China State Railway Group Co., Ltd., doing business as China Railway (CR), is the national passenger and freight railroad corporation of the People's Republic of China.[2]
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| China Railway | |
Native name | 中国国家铁路集团有限公司 |
| Formerly | China Railway Corporation (2013–2019) |
| Company type | State-owned limited 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 |
| Revenue |  CN¥916.258 billion[nb 1] (2015) |
| CN¥53.456 billion[nb 2] (2015) | |
| CN¥32.355 billion (2015) | |
| Total assets |  CN¥6.245870 trillion (2015) |
| Total equity | CN¥2.150725 trillion (2015) |
| 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] | |
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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 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]
History
Under the Chinese Corporate Law, China Railway Corporation was reorganized into China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. on June 18, 2019. 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.[5][6]
Logo
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.[7][8][9] 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.[10]
The "CRH" logo is used on the Hexie (train).
Companies
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 (except Bohai Strait ferry), Jilin, Southeastern Inner Mongolia (Chifeng, Tongliao and part of Xingan League), southern Heilongjiang, northeastern Hebei | ||
| China Railway Beijing Group Company (CR Beijing) | Beijing, Hebei (most parts), Tianjin, western Shandong, northern Henan, eastern Shanxi, with all the exception of Daqin Railway | North China | |
| China Railway Hohhot Group Company (CR Hohhot) | Inner Mongolia (most parts) | ||
| China Railway Taiyuan Group Company (CR Taiyuan) | Shanxi, also operates Daqin Railway through sub-company | ||
| China Railway Jinan Group Company (CR Jinan) | Shandong (includes Bohai Strait ferry) | East China | |
| China Railway Shanghai Group Company (CR Shanghai) | Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui (most parts) | ||
| China Railway Nanchang Group Company (CR Nanchang) | Jiangxi, Fujian | ||
| China Railway Guangzhou Group Company (CR Guangzhou) | Hainan, most parts of Guangdong and Hunan | South China | |
| China Railway Nanning Group Company (CR Nanning) | Guangxi, western Guangdong | ||
| China Railway Wuhan Group Company (CR Wuhan) | Hubei, southern Henan, a little part of Anhui | Central China | |
| China Railway Zhengzhou Group Company (CR Zhengzhou) | Henan (middle and northern parts), southern Shanxi | ||
| China Railway Chengdu Group Company (CR Chengdu) | Sichuan (most parts), Chongqing, Guizhou (most parts), a little part of Yunnan | Southwest China | |
| China Railway Kunming Group Company (CR Kunming) | Yunnan (most parts), a little part of Sichuan and Guizhou | ||
| China Railway Qingzang Group Company (CR Qingzang) | Tibet | ||
| Qinghai | Northwest China | ||
| China Railway Lanzhou Group Company (CR Lanzhou) | Gansu (most parts), Ningxia, a little part of Inner Mongolia | ||
| China Railway Ürümqi Group Company (CR Ürümqi) | Xinjiang, a little part of Gansu | ||
| China Railway Xi'an Group Company (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
International operations
International trains
China Railway operates passenger trains from China to Mongolia, Russia, Kazakhstan, North Korea, Vietnam and Laos. Also operates freight (cargo) trains to these countries.
The Beijing–UlaanBaatar–Moscow passenger 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)
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.[11] 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.[12] 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.
Africa
China has been investing in and helping to rebuild railways in Africa.[13][14] Below is an incomplete list of rail projects.
List of directors general
China Railway Corporation
- Sheng Guangzu (2013–2016)
- Lu Dongfu (2016–2018)
China State Railway Group
Chairman
- Lu Dongfu (2018–2022)
- Liu Zhenfang (2022–present)
General Manager
- Yang Yudong (2018–2022)
- Guo Zhuxue (2022–present)
Footnotes
See also
References
External links
- (in English) The official ticketing website for China Railway－12306.cn
- (in English) China Railway Corporation official website
- Individual passenger route maps of China Rail viewed in Open Maps with timetable (English & Chinese in map items)