Editing Transport in China (section)

===High-speed rail===
[[File:CR400BF-GZ-5203 and 5143 at Xidian (20210907094248).jpg|thumb|High speed train passing the [[Beijing central business district]]]]
{{Main|High-speed rail in China}}

The high-speed service is mainly operated by [[China Railway High-speed]]. HSR developed rapidly in China over the past 15 years thanks to generous funding from the Chinese government. With ridership exceeding 1.44 billion in 2016, China's HSR service was the most heavily used in the world.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.railjournal.com/index.php/financial/china-railway-sets-out-2017-targets.html|title=China Railway sets out 2017 targets|last=Smith|first=Kevin|access-date=2017-01-04}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-07/21/c_135530835.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160722130437/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2016-07/21/c_135530835.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 22, 2016|title=China Exclusive: Five bln trips made on China's bullet trains - Xinhua {{!}} English.news.cn|website=news.xinhuanet.com|access-date=2016-08-08}}</ref> In 2016, the network is the [[List of high-speed railway lines|longest in the world]] and accounted for about two-thirds of the world's high-speed rail tracks<ref name="Xinhua 2017-02-19">{{cite news|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-02/19/c_136068507.htm|title=China to start construction on 35 railway projects: report|date=February 19, 2017|agency=Xinhua}}</ref> and operated with 2,595 high-speed trains, accounting for about 60 percent of all global high-speed trains.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-06/30/c_136407699.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630175309/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-06/30/c_136407699.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 30, 2017|title=China puts nearly 2,600 high-speed trains into operation by 2016 - Xinhua {{!}} English.news.cn|website=news.xinhuanet.com|access-date=2017-07-02}}</ref>{{Update inline|date=January 2021|reason=The total length of highspeed lines has significantly grown since to 35,000 km as of 2020}}