This paper discusses South China cross-border railway lines. Cross-border railways play a role in the development of regional economy in building an economic belt along the rail line because it shortens the transportation time and distance to reach Europe within 25 days from China. It also bypasses the Indian Ocean and Suez Canal in consideration of national strategic safety. Cross-border railway in the South China needs to be improved because it has the problem of low customs clearance efficiency and high transportation costs, cargo reloading at border rail ports, insufficient customs clearance capability and lack of information services.

Zhougeng Lin. Research on the South China Cross-border Railway Lines Connecting with Trans-Asia Railway. Academic Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences (2020) Vol. 3, Issue 4: 13-17. https://doi.org/10.25236/AJHSS.2020.030402.

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