The first Airbus A320 aircraft assembled in China is scheduled to make a test flight in May.
The flight will be held at Tianjin Airport, where a new runway is being built to facilitate trial flights of all A320 aircraft, Feng Zhijiang, head of the administrative committee of the Tianjin Free Trade Zone, said.
Five A320s are currently being put together at the Tianjin final assembly line, the first Airbus production facility outside Europe.
Several major parts of the aircraft were put together in Hamburg, Germany, before being transported to Tianjin for final assembly, Feng said.
"Twelve more A320s will be assembled in Tianjin and delivered next year," he said.
"They will incorporate some locally made parts, including the wings and fuselage. Assembly of the major parts will be done here in Tianjin."
The Airbus A320 final assembly line in Tianjin opened in September as the company's third general assembly line. The other two are in France and Germany. The Tianjin facility is used for assembling A319s and A320s.
The first Airbus A320 plane assembled in China's northern city Tianjin is due to be delivered to the domestic Sichuan Airlines. The second Tianjin-manufacturered A320 is to be delivered to the domestic Hainan Airlines, and the third to Shenzhen Airlines. The remainder of the eight planes on the delivery schedule for this year were either for China Eastern Airlines or Hainan Airlines.
According to a report by the Tianjin Airport-based Industrial Zone, China has become the world's second largest aviation market after the United States. The country is estimated to need 2,670 passenger planes in the next 20 years.
Originally Posted: China Business Daily
Author: Angulo Fu
Monday, May 4, 2009
1st China-assembled A320 to be tested in May
Friday, December 12, 2008
Shanghai Metro Line 1 Opened
Shanghai Metro Line 1 is the first metro line in Shanghai, and was opened on December 12, 1994. It runs from Fujin Road in the north, via Shanghai Railway Station to Xinzhuang in the south. This line added a very important transport method to the city, making transportation between home and work much more convenient for thousands of people living in Shanghai.
A northern extension running from Fujin Road to Gongfu Xincun was opened on December 29, 2007. This added 3 stations to the metro line.
This line serves many important points in Shanghai, and it is clear that the line was designed to do so. Due to the large amount of important locations, this line is extremely busy. The daily ridership is over 1,000,000. It is the busiest line of the Shanghai Metro system, and will continue to be so in the future.
Originally Posted: China Business Daily
Author: Angulo Fu
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Beijing-Tianjin-Tanggu Expressway Started to Build
December 10, 1987, the Beijing-Tianjin-Tanggu Expressway ceremony was held in Beijing Daxing County.
Beijing-Tianjin-Tanggu Expressway is one of key construction projects, also the first expressway which is through international competitive bidding. In the tender, a total of 12 countries and 32 regions participated in the bidding contractors. Finally, Sino-French and Sino-Japan consortium winned.
It starts in the west from the Southeast Fourth Ring Road, Beijing and goes eastward to the Hebei Road, Tanggu District of Tianjin. With a total length of 142.69 km, the section running through the territory of Tianjin is 100.85 km.
There are 43 bridges and six butterfly-type overpasses spanning the Tianjin section of the expressway. There are six exits, that is, Yangcun Station, Yixingbu Station, Jinzhong Rd. Station, Tianjin Airport Station, Tianjin Tanggu Station, Tianjin Junlian gcheng Station (unopened). The expressway has four lanes and overpasses. Traffic entrance and exit are under control. The expressway has complete service facilities, and advanced monitoring system.
Originally Posted: China Business Daily
Author: Angulo Fu
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
China's First High-speed Railway Opened Automatic Block
At 4:00 p.m. on the December 9, 1994, the GuangShen high-speed railway successfully opened automatic block. Automatic block is an automatic signal system to ensure traffic safety and enhance the capacity of drive through. The automatic block was designed, constructed and provided equipements by China Railway Signal & Communication Corp..
