国产热热热精品,亚洲视频久久】日韩,三级婷婷在线久久,99人妻精品视频,精品九热人人肉肉在线,AV东京热一区二区,91po在线视频观看,久久激情宗合,青青草黄色手机视频

Business / Opinion

Setting in train Africa's railways

By Zhao Jian (China Daily) Updated: 2014-05-13 13:47

China has an excellent record in building railways. The China Railway Construction Corporation has built tens of thousands of kilometers of railways almost without any quality problems. Besides, the competition between CSR and China CNR Corporation, China's two giants that make rail transportation equipment, forces them to offer their best products and services to the market.

China-made trains and railway products may not necessarily be the best in the world, but they are relatively cheap and better than most of their competitors in performance-cost ratio. In fact, China's trains have passed the tough test of running in severe climate conditions. Media reports say that when Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn asked Li whether China-made trains would suit Africa's conditions, the premier said their performance in the tough climates of the Xinjiang Uygur and Tibet autonomous regions prove their quality. This means China-made trains will have no problems running smoothly in Africa.

Setting in train Africa's railways
China mulls high-speed train to US: report 

Setting in train Africa's railways 
 Breakthrough in riding the rails in Ethiopia 
The building of railways in African countries will boost their economies. A comprehensive railway network could prove beneficiary for a country like Ethiopia that has a large land area and produces huge quantities of quality agricultural products.

In building railways, China usually offers only core technology and employs most of the workers from among local residents. So if it is asked to build railways in African countries, China can help create many jobs for the local people, which, in turn, will stimulate consumption and form a virtuous circle. That would once again give the lie to Western propaganda that China is practicing "neo-colonialism" in Africa.

But building railways in Africa will not be without problems, and continuous flow of funds could be the biggest one. That's why it is important that China concentrates on building normal (as opposed to high-speed) railways in Africa. Moreover, for most countries, especially those in Africa, high-speed railways can become an economic burden.

Also, China needs to delicately select routes to build railways in Africa; it has to conduct (or help conduct) a thorough study on whether a railway line will really boost the economy before embarking on its construction. It should, therefore, concentrate on building railways where there is ample need for freight transport, like concentrated plantations or mining sites, to ensure that they run on profits instead of subsidies.

Only in this way can railways built by China benefit African countries in a sustainable way.

The author is a professor of transportation economics at Beijing Jiaotong University. The article is an excerpt of his interview with China Daily's Zhang Zhouxiang.

Previous Page 1 2 Next Page

Hot Topics

Editor's Picks
...
...
庄浪县| 泰来县| 秦安县| 怀仁县| 句容市| 杭锦旗| 保亭| 吉木萨尔县| 涞源县| 民勤县| 雅江县| 宜川县| 石首市| 滨州市| 湖州市| 吉木乃县| 牟定县| 宜城市| 承德市| 德阳市| 高淳县| 石泉县| 竹山县| 图木舒克市| 迁西县| 宜城市| 吉木萨尔县| 成都市| 杭锦后旗| 巴南区| 秦皇岛市| 平舆县| 康马县| 南和县| 五莲县| 雷山县| 汾西县| 安溪县| 连州市| 高台县| 荃湾区|