350km/h High-speed Train

    One hundred trains will provide a Shanghai-Beijing express railway service from 2011, travelling at speeds up to 350 kilometers per hour, a world record for trains in commercial operation. The first train, with fully owned intellectual property rights, is expected to be rolled out in 2010.

    The train's development will give priority to breakthroughs in four areas, namely basic research and arguments about speed, energy saving and environmental protection, comfort, and reliability. Furthermore, it will overcome key technical problems in aerodynamics, braking, network control, vibration and noise abatement, as well as wheel-rail wear.

A model of the 350kmh train, called "Harmony".