A bullet train is seen above the field of cole flowers in Zhaikou village of Rongjiang county, Southwest China's Guizhou province, Feb 3, 2018. [Photo: Xinhua]

An autonomous train control system for China's high-speed railway has passed laboratory trials that signal a breakthrough for the high-speed rail industry in China, reports thepaper.cn.

The system was developed by the China Railway Signal & Communication Corporation (CRSC). In order to conduct trials of its next-generation rail control systems, CRSC built the world's largest rail transportation laboratory in Beijing.

The C3+ATO system is the first of its kind that is designed to be used on trains running at speeds of 350 kilometers per hour. The new system incorporates data from China's domestically developed BeiDou satellite navigation system.

It is hoped that the new train control system will help to ensures China's ongoing competitiveness in developing high-speed railway services that are punctual, safe, and efficient. It also forms part of ongoing efforts by the industry to reduce its reliance on imported technology.

CRSC has previously played a role in the development of China's more than 20,000 kilometer long high-speed rail network. The company completed the upgrade of the control system for the high-speed rail line between Beijing and Shanghai that enabled the launch of the latest generation of Fuxing (Rejuvenation) bullet trains.