6 Japanese companies win bid for Chinese bullet train project
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6 Japanese companies win bid for Chinese bullet train project
Sunday, August 29, 2004 at 12:23 JST
BEIJING — A consortium of a Chinese firm and six Japanese companies — Hitachi Ltd, Mitsubishi Electric Corp, Itochu Corp, Mitsubishi Corp, Marubeni Corp as well as Kawasaki Heavy — has won bidding for a bullet train project in China, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Sunday.
The Chinese Railway Ministry's project with an estimated contract value of 100 billion yen aims to double the speed of trains on five major existing railway lines, stretching over a total of 2,000 kilometers, to 200 kilometers per hour. (Kyodo News)