China Railway
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China Railway | |
Native name | Trung quốc quốc gia thiết lộ tập đoàn hữu hạn công tư |
Formerly | China Railway Corporation (2013–2019) |
Company type | State-ownedlimited company |
Industry | Rail transport |
Predecessor | Ministry of Railways |
Founded |
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Headquarters | Haidian District,Beijing , |
Area served | China |
Key people | Liu Zhenfang (Chairman) Guo Zhuxue (General Manager) |
Services | Passenger rail Freight rail |
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Owner | Ministry of Finance |
Number of employees | 2 million approx. (2013) |
Divisions | Railway operations |
Subsidiaries | 16 bureaux 5 companies |
Website | Corporate website Customer portal |
Footnotes / references source[1] |
China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. | |||||||
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Simplified Chinese | Trung quốc quốc gia thiết lộ tập đoàn hữu hạn công tư | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | Trung quốc quốc gia thiết lộ tập đoàn hữu hạn công tư | ||||||
Literal meaning | China State Railway Group Limited Company | ||||||
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Alternative Chinese name | |||||||
Simplified Chinese | Quốc thiết tập đoàn | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | Quốc thiết tập đoàn | ||||||
Literal meaning | State Railway Group | ||||||
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China State Railway Group Co., Ltd.,doing business asChina Railway(CR), is the national passenger and freight railroad corporation of thePeople's Republic of China.[2]
China Railway operates passenger and freight transport throughout China with 18 regional subsidiaries.[3]By September 2022, the total assets of China Railway Group are CNY 9.06 trillion (USD 1.24 trillion).[4]China has the highestrailway usage in the world.[5]
History
[edit]Under the Chinese Corporate Law, China Railway Corporation was reorganized into China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. on 18 June 2019. This meant theMinistry of Financewould act as an investor on behalf of the state and the company would be led by a board and managed by board-chosen executives.[6][7]
Logo
[edit]The China Railway logo was designed by Chen Yuchang (Chinese:Trần ngọc sưởng) (1912–1969), officially adopted on 22 January 1950. The whole logo represents the front of a locomotive. The upper part of the logo represents the Chinese character nhân (people), while the lower part represents the transversal surface of a rail. The logo means that China's railway belongs to the people.[8][9][10]The lower part represents the character công (labour), means that China's railway belongs to the working class.
The "CR" logo is used on theFuxing (train)along with the China Railway logo.[11]
The "CRH" logo is used on theHexie (train).
Companies
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There are 21 primary subsidiary companies under China Railway. As of 2008, approximately two million people work in China Railway.
Business | Company | Provinces of operation | Regions of operation |
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Passenger | China Railway Harbin GroupCompany (CR Harbin) |
Northeastern Inner Mongolia (Hulunbuir and part of Xingan League), Heilongjiang | Northeast China |
China Railway Shenyang GroupCompany (CR Shenyang) |
Liaoning (except Bohai Strait ferry), Jilin, Southeastern Inner Mongolia (Chifeng, Tongliao and part of Xingan League), southern Heilongjiang, northeastern Hebei | ||
China Railway Beijing GroupCompany (CR Beijing) |
Beijing, Hebei (most parts), Tianjin, western Shandong, northern Henan, eastern Shanxi, with all the exception ofDaqin Railway | North China | |
China Railway Hohhot GroupCompany (CR Hohhot) |
Inner Mongolia (most parts) | ||
China Railway Taiyuan GroupCompany (CR Taiyuan) |
Shanxi, also operates Daqin Railway through sub-company | ||
China Railway Jinan GroupCompany (CR Jinan) |
Shandong (includes Bohai Strait ferry) | East China | |
China Railway Shanghai GroupCompany (CR Shanghai) |
Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui (most parts) | ||
China Railway Nanchang GroupCompany (CR Nanchang) |
Jiangxi, Fujian | ||
China Railway Guangzhou GroupCompany (CR Guangzhou) |
Hainan, most parts of Guangdong and Hunan | South China | |
China Railway Nanning GroupCompany (CR Nanning) |
Guangxi, western Guangdong | ||
China Railway Wuhan GroupCompany (CR Wuhan) |
Hubei, southern Henan, a little part of Anhui | Central China | |
China Railway Zhengzhou GroupCompany (CR Zhengzhou) |
Henan (middle and northern parts), southern Shanxi | ||
China Railway Chengdu GroupCompany (CR Chengdu) |
Sichuan (most parts), Chongqing, Guizhou (most parts), a little part of Yunnan | Southwest China | |
China Railway Kunming GroupCompany (CR Kunming) |
Yunnan (most parts), a little part of Sichuan and Guizhou | ||
China Railway Qingzang GroupCompany (CR Qingzang) |
Tibet | ||
Qinghai | Northwest China | ||
China Railway Lanzhou GroupCompany (CR Lanzhou) |
Gansu (most parts), Ningxia, a little part of Inner Mongolia | ||
China Railway Ürümqi GroupCompany (CR Ürümqi) |
Xinjiang, a little part of Gansu | ||
China Railway Xi'an GroupCompany (CR Xi'an) |
Shaanxi (most parts), northeast Sichuan | ||
Freight | China Railway Special Cargo Service Company (CRSCS) |
Nationwide | |
China Railway Express Company (CRE) | |||
China Railway Container Transport Company (CRCT) |
Second tier subsidiaries
[edit]Corporate affairs
[edit]Business trends
[edit]The key trends for the China Railway are (as of the financial year ending 31 December):
2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
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Revenue (RMBt) | 1.13 | 1.13 | 1.25 |
Operating income (RMBb) | −34.8 | −54.4 | 27.47 |
Net income(RMBb) | −49.9 | −69.6 | 3.30 |
Total assets (RMBt) | 8.92 | 9.20 | 9.53 |
Total equity (RMBt) | 3.00 | 3.09 | 3.22 |
References | [12] | [13] | [14] |
International operations
[edit]International trains
[edit]China Railway operates passenger trains from China to Mongolia, Russia, Kazakhstan, North Korea, Vietnam and Laos. Also operates freight (cargo) trains to these countries.
