The Open Secret: Critical Factors for Chinese High Speed Rail Development
The High Speed Rail (HSR) network in China has grown from zero to more than 13,000 kilometers within the past decade. The explosive growth of the HSR system has reconfigured Chinese geography in profound ways. It has not only propelled China into the leadership position in HSR development but has also attracted more scrutiny in terms of the role of the state, technological innovations, business development models, and investment returns. This manuscript first provides an overview of the HSR development process in China. The next section documents the key factors that made Chinese HSR a success. The last section provides a summary analysis of HSR technology transfer in China and its comparison with practices of other industries or HSR in other countries.
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Supplemental Notes:
- This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AR010 Intercity Passenger Rail.
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Corporate Authors:
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Authors:
- Liu, Rongfang (Rachel)
- Lv, Liu (Willow)
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Conference:
- Transportation Research Board 93rd Annual Meeting
- Location: Washington DC
- Date: 2014-1-12 to 2014-1-16
- Date: 2014
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 24p
- Monograph Title: TRB 93rd Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Financing; High speed rail; History; Technological innovations; Technology transfer
- Geographic Terms: China
- Subject Areas: Finance; History; Railroads; I10: Economics and Administration;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01518907
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: 14-0646
- Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
- Created Date: Mar 21 2014 11:27AM