China railway equipment: a new starting point of exporting

• From Turkey Ankara-Istanbul project II to the Benguela railway in Angola, and then to South Africa of 591 $ 2.8 billion electric locomotive internal combustion engine vehicle procurement project and exit Thailand 115 meter-Gage railway passenger train ... ... From Africa and Asia to Europe and North America, in 2014, China's exports of railway equipment, it covers six continents and in more than 80 countries and regions.
  "Railway equipment in China's exports has become a new growth point. "In recent years, exports of railway equipment in China to achieve leapfrog development, have both volume and qualitative change. Customs service the day before also releasing a data in 2014, China's exports of railway equipment of 26.77 billion yuan, an increase of 22.6%.
  In 2014, the railway equipment exports to become a dark horse in the foreign trade industry, more than 20% growth to make people's eyes light up. Zhang Guangzhi, spokesman for the General Administration of customs said that railway equipment export growth mainly for two reasons: one is has good railway equipment manufacturing base in China, through continuous innovation, enabling rapid development of railway technology, China's high-speed rail has a price advantage. Second, domestic enterprises to actively develop the overseas market, railway technology has been exported to more than 30 countries and regions, rail companies to increase its overseas project development led directly to the exports of railway equipment.
  In 2001, China's railway equipment exported less than US $ 80 million in 2014, that figure was 3.74 billion dollars. Figures show that since 2001, the average annual growth of China's exports of railway equipment of 34.7%. As comparison, 2001 by 2014, the average annual growth of China's foreign trade to 18.2%, below the railway equipment export growth 16.5%.
  In 2014, China's exports of railway equipment, it covers six continents and in more than 80 countries and regions, main export market for ASEAN, Argentina, and Australia and the United States, exports to these four account for more than half of China's total exports of railway equipment. Other top export market, Brazil, and South Africa and Ethiopia exports doubled.
  China railway "going out" accelerated since last year, is currently working with the United States, and Thailand, and Brazil, and Russia discuss high-speed rail cooperation projects in 28 countries, with Thailand and other countries have signed the high-speed railway cooperation letter of intent. CNR formally with the United States signed the 4.1 billion dollar subway contract, China's railway transportation equipment first landed in United States.
  Data show that in 2014, 348 enterprises involving overseas railway construction project in China in 2013, increasing 113 total contract amount of $ 24.7 billion, rose 3 times more than doubled, completed turnover of 7.6 billion US dollars, an increase of 31.3%. In 2014, CSR, CNR signed overseas contracts worth more than $ 6 billion, an increase of 60% per cent.
  Compared with developed countries, China has the advantages of low cost, short. July 2014, the World Bank said in a report, China's high-speed rail per kilometre cost (including equipment and civil engineering) from 87 million to 129 million Yuan, about two-thirds of the developed countries. High efficiency projects advancing quickly, duration of about three-fourths in other countries.
  Light rail projects in Ethiopia Addis Ababa, is a successful case in terms of operation and maintenance, this is the first Chinese company to be overseas right to light rail operation, is also based on a survey, design, construction, equipment, operation and maintenance of integrated projects, reflecting the comprehensive ability of Chinese enterprises in overseas construction projects.
  Many countries around the world has made high-speed rail a development priority in the field of transportation, high-speed rail market is expected to become an important future growth. According to Germany the authority of survey consulting firm, the global railway market capacity of 162 billion euros, is expected to grow at a rate of 3.4% per year in the future, increased to 190 billion euros by 2018.
  Although China's exports made a great development of railway enterprises, but because of international market development for a short time, recognised the need for a process, and published in the standard, after sales service network construction in remains inadequate. Next steps the Government will promote a fair and equitable environment of rule of law, strengthening international standards and after-sales network construction, promote the construction of the enterprise credit system to facilitate enterprise financing in enterprises "going out".
  In addition, China and the developed world, there is a gap in terms of overseas marketing network is, if in the future to be better able to boost China's exports of railway equipment and exports, after-sales service network is also essential.
  On January 28, the Executive meeting of the State Council, focusing on deployment speed up include railway equipment in China's foreign trade. Not only proposes to explore the international market, also stressed the need to achieve the standards of export. For some export enterprises of vicious competition between phenomena, also put forward specific policies and measures.