（Xinhua）Since its launch in December 2021, the China-Laos Railway had handled over 9 million passenger trips as of Thursday, said the China Railway Kunming Group Co., Ltd.

Some 7.54 million passenger trips were registered in the railway's China section, while about 1.46 million were logged in its Laos section.

Since the beginning of 2023, the railway has seen a growing momentum in its passenger volume, with its average daily dispatched number of passengers reaching 29,000, which almost doubled compared with the same period in 2022.

The China section has added multiple-unit trains to 20 pairs daily on average to meet the increasing passenger travel demand, said the group.

As a landmark project of high-quality Belt and Road cooperation, the 1,035-km China-Laos Railway connects Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province, with the Laotian capital Vientiane.

据中国铁路昆明局集团有限公司消息，截至1月5日，中老铁路累计发送旅客突破900万人次。其中，中国段发送旅客754万人次，老挝段发送旅客146万人次。

中老铁路于2021年12月3日全线建成通车，线路北起中国昆明，南至老挝万象，全长1000多公里，为服务两国民众便捷高效出行发挥了积极作用。

进入2023年，中老铁路客流逐步回暖，日均发送旅客达2.9万人次，发送量比去年同期增长近1倍。为满足旅客出行需求，中老铁路中国段动态增开动车组列车，日均开行达到20对；老挝段客流也实现稳步增长，列车由初期开行2对到高峰期开行5对，日均发送旅客6000余人次。

2023年春节临近，中国铁路昆明局集团有限公司进一步科学分析旅客出行需求，不断增加运力投入，灵活增开旅客列车，优化站车服务措施，满足旅客出行需求，同时针对老幼病残孕重点旅客推行差异化服务，给旅客更好出行体验。（中文稿件来源：新华社）