Rail industry park looks to global market

BEIJING - While China is pulling ahead in the global race for high-speed railway construction, Changchun, the nation's main production site for locomotive and rolling stock, is increasing efforts to develop into a global railways transportation industry and export base.

"With the completion of China's largest railway industry park this year, we will make greater efforts to improve our production capability and efficiency to meet demand from both domestic and overseas markets," said Cui Jie, the Mayor of Changchun, Jilin province, during the annual national legislative meeting.

The railway industry park in Changchun, with investment from China Northern Locomotive and Rolling Stock Industry (Group) Corporation (China CNR), will start production by the end of this year and will manufacture 1,500 high-speed trains, 1,200 bullet trains and 3,000 subway trains each year, according to Cui.