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Summary of the report
In 2007, China's freight transport volume reached 3.14 billion tons, increased by 9% compared with 2006. And the total freight transport was 2379.7 billion tons/km, increased by 8.4% on the basis of 2006.

In 2007, the total volume of passenger transport by railway reached 1.36 billion person times, increased by 8% compared with 2006. The number

of direct passenger was 530 million, 38.9% in the passenger capacity of the year, also increased by 10.4% compared with 2006. The volume of passenger transport reached 721.631 billion persons /km , increased by 9% as compared with 2006

In 2007, the total revenue of domestic railway transport added up to 317.068 billion RMB Yuan, increased by 10.7% year by year.

China becomes No.1 in the railway industry in terms of passenger capacity, freight capacity, volume of circular flow and transportation density. With the operation distance which only accounts for 6% of the global railway transportation distance, China has successfully completed approximately 25% of the world railway transportation capacity.

During China's 11th Five-Year Plan, the construction of passenger transport oriented railway, intercity railway transport as well as coal transport oriented railway will be emphasized in order to form quick transport networks for passengers and coalmine. China's railway transport industry will gain a tremendous developing opportunity in the coming years. Till 2012, the passenger capacity and freight capacity by railway will reach 2 billion and over 5 billion respectively in China.

China's railway construction is still in its prime time. During 11th Five-Year Plan, 19,000 km railway in which 9,800 km is for passenger transport will be constructed at a total cost of some 1500 billion RMB Yuan. The operation distance of China's railway will go up to 95 thousand kilometers in 2010, in which multiple tracks and electrical tracks will account for 45% respectively. The price of railway transportation has a trend to go up in the long run. It has formed a wide gap between railway freight and road freight. And a new price system comes into being among state-owned railway, shareholding railway and joint venture railway. The price of state-owned railway transport has a trend to go up in the long run, and the system reform for the investment and financing of railway will be conducted under this guideline which can be described as government-leading, investment diversification and market-oriented operation. Following this guideline, we will have diverse investors, and more financing channels. In 2007, the 6th large-scale acceleration for railway has raised the speed to 200 kilometers per hour. And the speed in some sections of main lines such as Beijing-Harbin, Beijing-Shanghai, Beijing-Guangdong and Jinan-Qindao has reached 250 kilometers per hour. The acceleration for railway will change the operation system and service structure and raise the average price of passenger transport.

Express transport of passengers and heavy freight are key solutions to deal with the bottleneck of railway transport, the 6th acceleration for railway has increased the freight capacity and passenger capacity by 12% and 18% respectively. The railway construction will benefit these railway enterprises involved in fixed facility construction, equipment manufacture and transportation.

After a comprehensive analysis, we come to a conclusion that railway transport industry has a wide prospect for investment. Although the investment cycle is a bit long, it has high profits and low risks. And you will gain many investment opportunities from railway construction and equipment manufacture.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents
1 General situation of China's railway transportation
1.1 Analysis of the development environment of China's railway transportation
1.1.1 Economic environment
1.1.2 Policy environment
1.2 Analysis of current situation of China's railway transportation
1.2.1 Analysis of index of railway transportation
1.2.2 Analysis of current condition of railway construction
1.2.3 Innovation analysis
1.3 Analysis of the supply and demand
1.3.1 Analysis of the current supply
1.3.2 Analysis of the current demand
1.3.3 Forecast on the supply and demand
1.4 Analysis of the important goods of railway transportation

2 Analysis of the value chains of China's railway transportation
2.1 Outlines for the value chain of the railway transportation
2.1.1 Constitutions of value chains
2.1.2 Description of the taches of value chains
2.2 Railway construction
2.3 Equipment manufacture

3 Analysis of the market competitions of railway transportation
3.1 Analysis of competition features
3.1.1 Analysis of the characteristics of transportation
3.1.2 Analysis of the current competition in railway transport industry
3.1.3 Analysis of the obstacles to the railway transportation
3.2 Analysis of the competition structure of railway transportation
3.2.1 The market of passenger transportation
3.2.2 The market of freight transportation

4 The regional analysis of China's railway transport industry
4.1 Analysis of regional distribution of the railway transport industry
4.1.1 Characteristics of regional distribution of the railway transportation
4.1.2 Regional distribution analysis of passenger transport by railway
4.1.3 Regional distribution analysis of freight transport by railway
4.2 Liaoning Province
4.2.1 Outlines of the railway transport
4.2.2 Railway construction analysis
4.2.3 Analysis of future development
4.3 Shanxi Province
4.4 Hebei Province
4.5 Henan Province

5 Analysis of China's key enterprises in the railway transport industry
5.1 The Datong (Shanxi Province) to Qinhuandao (Hebei Province) railway
5.1.1 General situation of enterprises
5.1.2 Operation analysis
5.1.3 Analysis of the prospect of development
5.2 China Railway NO.2 Engineering Group Co., Ltd.
5.3 China Railway Tielong Container Logistics Co., Ltd.
5.4 Other enterprises
6 Analysis of the investment in China's railway transportation
6.1 Current situation and features of investment in railway transportation
6.1.1 Analysis of the current investment in railway
6.1.2 Analysis of features of investment in railway
6.2 Analysis of the construction of railway networks
6.2.1 Analysis of current railway networks
6.2.2 Analysis of the express railway construction
6.3 Analysis of financing condition of railway industry
6.3.1 Analysis of capitals for railway industry
6.3.2 Analysis of new financing channels

7 Analysis of risks in railway transport industry in 2006
7.1 Risk in economy
7.2 Risk in policy
7.3 Risk in relevant industries
7.4 Market risks
7.5 Other risks
7.6 Recommendations on avoiding risks

8 Analysis of investment chances of railway transport industry in 2008
8.1 Analysis of influential factors of the railway transport industry
8.1.1 Favorable factors
8.1.2 Unfavorable factors
8.2 Analysis of investment chances of railway transport industry
8.2.1 Express railway
8.2.2 Railway container
8.2.3 Analysis of investment chances in relevant industries
8.3 Investment recommendations

Selected Charts
Chart Volumes of passenger transport by railway in China from 2003 to 2007
Chart Volumes of freight transport by railway in China from 2003 to 2007
Chart Total distances of railway transport in China from 2001 to 2007
Chart Major events in China's railway industry from 2006 to 2008
Chart Anticipation of the passenger capacity by railway in China from 2008 to 2012
Chart Forecast on the freight transport capacity by railway in China from 2008 to 2012
Chart Analysis of the source of investment capital in China's railway
Chart Passenger capacity by railway in Shanxi Province from 2003 to 2007
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