A Strategy for China's Railway Economy

The Ministry of Railways became China Railway Corporation, which was later renamed China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. Deepening railway reform, accelerating expansion overseas, and speeding up market-oriented, corporate, and international development have become inevitable choices. Yet in this new era, academic research and public discussion of these issues remain insufficient, and research in some fields lags behind actual development. Beginning in 2013, author Xie Xiaowen focused on deepening railway system reform and, in the age of the high-speed rail economy, conducted extensive, in-depth research on railway strategy, construction and development, operations and management, e-commerce, commercial activity at high-speed rail stations and aboard trains, tourism, hotels, advertising, media, catering, logistics, industrial manufacturing, and many other areas of commercial strategy. He published a series of constructive articles in media outlets such as China Economic Weekly, International Finance News, Logistics Times Weekly, and The Economic Observer. His work not only filled a gap in public-facing research in this field, but also anticipated the development of the railway economy in recent years. The development paths and strategic ideas proposed in some of these articles have had a significant impact on the sustained and healthy development of the railways, while giving businesses and members of the public interested in railway commercial opportunities new insight. This is an accessible guide to railway commerce in the age of the high-speed rail economy.