Built: 31,043 km | Under construction: 7,207 km| Planned: 1,071 km
→ Qinhuangdao - Shenyang North (250 km/h): 404.9 km
→ Nanjing South - Hefei (250 km/h): 148 km
→ Beijing South - Tianjing (350 km/h): 118 km
→ Qingdao - Jinan (200 km/h): 393 km
→ Hefei East - Hankou (250 km/h): 380 km
→ Shijiazhuang North - Taiyuan (250 km/h): 227 km
→ Suining - Chengdu East (200 km/h): 146 km
→ Ningbo - Cangnan (250 km/h): 351 km
→ Wuhan - Guangzhou South (350 km/h): 1,079.4 km
→ Zhengzhou East - Xi’an North (350 km/h): 553 km
→ Cangnan - Fuzhou (250 km/h): 211 km
→ Fuzhou - Xiamenbei (250 km/h): 234 km
→ Chengdu - Qingchengshan (200 km/h): 65.4 km
→ Shanghai - Nanjing (350 km/h): 323.5 km
→ Jiujiang - Nanchang West (250 km/h): 138 km
→ Shanghai Hongqiao - Hangzhou South (350 km/h): 173 km
→ Haikou - Sanya (East bypass) (250 km/h): 308.1 km
→ Guangzhou South - Zhuhai (200 km/h): 142,9 km
→ Changchun - Jilin (250 km/h): 110.9 km
→ Beijing South - Shanghai Hongqiao (350 km/h): 1,318.3 km
→ Guangzhou South - Futian (250 km/h): 111 km
→ Longyan - Zhangzhou (200 km/h): 11.5 km
→ Hankou - Yichang East (200 km/h): 292.1 km
→ Zhengzhou East - Wuhan (350 km/h): 525.6 km
→ Bengbu South - Hefei (350 km/h): 130.6 km
→ Dalian North - Harbin West (350 km/h): 921.2 km
→ Taigemu - Baotou (200 km/h): 145 km
→ Beijing West - Zhengzhou East (350 km/h): 676.2 km
→ Taishansuo (block station) - Liuzhou (200 km/h): 498 km
→ Nanjing South - Hangzhou East (350 km/h): 254 km
→ Hangzhou South - Ningbo (350 km/h): 155 km
→ Panjin North - Yingkou East (350 km/h): 90 km
→ Nanchang West - Fuzhou (200 km/h): 547 km
→ Yongtai - Putian (200 km/h): 59 km
→ Tianjin - Qinhuangdao (350 km/h): 288 km
→ Xi’an North - Baoji South (350 km/h): 137 km
→ Xiamen North - Shenzhen North (250 km/h): 513 km
→ Nanhu East - Xianning South (250 km/h): 76 km
→ Liuzhou - Nanning (250 km/h): 223 km
→ Qinzhou North - Fangchenggang (250 km/h): 62 km
→ Nanning East - Beihai (250 km/h): 197 km
→ Pixian West - Pengzhou (200 km/h): 21 km
→ Chongqing North - Liangwu (200 km/h): 265 km
→ Nanning - Genzhu (250 km/h): 143 km
→ Genzhu - Guangzhou South (200 km/h): 431 km
→ Wuhan - Dayebei (250 km/h): 91 km
→ Gedian South - Huanggangdong (250 km/h): 36 km
→ Taiyuan South - Xi’an North (250 km/h): 571 km
→ Hangzhou South - Changsha Sud (350 km/h): 911 km
→ Changsha South - Xinhuang West (350 km/h): 420 km
→ Jiangyou - Chengdu Est (250 km/h): 153 km
→ Chengdu East - Leshan (250 km/h): 135 km
→ Leshan - Emeishan (250 km/h): 27 km
→ Lanzhou West - Ürümqi South (250 km/h): 1,785 km
→ Longlibei - Guangzhou South (250 km/h): 857 km
→ Qingdao - Rongcheng (250 km/h): 301 km
→ Zhengzhou East - Songchenglu (200 km/h): 50 km
→ Ximotang - Yantai (250 km/h): 19 km
→ Nanyangzhai - Jiaozuo (200 km/h): 70 km
→ Xinhuang West - Guiyang North (350 km/h): 286 km
→ Hefeibeicheng - Fuzhou (350 km/h): 850 km
→ Harbin North - Qiqihaer South (250 km/h): 269 km
→ Shenyang South - Dandong (250 km/h): 208 km
→ Tianjin - Yujiapu (350 km/h): 43 km
→ Jilin - Huichun (250 km/h): 361 km
→ Nanjing East - Anqing (250 km/h): 257 km
→ Nanning - Baise (250 km/h): 223 km
→ Dandong-Dalian North (200 km/h): 293 km
→ Chengdu East-Banbishan (250 km/h): 296 km
→ Tangyasuo-Wenzhou South (200 km/h): 190 km
→ Ganxian-Longyan (200 km/h): 248 km
→ Tianjin West -Bazhou West (250 km/h): 73 km
→ Bazhou West-Xushui (200 km/h): 65 km
→ Haikou-Sanya (West junction) (200 km/h): 345 km
→ Zhengzhou East-Xinzheng Airport (200 km/h): 27 km
→ Foshan West-Zhaoqing (200 km/h): 81 km
→ Changping East-Xiaojinkou (200 km/h): 53 km
→ Zhengzhou-Xuzhou (350 km/h): 357 km
