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ʻO ke kaʻaahi Kina-Laos, kahi kaʻaahi e moe ana ma mua o 1,000 kilomita mai Kunming ma ke Komohana Hema o Kina, ke kapikala o ka panalāʻau ʻo Yunnan, a i Vientiane ma Laos, e manaʻo ʻia e hoʻomaka i nā lawelawe ma ka hopena o kēia makahiki, e like me ka China State Railway Group Co Ltd, ka mea hoʻokele kaʻaahi o ka ʻāina.

Ua hoʻopau ʻia ke kūkulu ʻana o ke alahao i ka Pōʻalua ma ke kalana ʻo Mengla o ke aupuni kūʻokoʻa ʻo Xishuangbanna Dai, kahi kokoke i kahi awa ʻāina ma ka palena ʻo Kina-Laos.

Me ka wikiwiki i hoʻolālā ʻia he 160 km i kēlā me kēia hola, ua hoʻolālā ʻia e wehe ʻia ka lawelawe kaʻaahi palena ʻāina ma waena o nā kūlanakauhale ʻelua i Dekemaba. Manaʻo ʻia e hōʻemi ke ala halihali pololei i ka manawa huakaʻi ma waena o nā kūlanakauhale ʻelua i ka emi ma mua o hoʻokahi lā.

Ua hoʻohana ke alahao holoʻokoʻa i nā kūlana loea o ke alahao Kina a hoʻohana i nā lako Kina. I kēia manawa, ua hoʻopau ʻia nā papahana alanui alahao, nā alahaka, nā tunnels, a me nā papahana e pili ana i ka mana, e like me ka ʻike i hāʻawi ʻia e Yunnan Provincial Railway Investment Co Ltd ma Kunming, kahi mea hoʻopukapuka kālā nui i ka papahana.

Holo ke alahao ma waena o ka ʻāpana kuʻi pālahalaha India-Eurasia, kahi e hōʻike ana i nā awāwa a me nā muliwai e keʻa ana. Aia he 167 mau tunnels ma ke alahao Kina-Laos. ʻO ka lōʻihi o nā tunnels e hōʻuluʻulu ʻia ma mua o 590 km, e helu ana i 63 pakeneka o ka huina o ke alahao.