The 180.8-kilometer long Canton-Kowloon Railway between Guangzhou and Kowloon, Hong Kong began construction in 1907. The railroad between Guangzhou and Shenzhen is called “Guangshen Railway”, which is 147.3 kilometers long; the section between Luohu Bridge and Kowloon, which is 33.5. kilometers long, belongs to MTR Corporation Ltd in Hong Kong. Canton-Kowloon Railway, linking with Beijing-Guangzhou Line, is the only railway channel connecting Hong Kong with inland China.
On January 1, 1984, the Guangshen Railway was separated from Guangzhou Railway Sub-administration under the former Guangzhou Railway Administration, and Guangshen Railway Company was formed pursuant to the approval of the State Council, under the direct control of Guangzhou Railway Administration.
On February 8, 1993, Guangzhou Railway Administration was renamed as Guangzhou Railway (Group) Company and Guangshen Railway Company became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Group Company.
In 1994, Guangshen Railway Company was designated as one of 22 pilot companies nationwide for shareholding restructuring. After two years of shareholding restructuring, Guangshen Railway Company Limited was established as the first joint-stock railway company in China on April 9, 1996. The shares of the Company were listed on the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. and the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited on May 13 and May 14 of the same year, respectively, raising a fund totaling RMB4,212,000,000 net.
At the end of 1987, the second line was completed and began operation. In 1991, Guangshen Railway Company began the construction of a semi- high-speed rail line. Commercial operation of the high-speed trains commenced in December 1994.
In September 2000, Guangshen Railway became the first electrified and wholly-closed railway with three lines in the PRC.
On December 22, 2006, our A shares were listed for trading on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. Approximately 2.75 billion A shares were issued at RMB3.76 per share in the IPO, raising a fund of RMB10.3 billion, which was used for the acquisition of the passenger and freight transportation assets and businesses of the Guangzhou-Pingshi Railway under our parent company on January 1, 2007.
On April 18, 2007, Line Ⅰ and Line Ⅱ of Guangshen Railway became the first passenger-dedicated lines nationwide for the “As-frequent-as Bus” operating model. In addition, after the completion of Line Ⅳ, Guangshen Railway became the first railway with four parallel lines in the PRC that allows passenger trains and freight trains to run on separate lines.
Originally Posted: China Business Daily
Author: Angulo Fu
Monday, December 8, 2008
Macau International Airport Commenced Operation
Macau International Airport commenced operation in December 8, 1995. Since then, it has rapidly established itself as a vital link between the Pearl River Delta, the fastest growing economic region in the world, and the rest of the world. Macau’s hinterland is Zhuhai, one of China's Special Economic Zones, and a regional manufacturing powerhouse. With well-established and efficient direct land and sea links to neighbouring regions, Macau International Airport is ideally positioned as a hub for freight and express cargo in the Asia-Pacific.
Macau International Airport is a fully functional 24-hour airport. An 11,000-foot ILS CAT II equipped runway, constructed in strict accordance with ICAO standards, is capable of handling long haul flights. Phase one of the airport is equipped with a full range of passenger and cargo facilities designed to handle six million passengers and 165,000 metric tons of freight a year.
Macau International Airport is presently operating under capacity. The airport is not congested and has ample excess capacity for future expansion. In anticipation of its future role as an Asian entertainment and convention centre, Macau is forging new air services agreements with regional and intercontinental destinations in the Asia-Pacific, Europe, America, and Southern Africa. As a preferred entry point to the vast China market, Macau's 24-hour airport offers passenger and cargo airlines, travel organizations, and the airfreight industry a convenient and flexible alternative to the region's increasingly congested international airports.
Originally Posted: China Business Daily
Author: Angulo Fu
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Qamdo Bangda Airport Began to Build
December 1, 1992, Qamdo Bangda Airport began to build. Qamdo Bangda Airport located in Bangda, Qamdo, Tibet, is the highest airport in the world, with an altitude of 4,334 metres (14,219 ft). At 5,500 m (18,045 ft), runway 14/32 is the longest publicly use runway in the world. The low air density at this altitude makes a higher takeoff and landing true airspeed necessary, and therefore a longer runway. The airport is 2.5 hours by mountain road from the county seat of Chamdu/Changdu/Qamdo. The long compute is the result of no flat land closer to the city being available to construct an airport.
