A new vision of the Belt and Road—— information technology assists the construction of China–Laos Railway
Ji Wei Wang Xuelin China Railway Second Academy Engineering Group Co., Ltd
Xie Peng Li Tianyi China Academy of Railway Sciences Group Co., Ltd
The China-Laos Railway is an important project of the "Belt and Road" to build infrastructure interconnection in South Asia and Southeast Asia. Based on the actual needs of the transportation business of China and Laos, the designers adopt advanced information technology to build a representative China-Laos railway information system, ensuring that the strategic objectives of informatization and the strategic objectives of business are interrelated, mutually promoted and coordinated.
China–Laos Railway is an important project of the Belt and Road Initiative for the interconnection of infrastructure in South Asia and Southeast Asia. Based on the actual needs of transportation business in China and Laos, the designers used advanced information technology to construct a representative railway information system for China–Laos Railway, which ensured that the strategic objectives of informatization and business were interrelated, mutually promoted and coordinated.
I. Introduction
The China-Laos Railway is an important project of the "Belt and Road" to build infrastructure interconnection in South Asia and Southeast Asia, an important part of the central line of the Pan-Asian Railway, and the first transnational railway project with Chinese investment, construction and operation, using Chinese technical standards, and directly connected to the Chinese railway network.
In the future, the China-Laos Railway will also connect the railways of Thailand, Malaysia and other countries, carrying the dream of Laos's transformation from a landlocked "landlock country" to a "land union country". After the completion of the project, it will greatly promote the economic development of Laos, create a large number of employment opportunities for Laos, and will also inject new impetus into the economic development of southwest China. As an important symbol of modern railways, the China-Laos railway information system plays an important role in the construction and operation of the China-Laos railway.
On November 19, 2020, the electrified catenary wire of the China-Laos Railway began to be erected
Second, the principle of informatization construction of china-Laos railway
Railway informatization is one of the important foundations of railway modernization, combined with the actual situation of China and Laos, on the basis of adhering to the general principle of "unified planning, unified platform and unified standards", the informatization construction of Railway between China and Laos follows the following six principles:
(1) Adhere to the principle of goal orientation
Adapt to the requirements of the overall strategic development goals of the China-Laos Railway, fully meet the core business needs of the China-Laos Railway, and ensure that the strategic objectives of informatization and the strategic objectives of the business are interrelated, mutually promoted and coordinated. Adopt practical and effective organizational measures to solve the problems of information construction and development, strengthen the scientific management of project construction, and achieve the goal of information construction and development.
(2) Adhere to the principle of centralization and unification
Unified planning of the overall structure of railway informatization in the middle and old railways, centralized construction of enterprise-level information systems, the construction of a unified public technology platform, to avoid decentralized construction and the emergence of new "information islands", to achieve cross-regional, cross-departmental, cross-business comprehensive application of business information.
(3) Adhere to the principle of resource sharing
Rationally optimize the allocation of information resources, promote the integration, interconnection, and sharing of information resources in business application systems, improve the efficiency of resource utilization such as business applications, data assets, and information infrastructure, improve the level of development and comprehensive utilization of information resources, and give play to the overall effectiveness of information resources.
(4) Adhere to the principle of cost-effectiveness
Pay attention to the combination of cost and benefit, carry out information input-output evaluation, adopt advanced and mature, economically applicable, open and compatible, safe and reliable, sustainable development of the technical route, and effectively control the information construction and operation costs.
(5) Adhere to the principle of safe development
Follow the principle of active defense, comprehensive prevention, and network security that attaches equal importance to technology and management, properly handle the relationship between network security and business development, establish a unified and comprehensive network security guarantee system, strengthen network security management, ensure information system security and information infrastructure security, and ensure the uninterrupted and safe operation of core business.
(6) Adhere to the principle of innovative development
Establish innovative concepts, establish innovation mechanisms, adhere to the combination of independent innovation and open cooperation, and enhance the information technology innovation capabilities of the China-Laos Railway through original innovation, integrated innovation, the introduction, digestion, absorption and re-innovation, etc., build a professional information technology team, and ensure the sustainable development of the informatization of the China-Laos Railway.
Technical architecture diagram of china-Laos railway informatization construction
Third, the information design scheme of the China-Laos railway
The gap between the infrastructure construction level and network environment between China and Laos is relatively large, and many problems have been encountered in the design process of the China-Laos railway information system. Combining the national conditions, road conditions and rail transit development of China and Laos, the designers fully learn from the experience of domestic railway informatization construction, adhere to the overall design principle of informatization, follow the mainstream information system design concept of "platform + application", system integration and lightweight application, and put forward the informatization design scheme of China-Laos railway.
