The operational mileage of China's high-speed railroads has exceeded 40,000 kilometers. China has by far the most extensive High-Speed Train Network in the world. 


High-Speed Train China


On December 30, 2021, the Anqing-Jiujiang section of the Beijing-Hong Kong high-speed railroad was put into operation and the high-speed railroad directly connecting Hefei to Nanchang was completed, with the fastest travel time reaching 2 hours and 22 minutes, marking the basic connection of the Shangqiu-Shenzhen section of the Beijing-Hong Kong Canal of the "eight horizontal and eight vertical" high-speed railway system.


To date, the operating mileage of China's high-speed railroads has exceeded 40,000 kilometers, which is equivalent to circling the earth's equator; the total mileage of China's operating railroads has exceeded 150,000 kilometers.


In 2008, the network included only one high-speed line, the one linking Beijing to Tianjin, which was put into service for the Olympic Games and covered a distance of 131 km in 30 minutes. In 2020, the network will cover more than 37,000 km and will link Hong Kong to Beijing or Shanghai, as well as Urumqi to Xian or Chengdu to Beijing.