Shanghai: China is competing with Germany’s Siemens AG, Canada’s Bombardier Inc and Japan’s Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd for global rail contracts – the same companies that helped it build a high-speed rail network that is now the world’s longest at 16,000 kilometres.
China began testing the first bullet train completely made from locally produced parts this week as part of a big government-led push to export railway technology.
China is also home to the world’s largest train maker by sales, CRRC Corp Ltd , which was formed when the government merged its two biggest train makers in June.