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China Railway

(中国铁路)

China Railway

中国铁路

The latest news, analysis and opinion on China Railway. In-depth analysis, industry insights and expert opinion.

Chairman / President

Lu Dongfu

CEO / Managing Director

Zhang Zongyan

CFO / Finance Director

Shao Mingjun

Industry

Transport & Logistics

Website

china-railway.com.cn

Headquarters Address

No. 69 Fuxing Road, Haidian District, Beijing, China

Stock Code

SHA: 601390

Year Founded

2013

last updated:

28 August, 2024

A railway path through Turkey would make for a faster freight route between China and Europe. Photo: Xinhua

China-EU relations

Turkish railway, with Chinese upgrades, could bypass Russia on route to Europe

Improvements to Turkey’s railway network – which a Turkish official says China could provide – would create a new, quicker path for Europe-bound freight.

14 Jan 2025 - 5:00PMvideocam

China technology

China unveils the future of high-speed rail with a next-gen prototype

29 Dec 2024 - 10:00PMvideocam

China's economic recovery

State Council guideline encourages private investment in China’s railways

24 Dec 2024 - 4:30PM

Belt and Road Initiative

How a new railway will extend China’s reach into Central Asia

The 523km line linking China, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan could eventually be extended to the Middle East, South Asia and Europe.

6 Dec 2024 - 8:00PMvideocam

The 100,000th China-Europe freight train arrives in Duisberg, Germany in early December. The new railway will offer an alternative to the current route, which runs through Russia. Photo: Xinhua

Video | How China built the world’s longest high-speed railway

A look at how China took only two decades to develop the world’s longest high-speed railway.

14 Oct 2024 - 10:23AMvideocam

How China built the world’s longest high-speed railway

12 Oct 2024 - 11:01AM

China's economic recovery

Explainer | Is it full steam ahead for China’s high-speed rail network?

China’s railway network transported 887 million passengers over the two month summer season in July and August.

8 Sep 2024 - 5:00PM

Passengers walk on the platform at Kunming Railway Station. Photo: VCG via Getty Images

China's economic recovery

China’s railways bring in gravy train, recording profits and lower debt ratios

China’s state-owned railway operator has bucked economic trends by registering profits and lower debt ratios for the first six months of 2024.

3 Sep 2024 - 9:17AMvideocam

China’s Communist Party

Security ministry says Chinese jailed for giving railway data to foreigners

Ministry of State Security says Chinese vendor enticed by lucrative contract to gather data later identified as ‘intelligence information’.

2 Sep 2024 - 7:01PMvideocam

Asia travel

Hong Kong-Chiang Mai trip shows benefits of Belt and Road Initiative

Instead of flying from Hong Kong to Chiang Mai, the Post sets out to test infrastructure in Southeast Asia built under China’s Belt and Road Initiative. All goes well until we slip up and resort to van and bus.

17 Jun 2024 - 12:30PM

A Chinese high-speed train waits at Kunming South Railway Station. Photo: Kristin Odebjer

Hong Kong transport

Explainer | Pros and cons of high-speed sleeper train from Hong Kong to Beijing and Shanghai

New overnight trains with sleeper carriages to take 12½ hours to Beijing and 11 hours to Shanghai.

5 Jun 2024 - 1:24PM

Hong Kong prepares to launch high-speed sleeper services to Beijing and Shanghai. Photo: Handout

Xinjiang

China to boost Xinjiang, Tibet rail links with eye on supply chains and energy

Senior rail planner says Beijing aims to fill in the ‘blanks’ in railway networks to implement ‘major national strategies’ and improve connectivity between far western regions and the rest of China.

3 Jun 2024 - 5:00PM

China-EU relations

Finnish developers push for Chinese-built tunnel to Estonia despite doubts

Project linking Helsinki and Tallinn has been plagued by controversy, but sponsor is undeterred, saying funding is ‘not Chinese, it’s international’.

17 Mar 2024 - 1:00PMvideocam

Science

China puts trust in AI to maintain largest high-speed rail network on Earth

The railway system is in better condition than when it was first built, according to peer-reviewed paper.

12 Mar 2024 - 6:12PMvideocam

China is using artificial intelligence to monitor and maintain the fastest high-speed rail in the world, with a network longer than the equator. Photo: Xinhua

Hong Kong economy

Agency lures 2 new infrastructure firms to Hong Kong, 6 others expand presence

InvestHK head of business and professional services Herman Tse Yu-man says more foreign investments are expected in the coming year.

