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Photo taken on Dec. 21 Jonathan Quick Jersey , 2017 shows a model of the first phase of the high-speed railway linking Bangkok with Nakhon Ratchasima province in Pak Chong, Thailand. Thailand and China jointly inaugurated the construction of Thailand's first high-speed railway from Bangkok to northeastern province of Nakhon Ratchasima on Thursday. (XinhuaLi Mangmang)
by Chen Jiabao


BANGKOK, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- The China-Thailand high-speed railway will push bilateral relations to a new high, Chinese Ambassador Lyu Jian said at a ground-breaking ceremony in the northeastern Thai province of Nakhon Ratchasima.


The construction of Thailand's first high-speed railway marked notable progress in pragmatic cooperation between the two countries as well as a major achievement in jointly promoting the Belt and Road Initiative and regional connectivity, Lyu told the Chinese and Thai media on Thursday.


The cross-border railway Dustin Brown Jersey , the first standard-gauge high-speed project built with Chinese technologies in Thailand, will be linked with the China-Laos railway and China's southern Yunnan province in the north and will connect Malaysia and Singapore southward, said the ambassador, adding that the project will improve regional connectivity and tap potentials of regional growth along the railway by setting up border economic zones, industrial parks and logistic hubs.


The economic development of less developed inland regions could be potentially driven by the railway Anze Kopitar Jersey , which in turn will significantly narrow regional economic disparity and promote overall development and prosperity, said the ambassador.


The 253-km Bangkok-Nakhon Ratchasima line, the first phase of the China-Thailand railway project, is just a small part of China-Thailand railway cooperation, but also a great step forward Drew Doughty Jersey , which lays the foundation for more effective and smoother cooperation in the future, he said.


The first phase of the railway, linking Bangkok and Nakhon Ratchasima with a maximum speed of 250 km per hour, will cut the traveling time by train from 5 to 6 hours to only 1.5 hours.


A 355-km second phase will extend the railway from Nakhon Ratchasima to Nong Khai province