Jilin province is pressing ahead with plans for a cross-border high-speed railway linking the city of Hunchun with Vladivostok in Russia, provincial officials have disclosed.

The project has been included in the provincial government's economic development agenda, according to a news release.

"Hunchun supports the provincial government's plan for a high-speed railway and is willing to cooperate with the Russian authorities on the project," Hao Qiang, a publicity official who spoke on behalf of the city's development and reform bureau, told China Daily.