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China Railway (CR) | |
Native name | Chinese: 中国国家铁路集团有限公司 |
Formerly | China Railway Corporation (2013–2019) |
Type | State-owned limited company |
Industry | Rail transport |
Predecessor | Ministry of Railways |
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Headquarters | , |
Area served | China |
Key people | Lu Dongfu (Chairman) Yang Yudong (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 |
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China State Railway Group Co.,Ltd. | |||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 中国国家铁路集团有限公司 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 中國國家鐵路集團有限公司 | ||||||
Literal meaning | China State Railway Group Limited Company | ||||||
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Alternative Chinese name | |||||||
Simplified Chinese | 国铁集团 | ||||||
Traditional Chinese | 國鐵集團 | ||||||
Literal meaning | State Railway Group | ||||||
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China State Railway Group Company, Ltd., doing business as China Railway or CR, is a state-owned sole proprietorship enterprise that undertakes railway passenger and cargo transportation services in the People's Republic of China and is a state-owned industrial enterprise established under the "Law of the People's Republic of China on All-Ownership Industrial Enterprises." The Ministry of Finance acts on behalf of the State Council to perform the duties of shareholders.[2] It used to be part of the now defunct Ministry of Railways. China Railway operates passenger and freight transport via 21 subsidiaries.
China Railway previously had its own railway police force, prosecutors office and court system. The police department of the railway is still under the control of the company. The status of the police is civil service of Ministry of Public Security, but they are still paid and managed by the company. [3]
Under the Chinese Corporate Law, China Railway Corporation was reorganized into China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. on June 18, 2019, instead of Industrial Enterprises Owned by the Whole People. This meant the Ministry of Finance would act as an investor on behalf of the state and the company would be led by a board and managed by board-chosen executives.[4][5]
The China Railway logo was designed by Chen Yuchang (Chinese: 陈玉昶) (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 人 (people), while the lower part represents the transversal surface of a rail. The logo means that China's railway belongs to the people.[6][7][8] The lower part represents the character 工 (labour), means that China's railway belongs to the working class.
The "CR" logo is used on the Fuxing (train) along with the China Railway logo.[9]
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 Group Company (CR Harbin) |
Northeastern Inner Mongolia (Hulunbuir and part of Xingan League), Heilongjiang | Northeast China |
China Railway Shenyang Group Company (CR Shenyang) |
Liaoning, Jilin, Southeastern Inner Mongolia (Chifeng, Tongliao and part of Xingan League), southern Heilongjiang, northeastern Hebei | ||
China Railway Beijing Group Company (CR Beijing) |
Beijing, Hebei, Tianjin, western Shandong, northern Henan, eastern Shanxi | North China | |
China Railway Hohhot Group Company (CR Hohhot) |
Inner Mongolia | ||
China Railway Taiyuan Group Company (CR Taiyuan) |
Shanxi | ||
China Railway Jinan Group Company (CR Jinan) |
Shandong | East China | |
China Railway Shanghai Group Company (CR Shanghai) |
Shanghai, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang | ||
China Railway Nanchang Group Company (CR Nanchang) |
Jiangxi, Fujian, parts of Hubei and Hunan | ||
China Railway Guangzhou Group Company (CR Guangzhou) |
Guangdong, Hunan, Hainan | South China | |
China Railway Nanning Group Company (CR Nanning) |
Guangxi, western Guangdong | ||
China Railway Wuhan Group Company (CR Wuhan) |
Hubei, southern Henan | Central China | |
China Railway Zhengzhou Group Company (CR Zhengzhou) |
Henan, Shanxi | ||
China Railway Chengdu Group Company (CR Chengdu) |
Sichuan, Chongqing, Guizhou, parts of Yunnan and Hubei | Southwest China | |
China Railway Kunming Group Company (CR Kunming) |
Yunnan, parts of Sichuan and Guizhou | ||
China Railway Qingzang Group Company (CR Qingzang) |
Tibet | ||
Qinghai | Northwest China | ||
China Railway Lanzhou Group Company (CR Lanzhou) |
Gansu, Ningxia, parts of Inner Mongolia | ||
China Railway Ürümqi Group Company (CR Ürümqi) |
Xinjiang, parts of Gansu | ||
China Railway Xi'an Group Company (CR Xi'an) |
Shaanxi, northeast Sichuan | ||
Freight | China Railway Special Cargo Service Company (CRSCS) |
Nationwide | |
China Railway Express Company (CRE) | |||
China Railway Container Transport Company (CRCT) |
Parent | Subsidiary | Operational line |
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CR Guangzhou | Guangshen Railway Company | Guangzhou–Shenzhen railway |
Guangmeishan Railway Company | Guangzhou–Meizhou–Shantou railway | |
Sanmao Company | Sanshui–Maoming railway | |
Shichang Railway Company | Shimen–Changsha railway | |
Yuehai Railway Company | Guangdong–Hainan railway | |
CR Kunming | Shuibai Railway Company | Liupanshui–Baiguo railway |
CR Nanchang | Wuyishan Railway Company | Hengfeng–Nanping railway |
Quanzhou Railway Company | Zhangping–Longyan–Kanshi railway | |
Longyan Railway Company | Zhangping–Quanzhou–Xiaocuo railway | |
Xiamen Haicang Railway Company | Haicang branch railway | |
CR Shanghai | Xiaoyong Railway Company | Xiaoshan–Ningbo railway |
Hejiu Railway Company | Hefei–Jiujiang railway | |
Xinchang Railway Company | Xinyi–Changxing railway | |
Jinwen Railway Company | Jinhua–Wenzhou railway | |
Ningqi Railway Company | Nanjing–Qidong railway | |
Ninghe Railway Company | Hefei–Nanjing passenger railway | |
Hewu Railway Company | Hefei–Wuhan railway | |
CR Taiyuan | Daqin Railway Company | Datong–Qinhuangdao railway |
CR Wuhan | Huhanrong Railway Hubei Company | Shanghai–Wuhan–Chengdu high-speed railway (Hubei section) |
Luofu Railway Company | Luohe–Fuyang railway | |
CR Xi'an | Xiyan Railway Company | Xi'an–Yan'an railway |
CR Zhengzhou | Anli Branch Line Company | Anyang–Lizhen railway |
Tanghe Branch Line Company | Tangyin–Hebi railway |
China Railway operates passenger trains from China to Mongolia, Russia, Kazakhstan, North Korea, and Vietnam. Currently all international passenger trains are suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia.
See also: Eurasian Land Bridge |
As of 2017[update] China Railway ran goods services to 15 European cities, including routes to Madrid and Hamburg and the experimental East Wind service to London to test demand.[10] The Chinese government refers to the two-week 12,000 km (7,500 mi) route, starting at Yiwu and with trains to London traversing Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, Poland, Germany, Belgium and France, as the Belt and Road Initiative.[11] Containers must be transferred several times, as different, incompatible, rail gauges are used in different regions, and the same rolling stock cannot be used throughout.
China has been investing in and helping to rebuild railways in Africa.[12][13] Below is an incomplete list of rail projects.