Chinese-made Electric Locomotive Hits Record Speed

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Chinese-made Electric Locomotive Hits Record Speed

The Chinese-made electric locomotive "China Star", made at the Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Plant in Hunan Province, was clocked at 321.5 kilometers per hour during a test run early this week.

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Chinese-made Electric Locomotive Hits Record Speed

The Chinese-made electric locomotive "China Star" was clocked at 321.5 kilometers per hour during a test run early this week.

Made at the Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Plant, a major manufacturer of train engines in the country, the China Star locomotive features cutting-edge technology, said Liu Youmei, chief designer of the locomotive program.

With the plant fully having the intellectual property right, China Star's technological specifications rival that of internationally-advanced standards in developed countries, according to Liu, also an academician at the Chinese Academy of Engineering.

The China Star project was a key state technological development launched in early 2001 by the State Development Planning Commission and the Ministry of Railways.

High-speed trains drawn by an electric engine are regarded as a symbol of modernization in the railway industry. The successful development of a train with an average speed of over 200 kilometers per hour indicates that China's locomotive enterprises are now able to compete internationally, Liu said.

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