millions of Shiite Muslims end largest pilgrimage in Iraq's holy Karbala  • Roundup: Migrant dies on Greece-Macedonia border, tension rising  • Formula One to have 21 races in 2016 season  • China has vaccine against HFMD virus  
You are here: 　 Home

China, Thailand ink intergovernmental document on railway project

Xinhua, December 3, 2015 Adjust font size:

China and Thailand signed an intergovernmental framework document on railway cooperation here on Thursday, which serves as an important basis for future efforts to push forward the railway project.

The foundational document for the bilateral cooperation in constructing an 867-kilometer medium-speed railway line in Thailand was signed by Thai Transport Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith and deputy head of China's National Development and Reform Commission Wang Xiaotao.

The signing ceremony was held at the ninth meeting of the Joint Committee on Railway Cooperation between the Thailand and China.

In addition, a contract was signed by the China National Cereals, Oils and Foodstuffs Corporation and the Foreign Trade Department of the Commerce Ministry of Thailand, under which the Chinese enterprise will purchase 1 million tons of newly-harvested rice from Thailand.

China's Sinochem and the Rubber Authority of Thailand also inked a purchase agreement, under which Thailand will sell 200,000 tons of natural rubber to the Chinese enterprise. Enditem