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The Beijing–UlaanBaatar–Moscowpassenger train
There are 11 international passenger train services:
- 95/8,Dandong–Pyongyang
- 401/2, Suifenhe–Grodekovo
- K3/4,Beijing–Ulaanbaatar–Moscow
- K19/20, Beijing–(Manzhouli)–Moscow
- K23/4, Beijing–Ulaanbaatar
- K27/8, Beijing–Pyongyang
- K4651/2/3/4,Hohhot–Ulaanbaatar
- K9795/6,Ürümqi–Almaty
- K9797/8, Ürümqi–Astana
- Z5/6–T8701/2,Beijing West–Nanning(transfer station)–Gia Lâm (Hanoi)
- D887/888,Kunming South—Vientiane
Services to Europe (New Silk Route)
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As of 2017[update]China Railway rangoodsservices to 15 European cities, including routes to Madrid and Hamburg and the experimentalEast Wind serviceto London to test demand.[15]The Chinese government refers to the two-week 12,000 km (7,500 mi) route, starting atYiwuand with trains to London traversing Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, Poland, Germany, Belgium and France, as theBelt and Road Initiative.[16]Containersmust be transferred several times, as different, incompatible,rail gaugesare used in different regions, and the samerolling stockcannot be used throughout.
Africa
[edit]China has been investing in and helping to rebuild railways in Africa.[17][18]Below is an incomplete list of rail projects.
List of directors general
[edit]China Railway Corporation
[edit]- Sheng Guangzu(2013–2016)
- Lu Dongfu(2016–2018)
China State Railway Group
[edit]Chairman
[edit]- Lu Dongfu(2018–2022)
- Liu Zhenfang(2022–present)
General Manager
[edit]- Yang Yudong(2018–2022)
- Guo Zhuxue(2022–present)
Footnotes
[edit]See also
[edit]- Rail transport in China
- List of locomotives in China
- China Railway High-speed
- MTR
- Passenger rail transport in China
- High-speed rail in China
References
[edit]- ^Trung quốc thiết lộ tổng công tư 2015 niên niên độ báo cáo[China Railway Corporation 2015 Annual Report] (in Chinese). archive of Shangjai Clearing House. 29 April 2016. Archived fromthe originalon 7 November 2017.Retrieved6 May2016.
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- ^Tang, Jun (1 November 2022)."Quốc thiết tập đoàn tiền tam quý độ khuy tổn 947 ức nguyên, kinh hỗ cao thiết dĩ nữu khuy vi doanh – hoàn cầu lữ tấn".TravelDaily.cn.Archived fromthe originalon 3 November 2022.Retrieved3 November2022.
- ^"20 Countries With The Highest Railway Passenger Traffic in The World".Yahoo Finance.11 April 2024.Retrieved17 June2024.
- ^"China renames, restructures railway corporation in reform push".Reuters.18 June 2019.Retrieved18 June2019.
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- ^Lộ huy đích lai lịch.
- ^Thiên tân trạm đích phục hưng hào CR400AF tiêu chuẩn động xa tổ.
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- ^Tracy McVeigh (14 January 2017)."Silk Road route back in business as China train rolls into London".The Guardian.Retrieved15 January2017.
- ^"Travelling from China to London - BBC News".BBC.18 January 2017.Retrieved18 January2017.[permanent dead link]
- ^O'Dowd, Emily."Special report: How five major African rail projects are supported by China".Retrieved18 September2018.
- ^Kacungira, Nancy (8 June 2017)."Is Kenya's new railway good value for money?".BBC News.Retrieved18 September2018.
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- ^"Mali signs $11bn agreements with China for new rail projects".Railway Technology.16 September 2014. Archived fromthe originalon 31 January 2017.Retrieved18 January2017.
- ^"China to build major new African railway from Mali to the coast".Global Construction Review.4 January 2016.Retrieved18 January2017.
- ^"CCECC sign $11.117 billion Lagos-Calabar Rail Contract line".The Guardian.2 July 2016.Retrieved18 January2017.
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- ^"Construction of railway from Khartoum to Port Sudan".Aiddata.Archived fromthe originalon 9 January 2017.Retrieved18 January2017.
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External links
[edit]- (in English)The official ticketing website for China Railway-12306.cn
- (in English)China Railway Corporation official website
- Individual passenger route maps of China Railviewed in Open Maps with timetable (English & Chinese in map items)