时政新闻学英语之60：中国高铁领跑世界

本文选自Chinadaily，链接是China has 60% of world's high-speed railway。

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Photo taken on July 11, 2018 shows a Beijing-Tianjin intercity（城际铁路） train at Wuqing Railway Station in Tianjin, North China.

BEIJING - China has 25,000 km of high-speed railway, accounting for（占据） over 60 percent of the world's total, official data showed.

By the end of 2017, China had built and put into service（运行里程达） 127,000 km of railway, up 150 percent from 1978 when the country started its reform and opening-up, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)（国家统计局）.

The figures came from a report released by the NBS which said China has made great strides（巨大进步） in transport system construction.

By the end of 2017, China had built 4.77 million km of highway（干线）, up 440 percent from 1978, among which 136,000 km was expressway（高速公路）, said the NBS.