China to build high-speed Baltic railway

cirr · Nov 25, 2015

China to build high-speed Baltic railway

GBTIMES

2015/11/24

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang meeting his Estonian counterpart Taavi Roivas at the fourth China-CEE Summit. (Photo: China News Service)

China's Prime Minister Li Keqiang has said the country is keen to build a high-speed railway in the Baltic Sea area, Xinhua News Agency has reported.

Mr Li made the announcement while attending the fourth leaders’ meeting of China and Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries in Suzhou.

After talks with Estonian prime minister Taavi Roivas, Li urged swift negotiations between China's National Development and Reform Commission and the Pan-Baltic Sea Railway Union.

He also called for the promotion of more Chinese high speed railway and infrastructure projects in Eastern Europe.

The China-CEE Summit is a meeting held to promote ties between China and sixteen Eastern European countries including Estonia, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia.

The Warsaw Business Journal reports that Poland's president Andrzej Duda will sign a memorandum with China during his visit to the summit. The deal will see the construction of a nuclear plant in the country.

China to build high-speed Baltic railway | gbtimes.com

Shotgunner51 · Nov 25, 2015

At 11:00 AM on 25th November 2015, 17 state leaders board a HSR train from Suzhou (where the 4th China-CEE Summit is taking place) to the coastal city of Shanghai.

State leaders from 16 CEE countries including Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, as well as Premier Li Keqiang of China, all share this wonderful experience.

Source: 17 State Leaders On HSR Train Ride

GS Zhou · Nov 25, 2015

Shotgunner51 said:
At 11:00 AM on 25th November 2015, 17 state leaders board a HSR train from Suzhou (where the 4th China-CEE Summit is taking place) to the coastal city of Shanghai.

State leaders from 16 CEE countries including Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, as well as Premier Li Keqiang of China, all share this wonderful experience.

Source: 17 State Leaders On HSR Train Ride

Li should play the coin-balancing game on the train to show the guests the great performance of our trains!

TianyaTaiwan · Nov 25, 2015

16+1>17

oproh · Nov 25, 2015

Shotgunner51 said:
At 11:00 AM on 25th November 2015, 17 state leaders board a HSR train from Suzhou (where the 4th China-CEE Summit is taking place) to the coastal city of Shanghai.

State leaders from 16 CEE countries including Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, as well as Premier Li Keqiang of China, all share this wonderful experience.

Source: 17 State Leaders On HSR Train Ride

Great move to market Chinese HSR, I expect a sharp rise of customers in the future for Chinese HSR.

Jlaw · Nov 25, 2015

Me thinks that Chinese leaders have been playing Civilization games for the pc. In the game, railroad building is an essential part for winning the game. :agree:

TaiShang · Nov 26, 2015

Jlaw said:
Me thinks that Chinese leaders have been playing Civilization games for the pc. In the game, railroad building is an essential part for winning the game.

China's leadership is giving great attention to connectivity, an important part of which is the reliable and speedy railroad transport for both peoples and goods.

With growing connectivity comes opportunities in terms of business potentials, social and cultural interaction and an overall improved state to state relationship.

I see China, over the past decade, focusing greatly on both maritime and land connectivity. Hence the railroads on the one hand and SCS construction on the other.

@AndrewJin

cirr · Nov 26, 2015

TaiShang said:
China's leadership is giving great attention to connectivity, an important part of which is the reliable and speedy railroad transport for both peoples and goods.

With growing connectivity comes opportunities in terms of business potentials, social and cultural interaction and an overall improved state to state relationship.

I see China, over the past decade, focusing greatly on both maritime and land connectivity. Hence the railroads on the one hand and SCS construction on the other.

@AndrewJin

It is my high hope that Premier Li gets the chance to ”peddle“ Chinese C919s around the world during his 2nd tenure。

Pangu · Nov 26, 2015

Jlaw said:
Me thinks that Chinese leaders have been playing Civilization games for the pc. In the game, railroad building is an essential part for winning the game.

Hehehe, never thought anyone would make that reference, good one! :enjoy:

GS Zhou · Nov 26, 2015

cirr said:
It is my high hope that Premier Li gets the chance to ”peddle“ Chinese C919s around the world during his 2nd tenure。

my hope is that one day Xi could sit on the C919 to foreign countries for visit; and also two or three Y20 transporters to accompany his visit, and carry his Grand Hongqi Vehicles! Hope it could be realized!

cirr · Nov 26, 2015

Li treats CEE leaders to a ride on the rails

By AN BAIJIE/ZHAO YINAN (China Daily)

On post-summit trip from Suzhou to Shanghai, premier showcases bullet train technology

In what could be called the Premier Road Show, Li Keqiang took leaders from 16 Central and Eastern European countries for a trip on a high-speed train to showcase Chinese technology.

On Wednesday morning, the premier treated the leaders, many of whom are first-time visitors to China, to ride on the world's fastest bullet train, from Suzhou, Jiangsu province, to Shanghai. The trip followed the conclusion of the Fourth Summit of China and Central and Eastern European Countries (16+1).

From Shanghai, the guests then flew to Beijing for meetings with President Xi Jinping on Wednesday and Thursday.

The train trip, which lasted about 20 minutes and covered 110 kilometers, was used by Premier Li to show the potential buyers of Chinese technology what the country can offer.

The outer skin of every train car, painted in high-gloss white, was decorated with the flags of China and the 16 CEE countries, as well as a mathematical formula－16+1>17－indicating the strong potential of cooperation between China and the CEE countries.

Slovenia Prime Minister Miro Cerar stood up to check the stability of the semi-transparent luggage rack, which is made of tempered glass, and then placed his bag on it.

Nikola Gruevski, prime minister of the Republic of Macedonia, told China Daily after the trip that he was thinking about buying more high-speed trains from China. Macedonia was the first European country to operate a high-speed train that was made in China.

Li said further such cooperation is likely. "China is in talks with the CEE countries on more transportation projects," and China's safe, fast and inexpensive high-speed trains fit well with the needs of the CEE countries, he said.

China, Serbia and Hungary finalized documents on Tuesday to allow China to lead the construction and financing of a railway linking Belgrade and Budapest.

Kong Tianping, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said "China's ties with CEE countries can also help increase their opportunities in the EU".

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2...t_22519283.htm

GS Zhou said:
my hope is that one day Xi could sit on the C919 to foreign countries for visit; and also two or three Y20 transporters to accompany his visit, and carry his Grand Hongqi Vehicles! Hope it could be realized!

The C919 seems just a tad too small for Xi's size. :hitwall: