On March 24, the Hubei section of the Xi'an-Shiyan High Speed Railway officially commenced integrated testing and commissioning, marking the countdown to the entire line's opening and operation.

　　The Xi'an-Shiyan High Speed Railway starts from Xi'an in Shaanxi province in the west, traverses the Qinling Mountains, and terminates in Shiyan in Hubei province. The main line has a total length of 256.938 kilometers with a designed speed of 350 kilometers per hour. It constitutes an important segment of the Wuhan-Xi'an High Speed Railway and a key component of the Fuzhou-Yinchuan Corridor.