2011-01-18

Who will build the US high-speed rail?

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Dear Readers of Reflection,



I have taken efforts to translate the following article about the US high-speed rail into English. This article is pretty long and I have only translated it in part for showing the content of the report in which was carried in a Hong Kong based Chinese weekly magazine 《Asian NewsweekYZZK 亞洲周刊.

Speaking frankly, I have not found any further or similar reports in the western press. I googled under the question “Who will build the US high-speed rail” and found no precise and trustworthy reports to confirm what YZZK has reported.



Does anyone of you know anything about it from the English press and may I ask for your kindly help to send me a link?

《Asian NewsweekYZZK 亞洲周刊二十四卷五十一期 (2010-12-26)

Chinese high-speed rail is running officially toward the U.S. market. December 7, General Electric Company (GE) announced having signed a cooperation agreement with China South Locomotive Co., Ltd. (CSR). Under this agreement a joint venture will be established in the United States. The aim of the joint venture is to promote Chinese high-speed rail development in the U.S. China has already reached the preliminary agreement with the State of California and the General Electric in California to provide technology, equipment, engineering and technical personnel as well as partial funding for construction of high-speed rail.




The two companies GE and CSR will manufacture high-speed train in the United States for the future U.S. high-speed rail system. This operation combines both the strengths of the United States and China that has surprised Japan, South Korea and Australia and has aroused attention from various corners. U.S. GE Group's transportation system has more than a century of history. CSR is the largest manufacturer of rail transportation in China. The joint venture is the very first manufacturer for providing U.S. state of Florida and California with high-speed rail technology.


It is said that the bilateral cooperation will bring fifty million U.S. dollars investment into the joint venture. The joint venture of GE and CSR is focusing on improvement of the US technology in the U.S. high-speed rail project. The assembling all related equipments of the high-speed rail will be carried out in the United States. The president of China South Locomotive, Mr. Xiaogang Zhao said: “China South Locomotive has extensive experiences in developing and applying high-/medium-speed EMU as well as in the field of urban rail transportation equipment. And GE has advanced manufacturing and management capabilities of supply chain in the region of Pan American. Moreover, GE has a thorough understanding of the U.S. railway market. The cooperation of the two sides will establish a technology leader of the rail transportation equipment in the U.S.

十二月七日,美國通用電氣公司宣布與中國南車股份有限公司簽訂合作協定,在美建立合資公司,在美國本土市場推廣中國高鐵發展。中國已與加州政府和通用電器初步達成協議,為加州高鐵建設提供技術、設備、工程技術人員和部分資金。



中國高鐵正式奔向美國市場。十二月七日,美國通用電氣(GE)公司在北京宣布,與中國南車股份有限公司簽訂合作框架協定,在美國建立合資公司,推廣中國高鐵及其他軌道交通技術在美國市場的發展,兩國企業將在美國本土製造高速列車,並用於未來美國高鐵。被稱為強強聯手的中美這一運作,令日本、韓國、澳大利亞頗感意外,成為吸引各路關注的目標。美國GE旗下的運輸系統集團超過百年歷史,南車公司是中國最大軌道交通製造商。這一合資公司是首家為美國佛羅里達州和加利福尼亞州兩個高鐵項目提供高鐵技術的製造商。


據悉,雙方的合作將帶來五千萬美元的合資公司投資。GE和南車的合資企業,重在提高美國本土技術和設備在美高鐵項目建設中的比重,所有高鐵相關設備總裝都在美完成。中國南車股份有限公司董事長趙小剛說,中國南車公司在高速、中速動車組以及城市軌道交通裝備領域,有豐富的開發和運用經驗,而GE在泛美地區有先進的製造和供應鏈管理能力,更有對美國鐵路市場的透徹了解,雙方的合作將在美國建立一家技術領先的軌道交通裝備企業。此次框架協定的簽訂,是繼GE與中國鐵道部在零九年十一月簽署戰略合作諒解備忘錄後,中美雙方企業為支持美國客運高鐵發展邁出的重要一步。

Many thanks for your help and your attention.

2 則留言:

  1. 皇天不負苦心人,我再接再厲,終于找到GE的網頁,得到證實。用「china US high-speed rail december 7」的搜索語彙才找到通用的網站。
    http://www.gereports.com/new-joint-venture-targets-u-s-high-speed-rail-market/

    奇怪的是西方媒體根本不太報導這個消息,相反,華語媒體卻興奮到不行地稱之爲「高鐡外交」(亞洲周刊)或譬如一個臺灣英語的網站wantchinatimes也有報導。

    爲何華語和英語媒體對這件事的報導意願或動機那麽不同?

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  2. 我想我應該終於搞清楚到底是啥麻子咚咚了!

    老公給我上了一課:

    GE在高鐡技術在全求其實是零市場佔有率,GE 想透過中國來搶佔市場(有一點點晚哦)因爲從去年初Obama就已經把建設高鐡作爲施政重點。而全球僅只有四家公司擁有高鐡技術:
    Bombardier 加拿大
    Siemens 德國
    Alstom 法國
    Consortium 日本

    上海龍陽站到浦東機場的磁浮列車,還是西門子送給中國的禮物。期待著更大訂單北京-上海綫段,未料不過是南柯一夢。

    透過吸收了(還是剽竊?不得而知)他國的高鐡技術,中國最近才開始進入量產階段,而且在中國全面建設,中國到目前爲止壟斷中國市場,可以看出跟中國高科技合作的西方國家,最後大多淪落一場空夢。「可靠值得信賴的合作夥伴」所須要的道德人格,在中國是非常匱乏的特質。

    所以中國帶著資金,帶著剽竊來的技術,跟GE打造一家合資公司,覬覦的是美洲大陸從華盛頓到波士頓的長途高鐡連綫。

    加州和佛州之間的高鐡建設從亞洲周刊記者江汛的這句話「這一合資公司是首家為美國佛羅里達州和加利福尼亞州兩個高鐵項目提供高鐵技術的製造商」並不能證實這個合資公司已經得到訂單,而是他們可能是首家提出報價的製造商。

    我困惑了好久,亞洲周刊興奮地難以自己,把這件事當作封面標題大肆報導,而西方媒體毫無反應,顯示出,許多新聞也不過是自說自話,嚴肅性缺乏。

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