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| − | Chinese factories will produce the rolling stock and the Chinese ministry of railways will use its strong project management capabilities to manage projects. Chinese rolling stock will compete worldwide for orders and will have the comparative advantage of low pricing. An average kilometer of HSR track in China costs between $4.8 million USD (Jiaoji Line) to $32.7 million USD (Zhengxi Line), which is significantly less than the estimated $380 million USD to $ 625 million USD it will cost for laying down the British HSR2 project.
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| − | No wonder the British Prime Minister is talking to China in order to bring their technology and investment to fuel UK鈥檚 high-speed rail ambitions. Indeed, the world has come full circle 鈥?given that the Brits invented railways and exported it worldwide in the 18th century.
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| − | China also has plans to extend its HSR network to reach as well as to Singapore through Laos, Vietnam and Malaysia. Construction of the Lanzhou鈥揢rumqi High-Speed Railway (length 1,776 kilometers) is expected to reach completion by the end of 2014 and will be instrumental to reach its aspiration to connect to Western Europe. China is also conversing with 17 countries like Vietnam, Thailand, Singapore and Kazakhstan to lay HSR tracks with its own capital for the exchange of natural resources from them. Once implemented, the networks will establish rail鈥檚 dominance in the freight modal [url=http://www.saclouisvuittonhomme.com/lv-monogram-denim-60]LV Monogram Denim[/url] share between Asia and Europe, as China does not want to move containers by ship in future (and have them accessed by Somalian pirates), rather sending these by rail to Europe, cutting the length of travel from the 35 to 45 days it takes by sea to 15 to 20 days.
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| − | China is forecasted to provide funding and cheap finance for many major projects around the world, notably in Africa. Most of these will have some sort of barter agreement to provide China with its required essential supply of raw materials to fuel its GDP growth.
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| − | The Chinese get that rail, and in particular HSR, is cutting-edge technology, and its vast ecosystem and infrastructure needs provide them with diverse business growth opportunities. Expansion of rail networks involves the stimulus of many different industries. Consumption of steel, copper and cement are key indicators of this industry鈥檚 growth. Approximately 10 tonnes of copper are required for every kilometer of dual-track catenary system. Construction of railway infrastructure in China is expected to increase the demand for steel by eight million tonnes every year. Frost Sullivan rail analysts estimate a steel requirement of 2.1 million tonnes and an excess of 90,000 tonnes of copper for all the HSR projects under construction around the world. Information technology (IT) is an integral part of the 21st century rail network. It offers services such as condition monitoring, security, surveillance, data handling, ticketing, passenger information systems and much more to the rail environment. Industries that are involved in construction safety (signs, helmets, etc.) are becoming mobilized. Even farmers supplying fabric and raw materials are [url=http://www.saclouisvuittonhomme.com/lv-monogram-mini-64]LV Monogram Mini[/url] benefitting. The rail industry is boosting trade in the form of imports of material or technology which bring with it dialogue and social interaction. Track maintenance and project management firms from countries with HSR experience are now bidding for work in other countries. Construction of a rail infrastructure starts a chain reaction that drives demand across the value chains and construction tooling, spare parts and service providers see higher volumes of business. So huge is the opportunity that equipment manufacturers like have been busy making acquisitions. It is believed that rail investments can make a 2 percent to 3 percent contribution to country鈥檚 GDP.
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| − | Innovation is the creativity that ships. USA not only needs to play catch up with the rest of the world but needs to innovate new technologies and systems for the future; such as 鈥檚 Hyperloop. Chinese innovation in high speed rail will soon be seen and experienced in nations all over the world. Chinese railways will soon be as big as the combined sizes of rail lines like Deutsche Bahn, DB Schenker, SNCF, Keolis and many others. So, forget the Chinese dragon 鈥?watch out for the Chinese high-speed rail juggernaut.
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| − | Shyam Raman, Frost Sullivan鈥檚 global rail program manager, contributed to this article.
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