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U.S. high-speed railway in China the opportunity to

13 billion U.S. dollars alone would have difficulty to achieve the American dream of high-speed rail. Learn from China's Beijing-Tianjin inter-city samples, the Chinese will usher in high-speed rail, or technology export market opportunities


As the last century, 70 years dignitaries visiting Japan a must-Japan's Shinkansen, speed up to 350 km Beijing-Tianjin inter-city high-speed rail has become China's business card.

According to the Ministry of Railways introduced since August 1 last year, since the United States and Britain Russia and Japan and Italy more than 30 countries, dignitaries, heads of international organizations such as more than 200 batches of tens of thousands of people take the Beijing-Tianjin inter-city rail inspection tour of China's Railway Development the status quo.

July 27, deputy chief engineer Zhang Shuguang, the Ministry of Railways told this reporter: "At present, China's high-speed rail technology is very interested in the United States, India and Brazil.".

An informed source close to the Ministry of Railways and further revealed that the two countries working on the introduction of China's high-speed rail technology, to negotiate, "the two companies are built cooperative framework."

"The current federal government, states, the railway sector as well as other affected shareholders are being considered." July 28, the Federal Railway Agency a written interview with reporters, also confirmed that the two sides are in close contact. However, the department did not the United States could adopt in China high-speed railway technology, or the construction of one of China's high-speed railway may be affirmed. "States are pairs of exchange, but there is no such agreement."

Vulnerable people the association is: Does China have the opportunity to participate in the U.S. high-speed railway construction? Why did the U.S. learn from high-speed railway construction in China?

U.S. High Speed Rail Dream

A United States officials and corporate executives visited China within six months, the Ministry of Railways, and visited the Beijing-Tianjin inter-city records show that in the past six months, the U.S. Department of Transportation, the railway department officials and Parliament officials, as well as EMD, GE's high-density interviews in China, almost once a month.

The United States suddenly enthusiasm resulting from the United States President Barack Obama April 16 announced the launch since the Eisenhower Administration has been the largest transportation investment in the next few years to accelerate investment in the U.S. 13 billion high-speed railway construction (referred to as HSR). The plan is contained in President Obama 787 billion U.S. dollars in economic stimulus package which, this year will inject 8 billion U.S. dollars of funds, followed by five annual one billion U.S. dollars.

According to public information, Obama authorities identified 10 major corridor for the implementation of the HSR projects: three in the densely populated northeastern region (quasi-high speed railway "Ya Sela" was locomotive has been put into operation in the region) , then the southeast coast of Florida, northern Gulf of Mexico coast, the Midwest (Central, the Chicago area), Texas (South Central), the Pacific Northwest coast and California.

As of July 16, 2009, the United States Federal Railways Department has received 40 applications for funding the state 278 to apply for subsidy payments amounted to 102 billion U.S. dollars. The active level of pre-applications throughout the country reflect the high-speed rail construction is well prepared. The first round of railway construction is expected to be earmarked for release in September. This also means that the United States, high-speed railway will be officially kicked off construction of a month.

The Department also disclosed that the U.S. high-speed rail dream began as early as in 1991, but has not received sufficient support, so that the national passenger rail speeds lag far behind France, Japan and China. Country can be regarded as only Amtrak's high-speed rail in Washington, DC, and Boston, the Acela trains running between the car only briefly in some places to 241 kilometers per hour, full-line average speed of only 136 kilometers.

Integrated Transport Bureau, Ministry of Railways, said Li Jun, director of the United States is the world's largest country in the construction of the railway operating mileage in 1916 reached 408.7 thousand kilometers. The middle of the last century by the automotive and aviation industry, the impact of the U.S. railroad reduced to 273,000 kilometers, business mileage still the biggest in the world.

In the industry believe that even though the U.S. government's enthusiasm in the building of the railway, but the power of 13 billion U.S. dollars alone, is unlikely to complete this ambitious project.

