China will build a second railway connecting Tibet with other parts of the country, expanding its connectivity with the Himalayan region. The railway will be built between Tibet Autonomous Region’s capital city Lhasa and Chengdu, capital of Sichuan Province, in southwest China.
According to the draft outline of the 13th Five-Year Plan on national economy and social development submitted today to the national legislature for examination, the plan is to be implemented from this year after its approval. The new rail line is in addition to the Qinghai-Tibet Railway linking Tibet with inland regions of China.