Regional Economic Impact Analysis of High Speed Rail in China: Main Report

This report, on behalf of China Railway Corporation (CRC), develops a methodology to assess the economic impacts of high speed rail (HSR) projects in China. Specifically this report focuses on regional economic impacts including changes in tourism, changes in business productivity, and changes in employment. A literature review, passenger survey, and tourism survey were conducted. In addition, two case studies are considered, Changchun-Jilin Intercity Railway and the northern part of the Beijing-Shanghai High Speed Rail Line. Recommendations for further work are included.

• Record URL:
  http://www.worldbank.org/content/dam/Worldbank/document/EAP/China/high_speed-rail-%20in-china-en.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  World Bank

  China and Mongolia Sustainable Development Sector Unit
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  China Railway Corporation

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• Authors:
  • Jin, Ying
  • Bullock, Richard G
  • Yu, Runze
  • Zhou, Nanyan
  • Nan, Jinglin
  • Gao, Mingming
  • Xu, Zhongyi
  • Guo, Chunjiang
  • Shi, Lixin
  • Ollivier, Gerald
  • Zhang, Jianping
• Publication Date: 2014-6-25

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; Bibliography; Figures; Glossary; Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 120p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Case studies; Economic impacts; Employment; High speed rail; Literature reviews; Methodology; Productivity; Regional analysis; Surveys; Tourism
• Geographic Terms: China
• Subject Areas: Economics; Railroads; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01544543
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: ACS9734
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 24 2014 3:28PM