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welcome to china
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china's high-speed railway hsr system is
the most visible symbol of china's
growing economic power
the state-run china railway corporation
opened the country's first high-speed
line just 14 years ago but the network
has since expanded at a remarkable rate
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china is the world superpower in terms
of high-speed rail technology
the country has over 40 000 kilometers
of high-speed rail lines and plans to
build another 1 400 kilometers by the
end of 2022 so how does this compare to
other nations around the world canada
zero in the united states there is
currently one high-speed rail line only
16 nations have high-speed railways in
the world
but let's just take trains in general
the total chinese railway network is
more than
150 000 kilometers
china spent
117 billion on investment in railway
fixed assets in 2021
these investments are the latest in a
decade-long building spree that has
rapidly outfitted china with the world's
most extensive high-speed rail network
larger than any others combined
why you may ask because railways in
china witnessed over 2.2 billion
passenger trips in one year alone and
transported over 4.55
billion
in cargo the value of goods transported
by cargo services skyrocketed to 74.9
billion dollars in 2021 its share in
total trade between china and europe has
increased from 1.5 to 8 percent
more than 50 000 china europe freight
train trips a year
china has seen railways pass through
remote windy areas in the north meander
in the mountains and over rivers in the
southern regions
thread through snow-capped covered areas
in the northeast and zigzag in the water
towns in the south gradually turning its
blueprint for building a massive
high-speed railway network with eight
horizontal lines connecting the east and
the west and eight north-south routes as
well
these are the modern and restored train
stations from every corner of china for
you to admire
remarkably each of the largest china
train stations have either been
comprehensively refurbished or newly
built in the last decade
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pushing trains is a new addition to
china's existing domestic bullet train
fleet the world's largest numbering at 4
000.
bushing is customizable train that is
capable of attaining a maximum speed of
350
kilometers per hour the train was
inaugurated this year
the world's first intelligent and
autonomous high-speed train featuring a
5g live broadcast studio with the help
of the latest communication hardware
cameras and sensors the train can scan
up to 14 kilometers ahead to probe for
any abnormal intrusion on the tracks the
fact that this bullet train can drive
itself is remarkable enough but part way
through the 56 minute ride it passes
through another engineering marvel i
give you the battling great wall station
it is the world's deepest and largest
underground high-speed railway station
starting in 2016 construction of the
tunnel and the station took around three
years to complete how's that for speed
while pursuing fast development china
railway sector attaches great importance
to energy conservation and emission
reduction
trying to contribute to the country's
goal of peaking its carbon emissions
before 2030 and achieving carbon
neutrality before 2060
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