On 1 April, the National Development and Reform Commission approved the construction of a new railway between Chongqing and Guizhou. The new line will be 345km long and will have a maximum speed of 250 kph. Construction will start this year.

At present, it takes 11 hours to travel from Chongqing to Guizhou by train. This will be cut to less than two hours when the new line is completed.