China to Boost World's Biggest High-Speed Railway System by 2,300 km This Year(Yicai Global) July 17 -- China is expected to build 2,300 kilometers of high-speed railways this year, according to the state-owned operator of the world's largest network of high-speed railways.
Some 605 km has already been built during the first half, China Railway added. The country's total spending on train route construction should exceed CNY500 billion (USD71.4 billion) this year.
By the end of last year, China had formed a 35,000-km high-speed railway network, about 70 percent of the world's total. It began building the first such route between Beijing and Shanghai in 2008.
Editor: Emmi Laine