Visitors are warned before landing to move slowly on leaving the plane and that they may feel light headed or dizzy because of the thin air.
Originally Posted: China Business Daily
Author: Angulo Fu
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Chongqing: Motorcycle Production Up to 10 Million
According to a offical from Chongqing Economic Commission, the output of motorcycle from Chongqing industry is expected to exceed 10,000,000 units.
The official said that from January to September of this year, Chongqing motorcycle production is 8,600,000, has reached the whole of last year's output. It is predicted that this year, Chongqing's annual motorcycle production will exceed 10,000,000 units.
In the current economic situation, the innovations of market and technology is the key to break through for Chongqing motorcycle industry.
Originally Posted: China Business Daily
Author: Angulo Fu
Fuoss 01 Track Car Coming
Accompanied by the economic recession, people have begun to re-examine the fundamental values of the cars as a means of transport. More and more people concern about the impact on environment and economic as a result in unnecessary pursuit. The perspect of luxury cars are poor. At the same time, people's enthusiasm in track car which could only enhance the driving pleasure, and to limit the size are growing quickly.
Europeans track junkies have one more option vying for their hard-earned cash. As a vechile likes a go cart, the Fuoss 01 using the same philosophy as vehicles from Lotus, Caterham and KTM, it relies on its light weight for acceptable performance. But with only a 40-hp, 400cc Suzuki motorcycle engine motivating the 660-pound one-seater, V-Max is a very limited 90 mph. Regardless, the Fuoss should be an entertaining track tool, particularly with its five-speed sequential transmission cribbed from Suzuki keeping the motor on boil. The driver sits as low as possible and with no heavy roof overhead, mass is centralized down low. Only ten examples are planned for its first year of production in 2009, so if you want one of the €29,000 machines, you'd better act fast.
Originally Posted: China Business Daily
Author: Angulo Fu
Complaints on Electric Scooter Soar
Because the electric scooter has the characteristics of light, fast, non-fuel pollution, more and more Chinese consumers would like to use it. However, with the rising of the market share, the complaints on electric scooters are more and more. The three major problems are the quality of the battery, the device failure and after-sales service.
Sichuan: Nearly half of the electric scooters' quality are not up to standard
Sichuan Trade and Industry Bureau recent inspected the selling electric scooters recently. There are 23 batches are unqualified, a failure rate of 57.5%.
Jiangsu: Electric scooters sampling with a pass rate of 85.3%
Jiangsu Provincial Quality Supervision Bureau recently reported the province's product quality inspection results in the 3rd quarter. The electric scooter sampling's pass rate is 85.3 percent.
Originally Posted: China Business Daily
Author: Angulo Fu
The 6th China (Guangzhou) International Automobile Exhibition Opening
The 6th China (Guangzhou) International Automobile Exhibition opened on November 19.
"Hi-tech Promise Future" as the theme with continuing "High Quality, International and Comprehensive" orientation, the organizers pay more attention to improve the quality of exhibition, to present an excellent pageant of auto industry for domestic and oversea visitors.
Auto Guangzhou 2008 is covering a total area of 125,000㎡. It is 25% bigger than previous one. For the first time that all thirteen exhibition halls will be used at area A in Pazhou complex.
Among these, the size of Passenger Cars Zone is 85,000㎡. More brands and famous companies will participate with their most up to date vehicles, technologies and concepts. Some new exhibitors, such as Lotus, Daihatsus, Fiat, Foton Motor etc., will have their first attend.
The size of the professional auto exhibition has a further expandation by the joining of Japanese Auto Parts Purchasing Zone and the domestic exhibition delegation group in Auto Parts and Accessories Zone. Over 400 manufacturing companies, about 40,000 trade buyers will stimulate the Auto Guangzhou professional exhibition zone to become the largest international purchasing platform in South China.
