High-level Asia-Pacific meeting opens in Xi'an

The High-level Meeting on Deepening Digitalization of International Rail Transport in Asia-Pacific opened on May 13 in Xi'an, capital of Northwest China's Shaanxi province.

The opening of the meeting in Xi'an. [Photo/Xi'an news network]

The meeting was organized by the Global Sustainable Transport Innovation and Knowledge Center, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN-ESCAP), and Greater Tumen Initiative. Government officials and experts from countries including Azerbaijan, Cambodia, Georgia, and Kazakhstan, as well as representatives from the transportation sector, are gathered at the meeting, which will last two days, to provide suggestions for promoting sustainable railway connectivity in Northeast Asia and the Pan-Asian railway network.

Xie Hui, deputy director of the Global Sustainable Transport Innovation and Knowledge Center, introduced the Railway Standards Connectivity Scheme (RSCS)'s standard frame and cooperation mechanism. Song Yang, chairman of Shaanxi Rail Transit Group Co, introduced the overseas cooperation situation.

Officials and experts attend the meeting. [Photo/Xi'an news network]

The center will form an RSCS working group with transportation departments, railway companies, and experts from neighboring countries to research the goals, functional requirements, indicator systems, rules and standards, and best practice cases for sustainable railways.

RSCS will serve as the foundation for the interconnection of railway standards in neighboring countries, providing technical support, talent support, and international cooperation for the development of specific rules and standards, and supporting the construction of a safe, efficient, green, and globally sustainable transportation system.

UN-ESCAP highly appreciated the railway interconnection standard cooperation platform proposed by the center and hoped that the center would play an important role in global transportation cooperation, organizing the countries involved to undertake relevant work and share project progress and achievements with the Pan Asian Railway Working Group in a timely manner.