A bullet train speeds during its debut near a railway station in Shanghai January 28, 2007.
A bullet train departed from Fuzhou, the capital of east China's Fujian province Thursday morning, setting up the opening of the 277-km (172-mile) Fuzhou-Xiamen-Zhangzhou railway, Xinhua reported.
China Railway Siyuan Survey and Design Group Co Ltd designed the railway project.
China recently announced details of its plan to turn Fujian into a zone for integrated development with Taiwan, which sits opposite the province.
Separately, earlier this week China unveiled its first commercial suspended monorail line in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province.
Persons:
Aly Song, Bernard Orr, Christian Schmollinger
Organizations:
REUTERS, Rights, China State Railway Group Co, China Railway Siyuan Survey, Design, China Daily, Thomson
Locations:
Shanghai, CHINA, Rights BEIJING, China, Fujian, Taiwan Strait, Fuzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Xinhua, Taiwan, Wuhan, Hubei province, Beijing