Originally Posted: China Business Daily
Author: Angulo Fu
Monday, November 17, 2008
Jingjiu Railway was Completed
Jingjiu Railway was completed on 16. November 1995. Jingjiu Railway (also known as Beijing-Kowloon Railway, Beijing-Kowloon Line) is a railway in the People's Republic of China connecting Beijing West Station in Beijing to Shenzhen Station in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province. It then follows the rail-link between Shenzhen to the special administrative region of Hong Kong to Hung Hom Station (Kowloon Station) in Kowloon.
It is a dual-track railway. Construction began in February 1993. It was opened in 1996, connecting Beijing and Kowloon through Tianjin, Hebei, Shandong, Henan, Anhui, Hubei, Jiangxi and Guangdong, with a length of 2397 kilometres. It has 790 bridges and 160 tunnels. The Jiujiang Yangtze River Bridge, at a length of 7,679 metres, is the longest across the Yangtze River. Located between Jinghu Railway (Beijing-Shanghai) and Jingguang Railway (Beijing-Guangzhou), it was built to alleviate the congested Jingguang Railway, and to foster development in the areas to the east of Jingguang Railway.
The idea had been proposed for a long time, and some of the sections, such as the Jiujiang Yangtze River Bridge, were built before construction of the whole line official began. Some were converted from existing sections, such as between Jiujiang and Nanchang, and Fouyang and Shangqiu.
It shares the same route with the Guangmeishan Railway (Guangzhou-Meizhou-Shantou Railway) between Longchuan and Dongguan. It joins the Guangshen Railway (Guangzhou-Shenzhen Railway, formerly the Chinese Section of the Kowloon-Canton Railway) at Dongguan, and follows the same route. Within Hong Kong, it shares the same pair of tracks with the East Rail Line (formerly British Section of the Kowloon-Canton Railway).
Beijing-Kowloon Through Train services are currently provided on the Jingguang Railway and Guangshen Railway, instead of the Jingjiu Railway. Passengers are required to go through customs and immigration checks for the cross-border service.
Originally Posted: China Business Daily
Author: Angulo Fu
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Jingshi Expressway Partly Opened to Traffic
November 11, 1987, the Beijing section of the Jingshi Expressway officially opened to traffic.
The Jingshi Expressway is an expressway in China which links Beijing to the Shijiazhuang. It is c. 270 km in length. Its road numbering is G030. It forms part of the Jingzhu Expressway.
Opened in full in 1993, the expressway runs in a southwest direction, linking the capital of China with the capital of Hebei province.
The Jingshi Expressway gets its name by the combination of two one-character Chinese abbreviations of both Beijing and Shijiazhuang (Beijing -- Jing, Shijiazhuang -- Shi).
Originally Posted: China Business Daily
Author: Angulo Fu
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Badaling Expressway Opened to Traffic
The Badaling Expressway opened to traffic on November 9, 1998. It is an expressway in China which links Beijing to the Badaling stretch of the Great Wall of China. It continues toward Yanqing and leaves Beijing, becoming the Jingzhang Expressway.
Starting north of Madian Overpass on the Northern 3rd Ring Road, it runs for approximately 50 kilometres in a direction toward Beijing's north-west.
The Badaling Expressway gets its name from the Badaling stretch of the Great Wall.
Originally Posted: China Business Daily
Author: Angulo Fu
Monday, November 3, 2008
Ryanair to Launch Low-Fare Transatlantic Flights
Budget airline Ryanair plans to offer trans-Atlantic flights as cheap as 10 euros ($12.70) before taxes to several U.S. cities from Britain and Ireland.
In an interview with Flight International magazine, Mr O'Leary, the Ryanair boss said he intended to fly to five or six US cities from Ryanair's 23 European bases before the end of the decade.
"Economy class will be very cheap - around €10. But our business class will be very expensive. There's always 10-15 per cent who'll pay whatever it costs for a wide seat," O'Leary said.
The €10 flights, which could begin by the end of next year, would be available for those booking early. Passengers would pay airport taxes on top of the fares. Mr O'Leary is expected to announce plans to buy more than 50 aircraft as part of his vision to help Ryanair beat the recession.
O'Leary said they will just have to keep flying more aircraft, opening up more routes and offering people more cheap flights.
