A Hexie bullet train stops at the Xuzhou station in Jiangsu province, Jan 3, 2014. [Photo/VCG] Trains on the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway will be traveling at up to 350 kilometers per hour around this year's National Day, Beijing-based Caixin online reported. The speeds of Hexie and Fuxing class bullet trains will both improve, and the time required for the G1 train to run between Beijing and Shanghai will be shortened by 49 minutes to 4 hours. China Railway is currently preparing for the speed increases with multiple departments. A China Railway Signal & Communication Corp member noted that staffers are testing tracks, train vehicles and signals. China's high-speed rail system began to slow down from July 1, 2011. All the high-speed trains that could reach a top speed of 350 km/h were slowed to 300 km/h except for the ones running between Beijing and Tianjin. He Huawu, chief engineer of the China Railway Signal & Communication Corp, noted that the decision to limit the top speed to 300 km/h was mainly based on operating and maintenance costs, which increase with higher speeds. But there are always voices calling for more speed. After the limit of the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway is boosted to 350 km/h, the Xuzhou to Xi'an section of the Lianyungang-Lanzhou passenger line, the Beijing to Wuhan section of the Beijing-Guangzhou high-speed railway, and the Shanghai-Hangzhou section of the Shanghai-Kunming passenger line will also increase train speed to that level. The Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway is 1,318-kilometre long and connects two major economic zones in China, the Bohai Economic Rim and the Yangtze River Delta. Construction began on April 18, 2008, and the line opened to the public for commercial service on June 30, 2011. The rail line is the world's longest high-speed line ever constructed in a single phase. trio spinnersplastic wristbands ukcheap rubber wristbandscool wristbandsprinted bracelets
High-level advisory panel pitches 15-year pollution fight, but holds China up as modelA high-level international advisory body applauded China's efforts to improve the environment and suggested a 15-year strategy against pollution in a draft recommendation report on Monday.China has made building an ecological civilization an important goal and has taken comprehensive measures to improve the environment. This has resulted in positive results, including improved air quality, Vice-Premier Zhang Gaoli said when chairing the annual meeting of the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development, a high-level international advisory body.Like Zhang, Erik Solheim, executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme, said he was impressed by China's tremendous achievements regarding its environment in recent years, in particular curbing much of the smog problem.China is capable of solving the environment problems themselves, said Solheim, the council's vice-chairman, adding the best practices taken by China could provide guidance to other areas facing similar issues.His praise of China's approaches to move toward being an ecological civilization won wide support from other members of the environmental council, which includes senior officials and experts from home and abroad.The council's draft recommendation presents highlights of the war against pollution in air, water and soil, and suggests the creation of a 15-year strategy that will be focused on cost-effectiveness, synergies and ways to build public confidence about eventual results.Ideally, the integrated rollout should be ready before 2020, to be in line with the 2035 pivot point, when China expects to be a basic modern country, the draft said.Solheim said he is confident that China can reach the 2035 goal to build a beautiful China, considering the determined and effective efforts adopted in recent years.Along with the longer-term strategy to curb pollution, council members suggested creating conditions for fair competition and incentives for green industries.Based on the input from Monday's meeting, the advisers and their support teams will modify their proposal and provide a final version to the State Council through the Ministry of Environmental [email protected]??