Research senior railway official said, only a Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway, with a total investments of up to 2,200 billion yuan, about 31 billion U.S. dollars. "130 million (U.S. dollars) with half of the Beijing-Shanghai lines are not built up." The source pointed out that the U.S. must find ways to reduce costs, or by external forces to complete the project.

The U.S. government is aware of this. U.S. Federal Railway Agency told this reporter that the U.S. government knows it can not count on the initial eight billion U.S. dollars of investment can build a national high-speed rail system. "It is only the beginning of a long process." The department considers the adoption of a strategic combination of public and private investment, including foreign-potential investment opportunities, only possible long-term to improve its national passenger rail network.

U.S. Department of Transportation, Minister Ray LaHood 7 15 at his speech on the policy experts and journalists, also pointed out that in the next few years, large-scale investment in private funds will appear high-speed railway situation in the country, including those from European and Asian companies will be deeply involved in the United States high-speed railway construction. Therefore, this means that 13 billion U.S. dollars will be able to leverage, at least on the billions of dollars of investment.

China Opportunities

In the United States, while the railway officials to visit China, GE's chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt made a special trip to the Ministry of Railways Liu Zhijun had a conversation with. The source told this reporter that the core content of a half-hour conversation is that if the United States to show a line to, by the Chinese government to tissue engineering general contracting, high-speed train from China to the United States, GE, if the transfer of technology, about what kind of a program What kind of a work cycle.

While it is to guess when, where and how co-operation is still too early. But the deputy chief engineer Zhang Shuguang, the Ministry of Railways that the Chinese high-speed rail technology has matured and has certain advantages, "does not rule out at the right time, the output of our technology."

According to its introduction, decided in cooperation with foreign countries, our side has three distinct advantages.

The first is an integrated edge. Namely, from highway projects, communications, signals, traction power to mobile devices, operation and management, equipment maintenance, providing a package of turnkey services, which in other countries difficult to achieve. Second, China's high-speed rail, rapid technological level of rich, can meet different needs. Zhang Shuguang said, "We have two high-speed technology platforms, one is the existing line to achieve a speed of 250 km, an online realization in the new 250,350 kilometers per hour."

The third area of advantage comes from the design, construction, manufacturing, possess a cost advantage. The reporter learned from locomotive factory understanding Road, Harmony locomotives cost only about half of foreign countries, and even some of the cost of only 1 / 3.

CITIC Securities building materials industry, Pan Jianping, chief analyst that "if the United States really reached a cooperation agreement, such as China Railway, China Railway Construction Corporation and South car that has been widely engaged in international operations of companies, is likely to be the first to benefit."

In 2008 as the main contractor China Railway Engineering Corporation, involved in the completion of the Beijing-Tianjin inter-city railway, and the design, construction of China's first large-scale high-standard modern integrated transport hub Beijing South Railway Station. Exactly the way the station is now a window of China Railway external publicity.

According to China Railway Engineering Corporation in 2008 earnings disclosure, the establishment of overseas branches, the last of its overseas business revenue reached 73.29 billion yuan. However, only the expansion of the business of iron to the Middle East and Hong Kong and Macao regions, in Africa and Southeast Asia is stepping up efforts to develop American market is still blank.

"Participate in the U.S. high-speed railway, in fact profits and will not be the first consideration, or more emphasis on its brand." PAN Jian-ping that high-speed rail from the United States the amount of investment and a preliminary analysis of traffic, the U.S. high-speed rail project and will not necessarily there are huge returns, but they may be able to take this opportunity to raise these Chinese companies in Europe and the United States market visibility.

"As long as the U.S. high-speed rail an open and equitable global bidding, we believe that they have the strength to compete for." Propaganda Department of the North Car Group, responsible to the reporter stressed that in 2008 the group received the world's most demanding technical approval of the Hong Kong Mass Transit Railway , for a total of 80 development of 10 world-class metro bus. "North car to win the Hong Kong Accreditation means that can be recognized European and American markets."

According to his disclosure, in the past four years, the North car overseas orders increased year by year. In 2004, only 180 million U.S. dollars, while the 2008 has been increased to 1.109 billion U.S. dollars.

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