Background
Ryanair was Europe's original low fares airline and is still Europe's largest low fares carrier. In the current year Ryanair will carry 52m passengers on 800 low fare routes across 26 European countries. We have 31 European bases and by the end of March 2008 Ryanair will operate a fleet of 163 new Boeing 737-800 aircraft with firm orders for a further 99 new aircraft (all net of planned disposals), which will be delivered over the next 5 years. Ryanair currently employs a team of 5,000 people, comprising over 25 different nationalities.
Ryanair Passenger Growth in Millions
Originally Posted: China Business Daily
Author: Angulo Fu
Mass Transit Railway Began Construction
MTR, or Mass Transit Railway, is the rapid transit railway system in Hong Kong. The MTR was built since November 3, 1975 and first began service in 1979 and officially merged with the Kowloon Canton Railway (KCR) on 2 December 2007, still bearing the same name in English. The network includes 211.6 km of rail with 150 stations, including 82 railway stations and 68 light rail stops. The MTR system is currently being operated by MTR Corporation Limited (MTRCL). Due to its efficiency and affordability, the MTR system is a common mode of public transport in Hong Kong, with over 4 million trips made in an average weekday. The integration of the Octopus smart card fare-payment technology into the MTR system in September 1997 has further enhanced the ease of commuting on the MTR.
In 1967, construction of the MTR was prompted by a government-commissioned study. The Hong Kong Government had previously commissioned a study in the 1960s to find solutions to the growing traffic problem caused by the expansion of the city's economy. Construction started soon after the release of the study, and the first line was opened in 1979. The MTR was immediately popular with residents of Hong Kong; as a result, subsequent lines have been built to cover more territory. There are continual debates regarding how and where to expand the MTR network.
Originally Posted: China Business Daily
Author: Angulo Fu
Beijing Opened 5th Ring Road
November 1, 2003，Beijing opened 5th Ring Road. Beijing's 5th Ring Road is a ring road encircling the city about 10 kilometers away from the city centre. It takes the form of an expressway (although it is being modified in part as a city express road) and is 98 kilometres in length. Being a ring road, it has no natural start or end point, although the "0 km" mark is found near the northeastern stretch at Laiguangying, at the intersection with the Jingcheng Expressway. The expressway ring road is a provincial-level road in Beijing municipality.
All of Beijing's expressways, except for the Jingha Expressway, are interlinked with the 5th Ring Road. Being close to the Olympic venues for the games of summer 2008, it earns itself a nickname -- "Olympic Avenue".
Portions of the expressway have a maximum speed limit of 90 km/h, with the remainder imposing a speed limit of 100 km/h. There is a universal minimum speed limit of 50 km/h.
Six lanes (three up, three down) form the expressway ring road.
Originally Posted: China Business Daily
Author: Angulo Fu
Monday, October 20, 2008
President of ZJS Express Resign
After the failure of the listing plan, the ZJS Express trys to lay off through the winter. Yesterday, reporters learned that Ping Chen will resign from prisident of ZJS Express, his brother Xianbao Chen will take over the position.
According to informed sources, due to the shrinking market, ZJS Express accumulated losses of nearly billion RMB. Ping Chen's prestige in company reduced dramatically. Chen is likely to leave at the end of this month.
ZJS was founded on 18th Jan 1994. Its log was stemmed from the imagination of Pin Chen, who is the chief officer of ZJS. The monkey is a symbol of Sun Wukong, a mythical person who can move a great distance by only one fall; carrying a parcel represents small package express; the circle means service between door to door; the green symbolizes life and the forever passion of ZJS.
At the end of 2006, ZJS' total asset reaches 500 million RMB; the number of its employee is 10,000 and it has more than 1800 transportation vehicles. The annual turnover is 70 million with more than 45% increase annually. It has 480 branches.
Since then, there always has been news about its listing. In September of this year, the official said ZJS gave up the listing plan.
Earlier this month, ZJS started the "optimization of layoffs". There are more than 5,000 employees will be fired.
