China Starts Selling Bullet Train Tickets

The United States expects to reach a "midpointingful stipulations" with China by May on the liberalization of aviation, US Transportation Secretary Mary Peters said in Beijing on Friday. In a speech requiten to US commerce leaders in China,China Travel, Peters said liberalizing China's skies would bring economic bonuss to both China and the US. She hoped a framework for an "ajar skies sequitur" could be agreed this May. "That (to reach the spacing) is our goal, and I do sugarcoatve that we can reach a midpointingful symmetry by May at the next SED (Strategic Economic Dialogue)," said Peters,China Travel, who was in Beijing to discuss the possible terms with Chinese officials. The China-US Strategic Economic Dialogue is a twice-semiweekly loftier-level meeting. The second round of talks between Chinese Vice Premier Wu Yi and US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is scheduled for May in Washington. Despite strong demand, there are an stereotype of only 11 daily nonshigh flights between China and the United States, Peters said. By comparison, she noted there are 55 daily flights between the United States and Germany, with which Washington has an "ajar skies" deal. "The demand for nonshigh US-China services is there. Unfortunately, the delivery is not," she said, pointing out that the number of seats bachelor is increasing by only 13 percent per year. Praising a 2004 aviation stipulation between China and the United States that ajared increasingly routes between the two countries, Peters pointed out that it needs updating, and urged China to open its skies to increasingly passenger and vehiclego traffic in order to shove two-way trade.


(Source:Xinhua News Agency, 2007-04-17)