How China s high-speed rail network got built so fast CNN 3 hrs ago Ben Jones, CNN © Wang He/Getty Images AsiaPac/Getty Images With 37,900 kilometers of lines, China has the world s largest network of high-speed railways.
At the beginning of the 21st century China had no high-speed railways.
Slow and often uncomfortable trains plodded across this vast country, with low average speeds making journeys such as Shanghai-Beijing a test of travel endurance.
Today, it s a completely different picture. The world s most populous nation has by some distance the world s largest network of high-speed railways.
No fewer than 37,900 kilometers (about 23,500 miles) of lines crisscross the country, linking all of its major mega-city clusters, and all have been completed since 2008.
How China s high-speed rail network got built so fast
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China s central SOEs actively contribute to Xiong an New Area construction--China Economic Net
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Beijing, Xiongan boost road, rail links By LUO WANGSHU | China Daily | Updated: 2021-05-15 08:09 Share A bird s-eye view of the Beijing-Xiongan Expressway on May 14, 2021. [Photo/IC]
Major sections of three freeways connecting China s emerging Xiongan New Area will open by the end of this month, marking a milestone amid efforts to link the area with the rest of the country, the Ministry of Transport said on Friday.
The sections include two north-south freeways and an east-west expressway.
One of the north-south freeways will link Beijing and Xiongan. Its 75-kilometer-long Hebei section will open in two weeks, and its Beijing section is under construction, according to the ministry.
2021-05-15 13:10:28 GMT2021-05-15 21:10:28(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
BEIJING, May 15 (Xinhua) China s centrally-administered state-owned enterprises (SOEs) are actively taking part in the construction of the Xiong an New Area and have set up more than 100 subsidiaries and branches in the region, according to the country s state assets regulator.
These subsidiaries and branches have entered sectors including infrastructure construction, frontier information technologies, advanced biological technologies, modern service, energy and new materials, said the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) of the State Council.
For the next stage, the central SOEs will make the most of their specialties in areas such as energy, electricity, communications and rail transportation to increase input in the construction of infrastructure and key projects in Xiong an, according to the SASAC.