China HSR News And Information: Original Translation

[cnleio]

樱花 / Sakura ???

@Nihonjin1051

 

[TaiShang]

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has played the role of salesman for China's high-speed train sector. Whenever he makes an overseas visit, he takes a model of the CHR 380A with him, a high-speed, multiple-unit train manufactured by China South Railway Qingdao Sifang Co. Premier Li has sold them to 12 countries. High-speed trains have become a "calling card" for China.

CSR won $3.76 billion in overseas orders in 2014, up 68.6 percent from the previous year. Compared with international competitors, Chinese train producers have a clear advantage in terms of cost, delivery time, manufacturing capacity, and a complete product portfolio.

http://en.people.cn/n/2015/0409/c98649-8875685.html

 

[TaiShang]

High-speed rail network, a 'calling card' for China
(People's Daily Online) 08:54, April 09, 2015

A new type of locomotive to be delivered by CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co Ltd. (Xinhua Photo)

From selling equipment to selling technology, from one-shot deals to winning repeat customers, CSR Corporation Limited is presenting the new image of "Made in China" to the world.

CSR Corp Chairman Zheng Changhong said Premier Li Keqiang has played the role of salesman for the high-speed train sector. Whenever he makes an overseas visit, he takes a model of the CHR 380A with him, a high-speed, multiple-unit train manufactured by CSR Qingdao Sifang Co. Nearly half of the high-speed trains in China are manufactured by Sifang. Premier Li has sold them to 12 countries. High-speed trains have become a "calling card" for China.

From selling equipment to selling technology, CSR's "going global" program has stepped up a level. CSR won a $1 billion contract to provide an intercity train to Argentina in 2013.The first 54 cars have already gone into service in Buenos Aires, capital of Argentina. Last month, Sifang dispatched more than 30 staff to Argentina, where it is providing technical support and training under the terms of the contract. It shows the company's 'going global'program has moved from providing only products to providing a combination of products,services and technologies.

CSR won $3.76 billion in overseas orders in 2014, up 68.6 percent from the previous year. The Thai railway project and a high-speed project linking Singapore and Malaysia are in progress. On March 14, China and Thailand signed an agreement relating to building a railway linking the two countries.

In March 2015, 95 locomotives produced with CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive technology rolled off the assembly line in South Africa. South African President Jacob Zuma said CSR had made a significant contribution to success in local production and procurement, technology transfer, training of local staff, and other related areas.

Compared with international competitors, Chinese train producers have a clear advantage in terms of cost, delivery time, manufacturing capacity, and a complete product portfolio.

In 2014, South Africa CSR Zhuzhou signed a deal with South Africa for 359 locomotives,compared with a deal for 240 locomotives from Bombardier.

Innovation is the basis for brand development. Where there is no innovation in technology and services, there is no viable brand, said Ding Rongjun, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. CSR can no longer be considered to have mastery only off ragmented rail technology, but of the entire technology system. This represents the start of the CSR brand, according to Ding Rongjun.

This article was edited and translated from 《中国南车　轨道上的“国家形象”》, source: People's Daily Overseas Edition

 

[AndrewJin]

High-speed rail network, a 'calling card' for China
(People's Daily Online) 08:54, April 09, 2015

A new type of locomotive to be delivered by CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Co Ltd. (Xinhua Photo)
From selling equipment to selling technology, from one-shot deals to winning repeat customers, CSR Corporation Limited is presenting the new image of "Made in China" to the world.

CSR Corp Chairman Zheng Changhong said Premier Li Keqiang has played the role of salesman for the high-speed train sector. Whenever he makes an overseas visit, he takes a model of the CHR 380A with him, a high-speed, multiple-unit train manufactured by CSR Qingdao Sifang Co. Nearly half of the high-speed trains in China are manufactured by Sifang. Premier Li has sold them to 12 countries. High-speed trains have become a "calling card" for China.

From selling equipment to selling technology, CSR's "going global" program has stepped up a level. CSR won a $1 billion contract to provide an intercity train to Argentina in 2013.The first 54 cars have already gone into service in Buenos Aires, capital of Argentina. Last month, Sifang dispatched more than 30 staff to Argentina, where it is providing technical support and training under the terms of the contract. It shows the company's 'going global'program has moved from providing only products to providing a combination of products,services and technologies.

