Since the 19th CPC National Congress， important progress has been made in the joint development of the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road （Belt and Road Initiative）. Under the Belt and Road Initiative， China's Railway has stepped up innovation and continuously enhanced its ability to \"Go Global\"， which has become an important bridge for economic and trade exchanges between China and the countries along the Belt and Road.
　　Addis Ababa-Djibouti Railway is the first standard-gauge electrified Railway in East Africa that connects Ethiopia and Djibouti mainly for freight. All the way is to carry out the \"area\" initiative and China-Africa cooperation BBS Johannesburg summit \"ten big cooperation projects\" early harvest， is the \"three nets\" project， and working capacity is the first article of the construction of Chinese enterprises in overseas of whole industry chain of \"going out\" railway， known as \"the Tanzania-Zambia railway in the new period\".
　　The publication of the Railway book series for the Belt and Road Initiative adheres to the principle of technological inclusiveness， openness and common development of China's railway， and aims to cultivate talents for international railway construction including the first batch of electric locomotive drivers of Addis Ababa Railway and positively contribute to the promotion of in-depth cooperation between China and other countries around the world.