The present conditions of and the situation confronted the railway manufacturing industry in China as the corner stone of China ' s railway development are elaborated, In the face of the challenges from the information technology revolution and the economic globalization of the 21st century, the immense development of the advanced railway manufacturing industry is the strategic choice for building the railway technological e-quipment system with Chinese characteristics and in possession of own intellectual property rights and for realizing the rail transit modernization in China.
The paper analyses the complexity and difficulties of the speedup project on China′s existing railways, and expounds with emphasis the great breakthroughs in the key technology of the speedup. These are: (1) The successful development of 160 km·h-1-200 km·h-1 ″Chinese Brand″ highspeed passenger train and locomotive and carriage group for which we have our own intellectual property;
Described are the operation conditions, composition mode, technical parameters, main structure and technical features of the metro trains with our own intellectual property rights.
The NR-PSS equipment with independent intellectual property right has been successfully put into operation on a 300 MW generator in Baishan Hydro Plant of Northeast China Grid more than 10 months.
The NR-PSS equipment with independent intellectual property right has been successfully put into operation on a 300 MW generator in Baishan Hydro Plant of Northeast China Grid more than 10 months.