November 9-10, 2010
InterContinental Pudong, Shanghai, China

Industry Focus

With the rapid development of Chinese urbanization and thereby significant increase in the urban passenger capacity, the pure common public transit cannot satisfy the soaring demands in Chinese cities, especially in large cities. In response, Chinese central government has positively issued relevant policies to give priority to the development of urban public transit. An estimated 1 trillion Yuan of investment is to be poured into rail transit industry by the year, 2016. Chinese local governments also release capitals and supporting policies for the allocation and upgrading of rail transit, comprehensive interchange hubs, station construction, vehicle and facilities. On the basis of reviewing China’s urban rail transit industry development, the rail transit distance hit 962 km by the end of 2009; it is expected, by the year 2020, China urban rail transit lines will reach 177; the total mileage of operation will reach up to 6,100 km. Generally speaking, China is witnessing a boom in urban rail transit construction as many cities struggle to tackle traffic congestion in wake of fast growth in private car ownership. There are 33 cities are preparing the construction of rail transit; up till now, 28 cities have gained the approval from the State Council. China has obviously become the world’s largest urban rail transit market.

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