Thai SMEs eagerly explore greater opportunities brought by China-Laos Railway-Xinhua

A staff member works at the production line of Dunan Metals (Thailand) Co., Ltd, in the Thai-Chinese Rayong industrial zone in Rayong Province, Thailand, Nov. 8, 2022. (Xinhua/Rachen Sageamsak)

The China-Laos Railway has provided a shortcut to the Chinese market for entrepreneurs from regions in northeast Thailand, which are far from Thailand’s economic heartlands around the capital city of Bangkok and in the east.

NONG KHAI, Thailand, April 15 (Xinhua) — Tanapat Yuttagasemson was still impressed as he recalled the first time he traveled on the China-Laos Railway.

“It was very impressive, very comfortable and clean. But buying a ticket was difficult because so many people wanted to buy them,” said the Thai entrepreneur who runs small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the IT business.

Tanapat’s businesses are based in Thailand’s northeast province of Nong Khai, which lies some 20…