Japanese companies to win the Chinese subway order cumulative has won the bid 5.55 billion yuan

Tokyo, February 14 afternoon news, Itochu Business News today announced that the bid for China's MTR orders, the total amount of 17 billion yen (about 1.35 billion yuan).　　As of now, Itochu has received 688 trains in China's subway project, with an accumulated total of up to 70 billion yen (about 5.55 billion yuan).　　According to Japanese media reports, Itochu is the winning project for the Guangzhou metro line Line 5 line 192 linear Motor train, the Chinese side is China Southern Car group's Qingdao Sifang locomotive and rolling stock company. South Vehicle quartet Head said, linear motor metro vehicles are not adhered to drive the subway vehicles, compared with the traditional rotary motor subway vehicles, with low cost, low operating costs, low noise, climbing ability, strong ability to maintain the curve through a lot of advantages, suitable for large slope, turning more, Urban geological structure in a complex area of operation.　　The manufacture of the linear motor Metro vehicle is still blank in our country, currently, only two countries in Canada and Japan have this technology. It is reported that as early as 2004, Itochu and Japan's Kawasaki heavy industry joint bid, won the Guangzhou metro line Line 4, line Line 5 300 linear motor train order contract.　　2010, also won the Guangzhou Metro line Line 6 196 train orders. The Japanese media say the government is building infrastructure as a pillar of growth strategy as the rapid growth of urban transport demand in emerging countries.　　The Guangzhou subway is about 300 km away, roughly the same as the Tokyo subway, but Guangzhou plans to reach twice times the number of subways in Tokyo within 20 years, while the Guangzhou-led South China region, plus Hong Kong and Macao, is expected to extend the total distance between cities to 2000 kilometres. As Japan's top seven comprehensive trading firms, Itochu leaders stressed: in China's subway construction, Itochu's figure will be everywhere. (Cai Chengping from Tokyo, Japan)