(Invest in China) CEO of Siemens Transportation Greater China: China's transportation industry has reached the world's leading level

　　China News Agency, Beijing, October 25 (Reporter Pang Wuji) Under the impact of the new crown epidemic, infrastructure has become a key area for investment by countries.

Among them, the transportation infrastructure that creates conditions for the flow of factors is regarded as an important source of growth.

　　In the eyes of multinational companies, how is the development of China's transportation industry?

Under the digital wave, how will new technologies reshape the traditional industry of transportation?

In an interview with a reporter from China News Agency recently, Juergen Model, CEO of Siemens Mobility Greater China, said that in the past few years, China’s high-speed rail and subway mileage has been increasing rapidly, and many cities have adopted intelligent traffic management systems. In short, China's transportation industry has reached the world's leading level.

　　A few days ago, Chinese officials released the report card of the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-2020) of transportation. China ranked first in the world in many indicators including high-speed railway operating mileage, expressway operating mileage, and urban rail transit operating mileage.

　　Moder also believes that in terms of railways, China has built a huge four-horizontal and four-vertical railway network; in terms of urban rail transit, new subway lines are constantly being opened and the subway network continues to expand; in terms of road transportation, China Many cities have already used intelligent traffic management systems.

China's transportation industry has become a world-class level.

　　He believes that during China's "14th Five-Year Plan" (2021-2025), China's transportation industry will usher in a new milestone.

　　Digitization and intelligence are the main directions for the development of the global transportation industry in the future.

Moder believes that in the field of intelligent transportation development, China has unique advantages in four aspects.

　　One is policy support.

The Chinese government has a very clear vision and strategy for the entire transportation field, and its transportation development plan is very forward-looking, which integrates various transportation methods.

This means a very good opportunity for the entire transportation industry and transportation operators.

　　Second, the volume and scale of China's transportation market is huge.

Under such a size and scale, the amount of investment attracted is also very large, and the accompanying scale effect is also considerable.

Precisely because of this scale effect, the Chinese local market will bring a lot of opportunities for innovation and R&D in the transportation field.

　　Third, in some technical fields, such as 5G technology, China plays a leading role in the world.

Siemens Mobility recently established an intelligent transportation 5G competence center in Chongqing.

Maud said that setting up this center in China is a very correct choice, because China has played a leading role in the Internet of Vehicles, Intelligent Networking or 5G.

　　Fourth, China's speed advantage.

Maude said: "China's speed is amazing."

Taking Siemens Transportation’s first fully automated driverless subway project in China, the Shanghai Metro Line 18 project, as an example, Maud said that he went to visit the construction site not long ago, and it was only two and a half months before operation began. It is a very remarkable speed, and if the same situation is in Europe, it will take at least one and a half years.

　　Another example: The Siemens signal system serving Kunming Metro Line 4 obtained the safety certification for trial operation in only 11 months, and this number has also created a world record in 11 months.

"It can be said that every time a Chinese record is set in terms of speed, it is often a world record."

　　Moder believes that in China, all partners, including signal systems, infrastructure, rail suppliers, and the government, are working together in the same direction, which has resulted in the so-called "China speed."

　　Siemens Transportation has a history of more than 120 years in China, and its earliest footprint in China was the first tram in Beijing in 1899.

　　Maud said that Siemens Mobility has been in China for a long time and it can be said to have witnessed the growth of China's transportation industry. "I don't like calling myself a'multinational company'. I think Siemens Mobility (China) is a company with German DNA. Chinese local company".

He said that China's transportation industry has entered a mature stage, and its digital transformation is full of opportunities.

"There is no doubt that we will continue to take root in China for development and investment in the future," Maud said.

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