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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

Further tests are in store for the CR450. Photo: Xinhua

China technology

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

The CR450 is expected to become the fastest commercial vehicle of its kind and has been several years in the making.

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

6 Dec 2024 - 8:00PMvideocam

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

China had the world’s longest high-speed rail network by January 2011. How did the country do it?

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

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 railway operator has gone against the grain of recent economic trends, recording profits and lower debt ratios for the first six months of 2024. Photo: AFP

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

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

A passenger takes a selfie in front of a bullet train during the opening of the Lhasa-Nyingchi railway in southwest China’s Tibet autonomous region in June 2021. Photo: Xinhua

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

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

Last year saw an increase in Chinese construction contracts and investments in Africa, signalling a recovery from the pandemic-led slowdown. Photo: AFP

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

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

The Chinese-funded high-speed train “Whoosh” at Halim train station in Jakarta, Indonesia, on October 17. Photo: EPA-EFE

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

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

The Lanxin Express connects Lanzhou to Urumqi, covering 1,736km (1,078 miles) of mostly Gobi Desert terrain in the west of China. Photo: Xinhua

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

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

Resource-rich African countries are at the centre of a race for market dominance between China and the West. Photo: EPA-EFE

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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China stock market

China state firms plan US$547 million stock purchases to shore up market

Several Chinese state controlled enterprises have revealed their majority shareholders plan to increase stakes in some of the nation’s biggest companies while Baoshan Steel, the world’s biggest maker of the alloy, announced an aggressive buy-back amid efforts to stabilise the domestic equity markets

17 Oct 2023 - 5:19PM

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