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Firm to buy 500 bullet trains, speed limit to rise to 350 kph

China Railways Corp, the country's rail operator, plans to purchase 500 bullet trains with an operating speed of 350 kilometers per hour from China Railway Rolling Stock Corp by 2020, it said in a statement on Monday night.

This move indicates that China is raising the operating speed of its high-speed trains from 300 kph since 2011.