That Beijing, together with Zhangjiakou,     1     (succeed) in getting the chance to host the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in 2015, speeds up the development of Zhangjiakou City.

Word came     2     the Beijing-Zhangjiakou high-speed railway,     3     (locate) in North China, is currently under construction, and is expected to be completed by 2021 in preparation for the cities to host the 2022 Winter Olympics. Starting from Beijing North Railway Station and heading west through the Great Wall three times in the capital’s territory, the project is a big challenge,     4     designers say the explosions needed to dig the tunnels will not have an impact on the structure. The line has a     5     (long) of 174km as a double tracked passenger dedicated line(双轨道乘客专线), with ten stations situated along       6     (it) route. Having a     7     (totally) investment of 31.17 billion yuan ($5 billion), the trip between the two cities will only take 40 minutes, with the train     8     (travel) at an average of 250 km/h. According to the plan, the high-speed railway will build two branch lines — one is to Yanqing Station and the other     9     Taizicheng of Chongli, where the Olympic village lies. The full railway, which includes a 70-kilometer section through Beijing, will be completed in one and     10     half years.

A freight (货运) train loaded with grain from Kazakhstan arrived in Zhangjiakou on Dec 13. It came after a journey    1    passed through the Horgos railway port in Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.

It was the first freight train from overseas    2    (arrive) in Zhangjiakou after the launch of the China-Europe (Central Asia) route at the end of August, and took 10 days to travel more than 4, 000 kilometers.

The government said the train’s arrival represented the    3    (office) opening of the Zhangjiakou section of the route in both directions, enabling two-way trade and establishing an important    4    (found) for the development of Zhangjiakou as a multimodal transportation. It also marked    5    significant step forward in constructing a comprehensive international trade corridor in Zhangjiakou, enhancing its level of openness     6    expanding the logistics network around Beijing.

The name of the trains, “Jingzhang”,    7    (combine) characters representing the cities of Beijing and Zhangjiakou. The train to depart from Zhangjiakou left the freight railway station in Xiahuayuan district on Aug 29, carrying 59 containers with 1, 322 tons of goods.

As the train network continues to expand, more cities in Hebei, Shijiazhuang, Handan, Langfang and Zhangjiakou    8    (include), are joining the cross-border railway transportation system. Zhangjiakou     9     (become) part of a comprehensive international trade corridor following the opening of the railway route     10    Europe and Central Asia.