The brief history of China's high-speed railway development is:

1. On April 23, 1999, the new technology of electrification of Guangshen Railway at 200 km/hour passed the appraisal of the former Ministry of Railways of China. on August 16, the construction of Qin-Shen Passenger Dedicated Line was started as the first experimental line for China's wheeled high-speed locomotives.

2. On March 1, 2001, the construction of Shanghai Maglev Train Demonstration and Operation Line started, as the experimental project of China's high-speed railroad line of magnetic levitation technology.

3. On December 31, 2002, the Shanghai Maglev Train Demonstration Operation Line was completed. Design speed 430 km/h, for China's first high-speed rail system.

4. On October 11, 2003, the whole section of Qin-Shen Passenger Dedicated Line was completed and opened to traffic, with a design speed of 250 km/h, the first high-speed national railway line in China.

Expanded information:

From the national conditions of the century, China to accelerate the development of high-speed railroads is also an inevitable choice, the main reason for four points:

1, China is In an important period of sustained and rapid economic and social development, the railroad "bottleneck" constraints are very prominent.

2, China is in an important period of industrialization to accelerate the formation of railroad transport is far from being able to adapt to the urgent requirements of the development of industrialization.

3, China is in the key period of urban and rural areas and regional development, the railroad network layout is difficult to adapt to the urgent requirements of urban and rural areas and regional development.

4, China is in the key stage of sustainable development, railroad development is far from adapting to the urgent requirements of the construction of a comprehensive transportation system.

Baidu Encyclopedia - China High Speed Rail

Baidu Encyclopedia - High Speed Rail