CSR won $3.76 billion in overseas orders in 2014, up 68.6 percent from the previous year. The Thai railway project and a high-speed project linking Singapore and Malaysia are in progress. On March 14, China and Thailand signed an agreement relating to building a railway linking the two countries.

In March 2015, 95 locomotives produced with CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive technology rolled off the assembly line in South Africa. South African President Jacob Zuma said CSR had made a significant contribution to success in local production and procurement, technology transfer, training of local staff, and other related areas.

Compared with international competitors, Chinese train producers have a clear advantage in terms of cost, delivery time, manufacturing capacity, and a complete product portfolio.

In 2014, South Africa CSR Zhuzhou signed a deal with South Africa for 359 locomotives,compared with a deal for 240 locomotives from Bombardier.

Innovation is the basis for brand development. Where there is no innovation in technology and services, there is no viable brand, said Ding Rongjun, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. CSR can no longer be considered to have mastery only off ragmented rail technology, but of the entire technology system. This represents the start of the CSR brand, according to Ding Rongjun.

This article was edited and translated from 《中国南车　轨道上的“国家形象”》, source: People's Daily Overseas Edition

Wow, Sifang is on fire!
I personally have a preference to CSR over CNR, the latter one is better in metro cars.

 

[cirr]

23000km new rail lines tentatively planned for the 13th 5-Year Plan 2015-2020 for a total investment of 2.8 trillion yuan：

国家铁路局初拟“十三五”期间建设铁路新线2.3万公里，投资2.8万亿元。据悉，近日国家铁路局在武汉召开闽赣鄂湘粤片五省铁路建设“十三五”规划方案座谈会，在会上透露了上述信息。
一位与会人士表示，会议阐述了铁路“十三五”规划方案的形成过程，先由各省上报项目形成备选库(即概念网)，随后进行初选库(即基础网)，最后征求各省区和国家相关部委意见后形成方案库(即规划网)。他透露，目前铁路“十三五”规划方案备选库共接受各省上报6.9万公里、总投资约7万亿元；初选库共5.2万公里，总投资约5.7万亿元；最终国家铁路局初拟“十三五”期间建设新线2.3万公里，投资约2.8万亿元，“从概念网到规划网，上下博弈，最终基本打了个3折”。
上述会议还初步决定在新建铁路审批程序上做出重大变革，进一步简化新建铁路项目的审批程序，对进入中长期规划和相关国务院批转的部门规划项目都将不再审批预可研，直接申报可研。
国家铁路局认为，“十三五”时期仍是铁路建设发展黄金期，从中央高层到地方政府，加快铁路建设特别是客运高铁发展思路已渐明晰。会议确定了国家“十三五”铁路网总里程约为14.5万公里，铁路运输服务涵盖20万以上人口城市和80%以上县级行政区。路网建设的重要任务是推进干线铁路建设、加快城际铁路建设、统筹支线铁路建设、强化综合枢纽配套、实施周边互联互通。
据了解，国家铁路局于3月中旬启动“十三五”铁路网规划方案征求意见工作，已就方案初步征求了北京、天津、河北、黑龙江、吉林、辽宁、内蒙古、山西、山东、河南等10省(自治区、直辖市)政府有关部门的意见。

 

[AndrewJin]

23000km new rail lines tentatively planned for the 13th 5-Year Plan 2015-2020 for a total investment of 2.8 trillion yuan：

国家铁路局初拟“十三五”期间建设铁路新线2.3万公里，投资2.8万亿元。据悉，近日国家铁路局在武汉召开闽赣鄂湘粤片五省铁路建设“十三五”规划方案座谈会，在会上透露了上述信息。
一位与会人士表示，会议阐述了铁路“十三五”规划方案的形成过程，先由各省上报项目形成备选库(即概念网)，随后进行初选库(即基础网)，最后征求各省区和国家相关部委意见后形成方案库(即规划网)。他透露，目前铁路“十三五”规划方案备选库共接受各省上报6.9万公里、总投资约7万亿元；初选库共5.2万公里，总投资约5.7万亿元；最终国家铁路局初拟“十三五”期间建设新线2.3万公里，投资约2.8万亿元，“从概念网到规划网，上下博弈，最终基本打了个3折”。
上述会议还初步决定在新建铁路审批程序上做出重大变革，进一步简化新建铁路项目的审批程序，对进入中长期规划和相关国务院批转的部门规划项目都将不再审批预可研，直接申报可研。
国家铁路局认为，“十三五”时期仍是铁路建设发展黄金期，从中央高层到地方政府，加快铁路建设特别是客运高铁发展思路已渐明晰。会议确定了国家“十三五”铁路网总里程约为14.5万公里，铁路运输服务涵盖20万以上人口城市和80%以上县级行政区。路网建设的重要任务是推进干线铁路建设、加快城际铁路建设、统筹支线铁路建设、强化综合枢纽配套、实施周边互联互通。
据了解，国家铁路局于3月中旬启动“十三五”铁路网规划方案征求意见工作，已就方案初步征求了北京、天津、河北、黑龙江、吉林、辽宁、内蒙古、山西、山东、河南等10省(自治区、直辖市)政府有关部门的意见。

