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China Has Become The Worlds Largest Urban Rail Transit Market

Posted on: Tuesday, 14 November 2006, 06:00 CST

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c45184) has announced the addition of "China Rail Transit Industry Report, 2006-2010 "to their offering.

China has become the world's largest urban rail transit market nowadays. Its rail transit industry is gradually growing and maturing.

Urban rail transit is a kind of safe, convenient, punctual and high flow transportation, which is an effective solution to urban traffic jams. Meanwhile, urban rail transit is the public infrastructure with huge investment, high cost of construction and complex operation.

Chinas urban rail transit is still at the primary development stage. No integrated industry chain or reasonable industrial structure has been formed; moreover, rail equipment is still restricted by international manufactories. From the view of funds source, affected by large demand for funds at pre-construction stage and long investment payoff period, the funds for China's urban rail construction mainly come from the investment of government and the loans of China Development Bank. This financing structure results in the slow investment into Chinas rail transit construction, most rail transit enterprises are in loss.

Although the above mentioned problems still exist in urban rail transit, central and local governments still provide supports for its development in policies and funds, in view of the outstanding functions of urban rail transit. On September 1, 2005, the Suggestions on Preferential Development of Urban Public Transport were released by six national ministries including Ministry of Construction. The document says that preferential supports should be firstly provided to cities with big populations, which are in relatively good economic conditions and often encounter with serious traffic jam. It is forecasted that by 2010, about 125 cities in China will have a population of over 1 million. Among them, about 50 cities in China will have a population of over 2 million.

With the support of policies, the enthusiasm for constructing urban rail transit is booming. Up to the end of 2005, subway and light rails have been built in tens of cities in China like Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Dalian, Changchun, Wuhan, Chongqing and Nanjing. Among more than 40 cities with the population of over 1 million, over 30 cities began to prepare for urban high-speed rail construction. And about 14 cities have already submitted urban rail transit network programming, aiming at building 55 lines with the total length of about 1500 kilometers. The total investment on these lines hits RMB 500 billion.

As China is speeding up the urbanization and central cities spread to neighbouring regions, the pressure to urban rail transit construction is also increasing. To ease such dilemma of rail transit construction funds, Chinese government has already called for foreign-funded and private enterprises to join rail transit construction. Currently, foreign capital plays an active role in rail equipment and technology supply, while private capital hasn't involved due to unaffordable investment. However, along with the continuous expansion of Chinas city scale, it becomes an inevitable trend for foreign and private capitals to enter the filed of urban rail transit construction.

The report data sourced from Chinese authoritative organizations like National Bureau of Statistics, National Development and Reform Commission and Ministry of Communications. On the basis of reviewing Chinas urban rail transit industry development, this report comprehensively and systematically analyzes development environment, investment, construction, and operation status of urban rail transit. It also forecasts the future development space of China's urban rail transit industry through qualitative and quantitative analysis, providing references for enterprises and other entities to draft relevant investment and development strategies.

Please note this report is currently only available in Chinese. However, if you wish to obtain an English version, a translation service is available which will take 3-5 working days. For further information, please click "Enquire before Buying".

Topics Covered:

Review of urban rail transit industry development

Analysis on development environment of Chinas urban rail transit

Comparison of development in overseas and Chinese rail transit

Development status of Chinas urban rail transit equipment manufacturing

Prospects and trends of Chinas urban rail transit industry

Analysis on operations and competitiveness of dominant enterprises

Analysis on investment opportunities of urban rail transit

Companies Mentioned:

Bombardier

Alstom

Siemens Transportation Systems Group (TS)

GE

Changchun Railway Vehicles Co., Ltd

Nanjing Puzhen Rolling Stock Works

Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Company (Gofront)

Xiangtan Electric Manufacturing Co., Ltd

Beijing Subway Co., Ltd

Guangzhou Metro Corporation

Wuhan Rail Transportation Co., Ltd

Dalian Modern Rail Transit Co., Ltd

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c45184

Source: Business Wire

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