Tens of thousands of citizens in Jingmen, Hubei Province, took part in a campaign lobbying for a high-speed railway to pass through their city on April 12, in an attempt to compete with their counterparts in Jingzhou, a neighboring city, who lodged a similar appeal in late March.
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More than 10,000 citizens in Jingzhou, some 80 kilometers to the south of Jingmen, endorsed a proposal for a railway to pass through its high-speed railway station on 28 March and 29, China Business Journal reported.
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The competing proposals come as part of fierce competition between neighboring cities nationwide, all of whom hope that high-speed railways can boost local economic growth.
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China Railway Corporation statistics showed that China had over 110,000 kilometers of railways, 15,000 kilometers of which were high-speed railways as of the end of 2014.Â
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 Tens of thousands of citizens in Jingmen, Hubei Province, took part in a campaign lobbying for a high-speed railway to pass through their city on April 12, in an attempt to compete with their counterparts in Jingzhou, a neighboring city, who lodged a similar appeal in late March.
