The 2023 Rail Expo opened in Zhuzhou. Mao Weiming announced the opening and Ren Hongbin attended – Hunan Online

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2023 China International Rail Transit and Equipment Manufacturing Industry Expo opens in Zhuzhou

Mao Weiming announced the opening and Ren Hongbin attended

Huasheng Online News on December 8 (All Media Reporter Sun Minjian) On the 8th, the 2023 China International Rail Transit and Equipment Manufacturing Industry Expo opened in Zhuzhou, the “Capital of Electric Locomotives in China”. Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Governor Mao Weiming announced the opening and met with Ren Hongbin, President and Party Secretary of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade and other guests present.

(On the morning of December 8, the 2023 China International Rail Transit and Equipment Manufacturing Industry Expo opened in Zhuzhou. Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Governor Mao Weiming announced the opening.)

(Ren Hongbin, Chairman and Party Secretary of China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, speaks.)

Zhang Yingchun, member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and Executive Vice Governor, Li Xiang, president of the National University of Defense Technology and academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fu Zhihuan, Liu Youmei, Lu Chunfang, Ding Rongjun, Gui Weihua, Chai Liyuan, academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Qu Hai, Secretary-General of the Provincial Government, as well as the United States and Germany Dignitaries from 14 countries and regions including Austria, Kyrgyzstan and Guinea participated in relevant activities.

(Scene of the opening ceremony.)

During the meeting on the evening of the 7th, Mao Weiming welcomed everyone and briefly introduced the situation of Hunan Province, especially the development of the rail transit industry. “Look to China for the world’s high-speed rail, and look to Hunan for China’s high-speed rail.” He said that after more than 80 years of development and growth, Hunan has formed a rail transit industry cluster with a high degree of agglomeration, large industrial scale, a complete product spectrum, and strong innovation capabilities. Last year, the industrial scale exceeded 150 billion yuan, bringing together more than 400 backbone and supporting companies, the local matching rate of key vehicle equipment exceeds 80%, and the proportion of products with independent intellectual property rights exceeds 80%. Mao Weiming said that currently, Hunan is anchoring the beautiful blueprint of “Three Highs and Four New” drawn up by General Secretary Xi Jinping, accelerating the construction of a “4×4” modern industrial system, and striving to build a modern rail transit equipment industry system with internationally advanced levels. Strive to build a world-class rail transit equipment industry cluster with world-leading cluster scale and world-class manufacturing capabilities by 2035. It is sincerely hoped that all parties participating in the meeting will further increase their support and investment layout and jointly promote the high-quality development of the rail transit industry. Hunan will provide better government services and stronger factor guarantees to provide a first-class business environment for everyone who comes to Hunan to innovate and start businesses.

(On the evening of December 7, Mao Weiming met with guests and representatives.)

Ren Hongbin and other guests said that Hunan’s rail transit equipment industry has a solid foundation, is full of vitality and has broad prospects. We hope to take this Rail Expo as an opportunity to attract more leading upstream and downstream companies at home and abroad to visit Hunan, embrace Hunan, invest in Hunan, and work together to promote the high-quality development of Hunan’s rail transit equipment industry.

The Rail Transit Expo is an international exchange and cooperation platform jointly created by the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade and the Hunan Provincial People’s Government. It is also the only national-level international professional exhibition in the field of rail transit equipment manufacturing in my country. It is held every two years, and this year is the third one. The 2023 Rail Expo, with the theme of “Smart Rail, Connecting the Future”, will be held in Zhuzhou from December 8th to 10th. In addition to the opening ceremony and the World Rail Transit Xiangjiang Forum, the conference also opened 4 parallel forums focusing on the construction of industrial chain supply chain ecosystem, intelligent green development, technological innovation, and standardization development, and arranged Sino-US rail transit cooperation, Europe-oriented 6 supporting activities including rail transit equipment development. The exhibition also launched an online display and trading platform that lasted for 6 months, connecting global merchants with “one screen”.

(Before the opening ceremony, Mao Weiming and Ren Hongbin visited the 2023 Rail Expo exhibition hall.)

(Mao Weiming, Ren Hongbin and his party took a test ride on CRRC’s newly developed Snow Mountain Brigade.)

Before the opening ceremony, Mao Weiming and Ren Hongbin visited the Rail Expo exhibition hall. This time, a total of five themed exhibitions were set up, including rail transit equipment manufacturing, rail transit key components and raw materials, Hunan Province rail transit achievement demonstration and future rail transit, and intelligent system operation, maintenance and design consulting, with an exhibition area of ​​over 60,000 square meters. , more than 600 companies participated in the exhibition, including Westinghouse, Caterpillar, Corning, CRRC, China Railway Construction and other leading domestic and foreign companies. More than 400 companies in key links of the industrial chain brought “new” (new technologies, new products) , new services) were unveiled, attracting more than 1,200 representatives from neighboring provinces, domestic and foreign rail transit upstream and downstream enterprises, scientific research institutions, universities and colleges, embassies and consulates in China, and overseas business associations.

Picture/Photo taken by Huasheng Online all-media reporter Liu Shangwen and Tian Chao

(First instance: Xia Bo Second instance: Lu Xiaowei Third instance: Jiang Yuqing)