Railway fixed-asset investment hits record high in 2025
China State Railway Group Co. Ltd. (China Railway) announced that railway fixed-asset investment reached a historic high of 901.5 billion yuan ($129 billion) in 2025, a 6% year-on-year increase, though the growth rate slowed by 5.3 percentage points from 2024. The state operator disclosed at an annual work conference on Sunday that the country brought 3,109 kilometers of new lines into operation during the year, including 2,862 kilometers of high-speed tracks.