So the local governments plan 69000km railway but central government approves only 23000km? Only 80% of counties will have access to railway by the end of 2020?
Anyway, it is a big step forward.

 

[hexagonsnow]

YaXi expressway of the G5 (Beijing to kunming) within the territory of Sichuan province.

From the Duiyan town ,check in liangshan prefecture Mianning country the Gu town.Total length of 240 km,the line cross the whole mountains six times,the maximum elevation of 1500 meters,279bridge,and the length of the bridges is about 94km.
The number 10 piers of Labajin bridge is 182.5 meters,plus the connection part of the bridge and bridge deck,the total length reach over 229 meters, is the tallest pier"Asian"reputation.

Here is the schematic of the double helix tunnel.

To overcome the problem of the height difference 729 meters in 12.35 km,reduce
Directions longitudinal slope ,avoid the active fault and bad geological of seaonal frozen,designed the specificially for the unique small radius double helix Gan haizi tunnels in the world.

This expressway almost base on theviaduct and combination of super long tunnels,almost has no falt ground.A beatiful arc over the cloud more than 240 km.

 

[AndrewJin]

YaXi expressway of the G5 (Beijing to kunming) within the territory of Sichuan province.
View attachment 214342
From the Duiyan town ,check in liangshan prefecture Mianning country the Gu town.Total length of 240 km,the line cross the whole mountains six times,the maximum elevation of 1500 meters,279bridge,and the length of the bridges is about 94km.
The number 10 piers of Labajin bridge is 182.5 meters,plus the connection part of the bridge and bridge deck,the total length reach over 229 meters, is the tallest pier"Asian"reputation.
View attachment 214343
Here is the schematic of the double helix tunnel.
View attachment 214344
To overcome the problem of the height difference 729 meters in 12.35 km,reduce
Directions longitudinal slope ,avoid the active fault and bad geological of seaonal frozen,designed the specificially for the unique small radius double helix Gan haizi tunnels in the world.
View attachment 214345
This expressway almost base on theviaduct and combination of super long tunnels,almost has no falt ground.A beatiful arc over the cloud more than 240 km.
View attachment 214348 View attachment 214349

You should start an expressway thread,bro

 

[hexagonsnow]

an expressway thread,bro

I didint have rights to start a new thread,bro

 

[AndrewJin]

I didint have rights to start a new thread,bro

why? I thought I had started a new thread the first day when I registered.

 

[ahojunk]

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How China’s Li Is Helping Push Railway Profits to New Record - Bloomberg Business

How China’s Li Is Helping Push Railway Profits to New Record
by Clement Tan
8:00 AM AEDT, March 30, 2015

On his trips to Africa and other parts of the developing world, Premier Li Keqiang regularly touts the capabilities of China’s railway companies. The payoffs are beginning to show in record profits for the industry.

Four of China’s biggest rail equipment and construction companies are poised for all time high profits in 2014. With China’s government seeking to export the expertise behind the world’s largest high-speed train network, earnings are set to hit another high in 2015, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

“China’s experience in building rail networks, rail equipment manufacturing and operating high-speed rail networks would be a useful track record for Chinese companies in winning overseas contracts,” Anderson Chow, head of Asia infrastructure research at HSBC Securities Asia, said by e-mail.

Using railway investment as a way to project broader political influence, China is competing aggressively for overseas rail projects, targeting emerging markets in Africa, Eastern Europe, Latin America and Southeast Asia, while also pitching for high-profile contracts in the developed world. China’s two largest locomotive equipment makers, China CNR Corp. and CSR Corp., have announced a merger plan intended to boost exports of rail technology.

Three lending institutions with at least $190 billion in assets are taking shape under China’s leadership, including a $40 billion Silk Road Fund announced last November to revive the ancient trade route and finance infrastructure construction there.

