The foundation stone for the double-track railway between China and Thailand will be laid at the end of this year, the website of China News Service (CNS) reports on June 11.

Ambassador of Thailand to China Wiboon Khusakul disclosed this to CNS after attending a meeting on Thailand's investment in Harbin, capital city of northeast China's Heilongjiang province on the day.

The railway will provide a new link for the bilateral trade between China and Thailand as well as a golden travel route linking Kunming in southwest China's Yunnan province, Laos and Thailand. The railway signifies that the standard of China’s railway export has become the "model" for the world,