Government and Policy

Ministry dismisses train speed claims

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2011-06-27 16:58

BEIJING - A senior official from China's Ministry of Railways (MOR) on Monday dismissed an allegation by a former MOR official that the MOR had exaggerated how fast the country's high-speed trains could run.

"The claims of the former MOR official are groundless," said the MOR's chief engineer He Huawu, adding that China's high-speed trains are "fast, comfortable and safe".

He made the comment in reply to a claim made by former MOR deputy chief engineer Zhou Yimin, who said in an article published by financial magazine Caijing last week that the MOR's claims that its high-speed trains could run at 350 km per hour were "fraudulent".