Profit Surge
“We believe China’s aim when setting up the fund is to export technology, reduce excess capacity, and deepen economic and political relationships with its neighboring countries,” Daiwa Capital Markets analysts Brian Lam and Kelvin Lau wrote in a January report.

China isn’t limiting its gaze to former Silk Road nations: Xinhua reported Monday that China will collaborate with Zambia and Tanzania on a railway connecting the two African countries.

Chinese rail shares rose sharply Monday after a weekend in which President Xi Jinping promoted the Silk Road plan at the annual Boao Forum for Asia. China Railway Construction Corp. surged 18.7 percent in Hong Kong, while construction firm China Railway Group Ltd. rose 19.6 percent.

China Communications Construction Co. Ltd. jumped 14.5 percent in Hong Kong before trading was suspended. Shares of CNR and CSR are also suspended while regulators review their planned merger.

CSR will post net income of 5.7 billion yuan ($917 million) for last year, according to the average estimate of 10 analysts compiled by Bloomberg. CNR will report a profit of 5.9 billion yuan, according to the average estimate of eight analysts compiled by Bloomberg.

China Railway Group will report net profit of 10.7 billion yuan in 2014, while China Railway Construction will record a 11.5 billion yuan profit, according to the average estimates of 13 analysts compiled by Bloomberg. All four companies report earnings Monday.

To gauge future earnings potential, one key will be any details the companies provide in their earnings announcements about new contracts signed, Citigroup Global Markets analysts Eric Lau and Paul Gong said in a Feb. 24 note.

Nigeria
Chinese companies signed a combined $24.7 billion of contracts for overseas rail projects last year, Commerce Ministry official Zhi Luxun said at a Feb. 5 briefing in Beijing.

CRCC signed China’s single largest overseas contract to build an $11.97 billion railway along the Nigerian coast, linking Lagos and Calabar, Xinhua reported Nov. 20.

At the Feb. 5 briefing, Zhi said Chinese companies participated in 348 overseas railway projects and exported $3.74 billion worth of locomotive equipment last year.

Zhi said CNR and CSR together signed overseas contracts worth more than $6 billion last year, up 60 percent from 2013. Among them, CNR’s $567 million contract to supply trains for Boston’s subway system was the first rail-related deal for a Chinese company in the U.S.

‘One Belt, One Road’
Risks abound, though. In November, Mexico stunned the winning bidder -- a consortium of CRCC and four local partners - - on a high-speed rail project by scrapping the $4.3 billion award following corruption allegations. Bidding was later reopened, but the Mexican government then shelved the project last month amid budget cuts.

“Theoretically, we should see China’s ’One Belt, One Road’ initiative lift profitability, but we would need to see them winning profitable contracts and ramping up international revenue,” said Lawrence Li, a Shanghai-based industrial analyst for UOB Kay Hian Investment Co. “We shouldn’t discount the risks and unforeseen delays when going overseas for the first time.”

China’s domestic rail market is also red-hot. Six years after China’s first bullet-train line opened in 2008 between Tianjin and Beijing, 28 of the mainland’s 31 provinces now have access to bullet trains, China Daily reported.

In his annual work report March 5, Premier Li said China is investing more than 800 billion yuan in domestic railway construction this year, with major transport projects weighted toward central and western parts of the country.

“With fixed asset investment still expanding domestically, record profits last year and for the next few years will be largely due to the local Chinese market,” UOB Kay Hian’s Li said. “Overseas revenue will be the bonus.”
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[AndrewJin]

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How China’s Li Is Helping Push Railway Profits to New Record - Bloomberg Business

How China’s Li Is Helping Push Railway Profits to New Record
by Clement Tan
8:00 AM AEDT, March 30, 2015

On his trips to Africa and other parts of the developing world, Premier Li Keqiang regularly touts the capabilities of China’s railway companies. The payoffs are beginning to show in record profits for the industry.

Four of China’s biggest rail equipment and construction companies are poised for all time high profits in 2014. With China’s government seeking to export the expertise behind the world’s largest high-speed train network, earnings are set to hit another high in 2015, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

“China’s experience in building rail networks, rail equipment manufacturing and operating high-speed rail networks would be a useful track record for Chinese companies in winning overseas contracts,” Anderson Chow, head of Asia infrastructure research at HSBC Securities Asia, said by e-mail.

