Technology boosts railway tools manufacturer to take global flight
By Xia Huan | China Daily | Updated: 2009-07-21 08:02
December 29, 2008: The launch of the 'Harmony' 3B, the most powerful locomtive of its kind in the world. |
Back in 1881, the opening of China's first domestically-designed railway - the Tangshan-Xugezhuang line - and the launch of the country's first steam locomotive, the so-called "Rocket of China", marked the birth of an industry in which China is now set to lead the world. From these faltering first steps, the industry has now gone on to become a world-beater and lynchpin of China's technological revolution.
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