“the china-laos railway is very convenient and is my first choice for traveling” - exclusive interview with somma phonsena, vice chairman of the lao national assembly｜high-end interview
2024-09-30
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hunan daily all-media reporter huang xinran
"the chinese have a saying that 'if you want to get rich, build roads first.' the opening of the china-laos railway is of great significance to laos." on august 11, vice chairman of the lao national assembly somma phonsena was interviewed by hunan daily in vientiane, the capital of laos. in an exclusive interview with reporters from all media, he said that the china-laos railway has transformed laos from a "land-locked country" to a "land-linked country", benefiting not only the people of china and laos, but also the people of the entire asean and even asia.
somma once served as the minister of public works and transport of laos for a long time, and devoted a lot of effort to promoting the construction and opening of the china-laos railway. previously, he choked up when talking about the lao people's desire for the china-laos railway: "laos is a landlocked country without a coastline. the lao people have wanted to have a railway for a long time. we are very fortunate to be neighbors with china."
"after the opening of the china-laos railway, the mountains are no longer high and the roads are no longer long. it has set up a major channel for cooperative development and mutual benefit between the two countries." songma said that the china-laos railway now also transports commodities from other asean countries. , such as thai durian and other fruits.
song ma, who is proficient in chinese, quoted the chinese saying "when the train rings, there is a thousand taels of gold" to describe the driving role of this golden corridor in the economy of the areas along the route. "the china-laos railway has become a new landmark in laos. many heads of state will take the train when they come to laos, and many tourists also come to experience this popular railway line." somma said, "the china-laos railway is very convenient and is my first choice for travel. ”
seeing a poem printed on the reporter's clothes, song ma blurted out: "the country of furong is full of sunshine, this is written by chairman mao!" he opened up his chatterbox and talked about his fate with hunan.
"i have been to shibadong village in huayuan county, xiangxi, hunan. its development and changes are the epitome of china's achievements in poverty alleviation." song ma introduced that in november 2023, shibadong village and tingsong village in luang prabang province, laos signed a the international sister village agreement of intent was entered into. he believes that tingsong village is a "small but beautiful" village. it can learn from the poverty alleviation experience and practices of shibadong village, develop industries according to local conditions, and allow villagers to get rid of poverty through their own "blood production".
china and laos share the same mountains and water sources, and are friendly socialist neighbors with a shared future and a shared destiny. in october last year, the top leaders of the two countries jointly signed the action plan for building a china-laos community with a shared future (2024-2028) in beijing, giving new connotation to the relations between the two countries.
"the relationship between countries lies in the closeness between the people, and the closeness between the peoples lies in the heart-to-heart connection." somma said that china and laos can further strengthen exchanges and cooperation in economics, trade, agriculture and other aspects. "i saw in northern laos that the chinese agricultural department is promoting greenhouse cultivation and killing crops. insect technology, the exchange between the two countries should be like this, close and working together. "
