Staff members celebrate the launch of a new bullet train service heading directly for Guangzhou East Railway Station in south China's Guangdong Province from Hangzhou West Railway Station, at the station in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Jan. 10, 2024. A new passenger train service directly linking Hangzhou West Railway Station in Hangzhou and Guangzhou East Railway Station in Guangzhou was launched on Wednesday. China started to implement a new railway operating plan on the same day. [Photo/CFP]