Using railway investment as a way to project broader political influence, China is competing aggressively for overseas rail projects, targeting emerging markets in Africa, Eastern Europe, Latin America and Southeast Asia, while also pitching for high-profile contracts in the developed world. China’s two largest locomotive equipment makers, China CNR Corp. and CSR Corp., have announced a merger plan intended to boost exports of rail technology.

Three lending institutions with at least $190 billion in assets are taking shape under China’s leadership, including a $40 billion Silk Road Fund announced last November to revive the ancient trade route and finance infrastructure construction there.

Profit Surge
“We believe China’s aim when setting up the fund is to export technology, reduce excess capacity, and deepen economic and political relationships with its neighboring countries,” Daiwa Capital Markets analysts Brian Lam and Kelvin Lau wrote in a January report.

China isn’t limiting its gaze to former Silk Road nations: Xinhua reported Monday that China will collaborate with Zambia and Tanzania on a railway connecting the two African countries.

Chinese rail shares rose sharply Monday after a weekend in which President Xi Jinping promoted the Silk Road plan at the annual Boao Forum for Asia. China Railway Construction Corp. surged 18.7 percent in Hong Kong, while construction firm China Railway Group Ltd. rose 19.6 percent.

China Communications Construction Co. Ltd. jumped 14.5 percent in Hong Kong before trading was suspended. Shares of CNR and CSR are also suspended while regulators review their planned merger.

CSR will post net income of 5.7 billion yuan ($917 million) for last year, according to the average estimate of 10 analysts compiled by Bloomberg. CNR will report a profit of 5.9 billion yuan, according to the average estimate of eight analysts compiled by Bloomberg.

China Railway Group will report net profit of 10.7 billion yuan in 2014, while China Railway Construction will record a 11.5 billion yuan profit, according to the average estimates of 13 analysts compiled by Bloomberg. All four companies report earnings Monday.

To gauge future earnings potential, one key will be any details the companies provide in their earnings announcements about new contracts signed, Citigroup Global Markets analysts Eric Lau and Paul Gong said in a Feb. 24 note.

Nigeria
Chinese companies signed a combined $24.7 billion of contracts for overseas rail projects last year, Commerce Ministry official Zhi Luxun said at a Feb. 5 briefing in Beijing.

CRCC signed China’s single largest overseas contract to build an $11.97 billion railway along the Nigerian coast, linking Lagos and Calabar, Xinhua reported Nov. 20.

At the Feb. 5 briefing, Zhi said Chinese companies participated in 348 overseas railway projects and exported $3.74 billion worth of locomotive equipment last year.

Zhi said CNR and CSR together signed overseas contracts worth more than $6 billion last year, up 60 percent from 2013. Among them, CNR’s $567 million contract to supply trains for Boston’s subway system was the first rail-related deal for a Chinese company in the U.S.

‘One Belt, One Road’
Risks abound, though. In November, Mexico stunned the winning bidder -- a consortium of CRCC and four local partners - - on a high-speed rail project by scrapping the $4.3 billion award following corruption allegations. Bidding was later reopened, but the Mexican government then shelved the project last month amid budget cuts.

“Theoretically, we should see China’s ’One Belt, One Road’ initiative lift profitability, but we would need to see them winning profitable contracts and ramping up international revenue,” said Lawrence Li, a Shanghai-based industrial analyst for UOB Kay Hian Investment Co. “We shouldn’t discount the risks and unforeseen delays when going overseas for the first time.”

China’s domestic rail market is also red-hot. Six years after China’s first bullet-train line opened in 2008 between Tianjin and Beijing, 28 of the mainland’s 31 provinces now have access to bullet trains, China Daily reported.

In his annual work report March 5, Premier Li said China is investing more than 800 billion yuan in domestic railway construction this year, with major transport projects weighted toward central and western parts of the country.

“With fixed asset investment still expanding domestically, record profits last year and for the next few years will be largely due to the local Chinese market,” UOB Kay Hian’s Li said. “Overseas revenue will be the bonus.”
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it's ironic that his newspaper slandered HSR a couple years ago and now all are silent.

 

[powastick]

it's ironic that his newspaper slandered HSR a couple years ago and now all are silent.

To be honest, I'm was very skeptical on China mass HSR.

 

[AndrewJin]

To be honest, I'm was very skeptical on China mass HSR.

Money or passenger volume?
Am or was?

 

[powastick]

"WAS" skeptical before. I didn't expect HSR would able to recoup the money that rapidly.