As part of 02.303, The Role of Technology and Design on Growth in China, I presented this topic with the case study about China's high speed railway.
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7. WHAT IS A HIGH SPEED RAIL?
Rail transport that operates
faster than traditional rail
and runs on dedicated
tracks combined with
specialised locomotives
9. FOREIGNTECHNOLOGYTRANSFER
• Joint venture with local companies
• conform to China’s standards and assemble units locally
• ability to self develop next generation of trains without their
partner’s involvement
10. RAPID DEVELOPMENT
• around 200 sets made in China in just 2 years
• By September 2010, trains are able to travel at 200 to 250
km/h for 2,876 km
12. HISTORY OF CHINA’S HSR
• World’s longest network of
16,000km track length
• introduced on April 18, 2007
• 2.49 million ridership in 2014
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14. KAWASAKI AND CSR ISSUE
• ended cooperation in 2008 after 2 years into Joint
venture
• ability to build models without external assistance
• case of over-reaction as contracts are signed
between Japan and China for the venture
15. MULTI PROJECTS AWARDEDTO JV
• 2005 - Bidding for 350km/h trains
by Siemens and CNRTangShan
• 2007 - 70 sets to increase
transport capacity
• 2008 - 400 new generation trains
from Bombardier and Siemens
• 2010 - announcement of “super
speed” railway R&D
17. INVESTMENT FUNDING
• $22.7 billion in 2004
• $26.2 billion in 2006 and 2007.
• $49.4 billion in 2008
• $88 billion in 2009.
• $300 billion planned expenditure to build a 25,000 km
HSR network by 2020
18. SIGNIFICANT COMMITMENT RISK
• From 2008 to 2010, the debt-to-asset ratio
increased year on year.
• In 2011, the total debt of the MOR is ¥2.09 trillion,
which is ~5% of China’s GDP
• Wen Jiabao gave vote of confidence to the
industry in late 2012
19. CHINA RAILWAY SPEED UP CAMPAIGN
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No. Year ≥ 120 km/h ≥ 160 km/h
1st 1997 1,398 752
2nd 1998 6,449 1,104
3rd 2000 9,581 1,104
4th 2001 13,166 1,104
5th 2004 16,500 7,700
6th 2007 22,000 14,000
21. CONCENTRATED RESOURCES
• Merger of country’s top train manufacturers, CSR and
CNR into China Railway Rolling Stock Group
• exporting technology to countries like Mexico,Thailand,
United Kingdom, India, Russia andTurkey
• Advantage of the combined rail and train industry
capabilities for an all-in-one integrated project
25. OVERVIEW
• History of China’s High Speed Railway (HSR) dream
• Innovation and initiatives that made HSR successful in China
• China’s from zero to competitor story
• Challenges faced and the future of HSR
26. WHEELSVS MAGLEV
• debate ended in 2004 with
the Mid-to-LongTerm
Railway Development Plan
• Lower cost
• no proprietary technology
• safety consideration