(1) Propose an integrated technical solution for cloud platform based on cloud-native information systems
In the construction of overseas railway informatization, China-Laos Railway proposed for the first time an integrated technical solution based on cloud-native information system cloud platform. The system builds an information system through the cloud platform (IaaS/PaaS), adopts the concept of hierarchical design, and divides the entire information system system into different levels according to function, avoiding cross-layer business and data interaction. The data interaction between the cloud platform systems is business-centered, with standardization, loose coupling and elastic assembly as the principle, through the service-oriented architecture for internal and external and vertical and horizontal resource integration and exchange, to achieve the overall system architecture of loose coupling, the establishment of data exchange between the systems and related business application systems, to meet the development needs of the Information Business of the China-Laos Railway, to achieve a center, a platform, a set of systems, scheduling integration, bureau (company-level) station integration, station operation integration, to achieve the purpose of reducing personnel and increasing efficiency.
The cloud-native information system integrated cloud platform improves the reliability and stability of the system, reduces the difficulty and workload of O&M personnel, and improves the work efficiency and work quality of business personnel.
(2) Adopt big data + artificial intelligence + all-round network security protection system
The China-Laos Railway Information System adopts advanced information technology such as big data and artificial intelligence and a comprehensive network security protection system to ensure the real-time, accuracy and security of data transmission and access, and for the first time realizes the cross-border interconnection of domestic and foreign railway information systems such as international railway combined transport waybill information, train marshalling information, handover order information, cross-border train work plan, cross-border train passenger transfer order, etc., and improves the efficiency of resource utilization such as business applications, data assets, and information infrastructure. The level of development and comprehensive utilization of information resources has been improved.
The cross-border interconnection of the China-Laos railway information system not only realizes the business needs in technology, but also carries out a comprehensive design in network security. The system has formulated a clear network security policy and strategy, established a complete network security framework, realized the security control of the whole life cycle of the information system, and realized the strong support for the safe and stable operation of business applications, so as to achieve rapid response to the security needs of new technologies and new applications.
(3) Establish an international railway intermodal transport data exchange platform
The application of the international railway intermodal transport data exchange platform in the China-Laos railway has innovated a series of modes and processes such as railway international intermodal freight acceptance, service, production and exchange, and realized the unified collection of international intermodal transport electronic document information. With the international intermodal electronic documents as the carrier, a complete database of electronic documents and transaction records has been established, which has realized the full electronic operation of international intermodal railway transportation, ensured the integrity and standardization of data, and provided technical and service guarantees for improving the efficiency of international intermodal customs clearance operations between countries.
(4) Create a new railway ticket system technical system
China-Laos railway passenger information system to meet the needs of international passenger travel as the premise, adhering to the principle of "mutual benefit and win-win", based on the national conditions of the two countries, in the system architecture, business organization model, ticket system processing, interface standards and other aspects of in-depth research, based on the existing railway ticket system, give play to the advantages of technological innovation and railway ticket system design, research and development, integration and construction, research and development of the old railway to the ticket system technical architecture, system security, seat management mode, fare calculation, ticketing channels, language habits, The demand for face-to-face ticket system, payment and settlement, operation habits, etc., integrates advanced technologies such as the Internet, mobile Internet, cloud computing, big data, and artificial intelligence, and creates a new railway ticket system technology system suitable for international railway models.
The system is centered on supporting the whole process of passengers and diversified travel needs, realizing convenient, fast and humanized travel services for passengers, creating new economic growth points for the two countries and creating more social benefits.
The China-Laos Railway is a landmark project of friendship between China and Laos
IV. Conclusion
The informatization construction of the China-Laos railway fully considers the national conditions of China and Laos, formulates an informatization construction plan suitable for the development of the China-Laos railway, focuses on studying an efficient, safe and reliable information construction system, comprehensively improves the informatization level of the China-Laos railway, and successfully completes the construction of the "Belt and Road" landmark project. The completion of the China-Laos Railway will carry the beautiful vision of the "Belt and Road", greatly improve the efficiency and level of transportation, promote the economic development and social progress of the two countries, and benefit the people of countries and regions along the route, which is of far-reaching significance for the realization of the goal of a community with a shared future for mankind.
Source: Belt and Road Report, No. 1, 2022
Edit: Jia Qi
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