→ Chongqing North –Wanzhou North (250 km/h): 246 km
→ Hankou-Xiaogan East (200 km/h): 61 km
→ Changsha-Zhuzhou Xiangtan (200 km/h): 82 km
→ Guiyang North -Kunming (250 km/h): 463 km
→ Kunming-Baise (250 km/h): 487 km
→ Daye North -Yangxin (250 km/h): 37 km
→ Baoji South -Lanzhou West (250 km/h): 401 km
→ Ulanqab-Hohht Est (250 km/h): 128 km
→ Yangxin-K23 (250 km/h): 82 km
→ Xi’an North -Jinangyou (250 km/h): 505 km
→ Huaibei North-Xiaoxian North (250 km/h): 25 km
→ Shijiazhuang-Ji'nan West (250 km/h): 298 km
→ Quzhou-Jiujiang (200 km/h): 334 km
→ Dongguan-Changping East (200 km/h): 48 km
→ Changsha West -Changsha (200 km/h): 21 km
→ Chongqing West -Guiyang (200 km/h): 378.6 km
→ Guangtong North -Dali (200 km/h): 174.8 km
→ Jiangmen-Zhanjaing West (200 km/h): 356 km
→ Xinhui-Jiangmen (200 km/h): 3.2 km
→ Futian-Hong Kong (border) (200 km/h): 4.3 km
→ Yuanping West -Taiyuan South (200 km/h): 110.5 km
→ Harbin-Jiamusi (200 km/h): 342.9 km
→ Harbin- Harbin North (200 km/h): 13 km
→ Hangzhou South -Huanghshan North (250 km/h): 272 km
→ Harbin-Mudanjiang (250 km/h): 300 km
→ Qingdao North -Ganyu North (200 km/h): 197 km
→ Ganyu North -Yancheng North (200 km/h): 231 km
→ Huaihua Sud -Hengyang Est (200 km/h): 319 km
→ Xiantang-Yanjialong (200 km/h): 5 km
→ Changtang-Hengyang North (200 km/h): 5 km
→ Changtang-Chashan'ao (200 km/h): 5 km
→ Qihe-Jinan Est (200 km/h): 30 km
→ Dazhengzhuang - Damoliu (200 km/h): 4 km
→ Jinan Est - Wulitang (200 km/h): 16 km
→ Jinan Est -Qingdao (350 km/h): 305 km
→ Tongren-Dazongping (200 km/h): 46 km
→ Chengdu West - lac de Chaoyang (200 km/h): 100 km
→ Nanping North -Longyan (200 km/h): 247 km
→ Houling-Hongxing (junction) (200 km/h): 8 km
→ Huyi-Aibei (junction) (200 km/h): 2 km
→ Chengde Sud –Pingquan North (350 km/h): 67 km
→ Pingquan North -Shenyang (350 km/h): 427 km
→ Qiandingxiang West –Houdingxiang Est (200 km/h): 2 km
→ Tongliao-Xinmin North (250 km/h): 197 km
→ Yaojiawopu-Tianjiawopu (junction) (200 km/h): 6 km
The speed with which the Chinese high-speed network has developed is mind-boggling. Since the opening of the Beijing to Tianjin line for the Olympic Games in 2008, authorised for a speed of 350 km/h, inaugurations of new lines have followed each other at a fast pace, in particular Beijing – Shanghai (1,318 km), authorised at 350 km/h. On this line, 486 km/h was officially clocked in 2010 by a CRH 380 A trainset, representing a world speed record for a non-modified trainset. The speed of 350 km/h is also authorised on the Wuhan – Guangzhou line, opened in 2009, where the average speed is the highest in the world: 313 km/h. In 2012, Beijing and Shenzhen, the northern and southern metropolises of China, were connected, followed by an extension in 2018 to Hong Kong. It is the longest high-speed line in the world: 2,240 km.
The network pursued its development, with a rise in line openings at the end of each year. The country began to well-covered and connected, including Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang, at the very end of a 1,785-km-line opened in a single phase.
It is noteworthy that all new lines are not authorised for the same speeds. If the principal lines are authorised at 350 km/h, the others are limited to 250 km/h or 200 km/h.
High-speed trains operating under the China Railways High-speed (CRH) brand were at their origin the fruit of foreign technology - Alstom, Bombardier, Siemens, Kawasaki. A new generation of trains saw the light of day: the Fuxinghao. Entirely designed and manufactured in China, this train runs at 350 km/h.
*Data likely to evolve.
**Source: International Union of Railways data, 2019