CONCEPTION OF PAN-ASIAN TRUNK RAILWAY NETWORK AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHINESE RAILWAY

Key words: 
• Pan-Asian railway /
• railway network /
• railway construction /
• Chinese railway

Abstract: This Paper focuses on the formation of Pan-Asian trunk railway netWork. Pan-Asian trunk railways will be composed of two railway systems; one is the railway system linking up railways of 19 countries in Middle East, South Asia and Southeast Asia; the other is the cooperative railways system between countries. To realize Chinese railway network connecting with the railway networks of Eurasian countries is the prerequisite and guarantee for developing socialist market economy. The present transport capacity and the overall network level are too low to connect with Pan-Asian railway network, for example, the density of railway networks is low, the structure of airway networks is backward, the distribution of railway networks is unbalanced, etc. In order to match Pan-Asian trunk railway network, China must speed up railway construction, open some new ports, construct railway thoroughfare passing through China and neighboring countries