The professionals said the private express enterprises didn't have the advantage of capital as foreign competitors. And being impacted by the inflation, global investment reduction, even if ZJS Express has such problems, and that the whole epress industry will also cause for concern.
Originally Posted: China Business Daily
Author: Angulo Fu
Monday, October 13, 2008
Ford Plans to Sell Part of Stake in Mazda
Informed sources have said because of the decline in car sales, the spread of financial crisis and debt burden, Ford Motor Company is considering the sale of some shares of Japan's Mazda Motor Corp.
Ford currently holds a total of 33.4 percent stake in Mazda, the market value of 1.36 billion U.S. dollars.
Japan NHK World TV said earlier on the 11th, Ford has approached a number of Japanese companies, is considering selling its 20% stake in Mazda.
Japanese media have reported that Mazda's business partner Sumitomo Group is considering buying some shares, in addition to India's Tata Motors may also be a potential buyer. It is reported that Ford is unlikely sell the shares in Mazda to other fellow competitors in Japan.
On the 11th, Mazda Motor Corporation issued a statement that Ford has not made any decision to sell its shares, but does not rule out the possibility of sale. Ford didn't post any comment to the speculation, saying only that the relationship between Ford and Mazda have not changed.
Mazda and Ford established capital cooperative relations in 1979. Firstly Ford in the ownership of 25% in 1996 to 33.4 percent, Ford was controlling stake.
Originally Posted: China Business Daily
Author: Angulo Fu
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Shenzhen Baoan International Airport Formally Navigation
Shenzhen Baoan International Airport enjoys fast growing aviation business since its putting into use. It was developed into international airport officially on May 16, 1993 and jumped to the fourth largest airport in China within as short as five years in 1996. It handled the passengers of more than ten million person-times in 2003 to be ranked among top hundred airports in the world. Shenzhen Airport completed the reconstruction and expansion of airport lounge B in January 2004. After a great deal of preparatory work in the prophase, the expansion of flying zone of Shenzhen Airport started officially in December 2005. It is planned to put the second runway and new terminal area into use in 2011.
Shenzhen Airport Company was founded in May 1989, fulfilled group transformation in May 1994, and incorporated listing company in April 1998. The stock of “Shenzhen Airport” was listed in Shenzhen Stock Exchange on April 20, 1998. As the enterprise directly under the National Assets Committee of Shenzhen and holding company of Shenzhen Airport Stock Company, Shenzhen City Airport (Group) Co., Ltd. had total assets of RMB 7.35 billion, net assets of RMB 4.87 billion, state-owed net assets of RMB 3.36 billion and ratio of debts to assets of 33.7% till the end of 2006. It is expected to fulfill the passenger handling capacity of 18.2 million person-time, cargo & mail handling capacity of 550,000 tons, the movement of aircrafts of 167,000 sorties, and rank the fourth place nationwide.
Originally Posted: China Business Daily
Author: Angulo Fu
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Air China was Founded
Air China Limited is abbreviated as “Air China” and its predecessor, the old Air China, was founded in 1988. According to "Civil Aviation System Reform Program" approved and passed by the State Department, on October 10, 2002, the old Air China combined China National Aviation Company and China Southwest Airlines and founded China Aviation Group Company. Based on the joint air transport resources of the three parties, the new Air China Company was founded.
The enterprise logo of Air China is an artistic Phoenix pattern, it also is the artistic transfiguration of the word “VIP”. The color is the traditional Chinese red which implies auspiciousness, completion, peace and happiness, and expresses Air China’s sincere passion to serve the society and endless pursue of the safety enterprise. The Chinese version of “Air China Limited” written by Mr. Deng Xiaoping and its English translation “AIR CHINA”.
Air China is the only airline company which carries the national flag. It became a member of Star Alliance in December 2007 and it is also the airline partner of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. It has the first rank of brand value among domestic airline companies (the world brand laboratory evaluated it RMB 23.523 billion in 2007) and it leads domestic counterparts in passenger and freight air transport and related services.
Originally Posted: China Business Daily
Author: Angulo Fu
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