Rail sector sets 200,000 km target

High-speed lines likely to account for at least 10 percent by 2030, adviser forecasts

China's railway track should total more than 200,000 kilometers by 2030, in line with the nation's economic goals, and at least 10 percent of it will be for high-speed rail, the former chairman of China's largest rolling stock producer told China Daily.

"To achieve the GDP goal for 2020, China should have 150,000 kilometers of railways in 2020 and 200,000 in 2030," said Zhao Xiaogang, former chairman of China South Locomotive and Rolling Stock Co Ltd, and an adviser to the China Institute for Innovation and Development Strategy.