5 Mar 2024 - 10:34PM

More firms are expected in Hong Kong in the coming year. Photo: Sam Tsang

China-Africa relations

Green energy powers China’s investment boom in Africa after pandemic

Race for minerals vital for renewable energy drives rise in Chinese investments and construction deals in Africa.

16 Feb 2024 - 9:00AMvideocam

China-Africa relations

China to spend US$1 billion to revamp Tanzania-Zambia railway to move minerals

The Tazara rail line connecting Zambian copper belt with port of Dar es Salaam will be updated through public-private partnership and compete with US- and EU-backed link between resource-rich areas and Angola’s Atlantic coast.

9 Feb 2024 - 6:05PMvideocam

China-Africa relations

Chinese firms agree to raise investment in DRC copper-cobalt mining deal

Sinohydro Corp and China Railway Group will increase input from US$3 billion to US$7 billion as part of the Sicomines joint venture.

4 Feb 2024 - 8:00PMvideocam

Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi announced the new deal when he was sworn in for a second term as president last month. Photo: AP

Belt and Road Initiative

Opinion | How the US can counter China’s belt and road forays in the Indo-Pacific

US officials must assess the impact of projects such as the Jakarta-Bandung railway, especially environmentally and socially, to be able to offer convincing alternatives.

15 Jan 2024 - 8:20PMvideocam

Malaysia

A look at Malaysia’s Chinese-backed projects that have faced delays, controversy

Under ex-PM Najib Razak’s tenure, Malaysia saw billions of dollars of Chinese investments mainly via the Belt and Road Initiative, some of which were later axed.

13 Jan 2024 - 2:06PMvideocam

Vietnam

Opinion | Vietnam warms towards Belt and Road Initiative as Laos, Cambodia reap benefits

Vietnam’s access to financing by Japan and South Korea, as well as public distrust in China, are factors why it does not host any flagship belt and projects.

18 Dec 2023 - 9:01AMvideocam

Passengers wait for a train of the Cat Linh-Ha Dong urban elevated railway in Hanoi, built under China’s Belt and Road Initiative. Photo: XInhua.

Corruption in China

China’s former railway head sentenced to 15 years in prison for corruption

Court finds Sheng Guangzu, who retired in 2016 after overseeing the railway ministry’s transition to China Railway Corporation, guilty of taking bribes totalling 63.8 million yuan (US$8.9 million).

13 Dec 2023 - 2:30PM

China’s first cross-sea high-speed railway, connecting Fuzhou and Xiamen in Fujian province, began operations in September. This week, a court found Sheng Guangzu, China Railway Corporation’s first head, guilty of corruption. (Photo: China Railway)

Science

‘Unluckiest high-speed railway’: Mother Nature bends human will in western China

A quake in Qinghai province and a damaged rail tunnel forced Chinese engineers and scientists to rethink how best to build high-speed railway lines.

12 Dec 2023 - 11:04AMvideocam

China trade

Rail routes between China, Europe go off track as freight operators skip Russia

Russia’s invasion has limited shipment routes from China to Europe and raised interest in alternative and nascent routes – including across the choppy Caspian Sea. But relevant governments need to get on board.

24 Nov 2023 - 9:51AMvideocam

China property

Shanghai developers lure buyers with easy down payments, free parking spaces

Developers are offering sweeteners such as delayed down payments, discounts and free parking spaces to home buyers in Shanghai in an attempt to spur demand in the face of slumping sales.

19 Nov 2023 - 2:00PMvideocam

With a population of about 29 million, Shanghai is the largest metropolis to be chipping away at the raft of restrictions enacted since 2017 to cool what was then a speculative property market. Photo: Bloomberg

China-Africa relations

Why China is on track to control African mineral transport route via Tazara line

China set to upgrade vital African railway as the US and EU race for control of mineral trade routes.

12 Nov 2023 - 5:59PMvideocam

China has negotiated a deal to upgrade the ailing Tazara railway between Tanzania and Zambia, which promises to be a vital transport route for critical minerals. Photo: Shutterstock

China-Africa relations

West races to challenge China’s dominance in African minerals market

Europe and the US announce plans aimed at securing mineral supplies from resource-rich Africa, to establish a supply chain with less of a ‘Chinese imprint’.

5 Nov 2023 - 4:03PMvideocam

China’s military

Israel-Gaza war: China’s stance belies years of cooperation, arms deals

As the trade war escalated, Washington increased pressure on Israel to limit or ban cooperation with China in research and technology, despite once cosy bilateral ties.

3 Nov 2023 - 9:06AMvideocam

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