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Existing railways:
With speeds reaching 350 km per hour
- Beijing-Tianjin: 120 km, started operating on August 1, 2008
- Wuhan-Guangzhou: 1,069 km, started operating on December 26, 2009
- Zhengzhou-Xi'an: 485 km, started operating on January 27, 2010
With speeds reaching 250 km per hour
- Hefei-Wuhan: 350 km in length, started operating on April 1, 2009
- Shijiazhuang-Taiyuan: 212 km, started operating on April 1, 2009
- Hefei-Nanjing: 166 km, started operating on April 18, 2009
- Jinan-Qingdao: 394 km, started operating on December 20, 2008
- Ningbo-Wenzhou: 268 km, started operating on September 28, 2009
- Wenzhou-Fuzhou: 302 km, started operating on September 28, 2009
- Fuzhou-Xiamen: 276 km, started operating on April 26, 2010
Railways under construction:
- Harbin-Dalian: to connect Harbin, Shenyang and Dalian in northeast China; speeds reaching 300-350 km per hour; 950 km in length; expected to be launched in 2013.
- Beijing-Shanghai: to connect Beijing and Shanghai via Jinan, Xuzhou and Nanjing; speeds reaching 350 km per hour; 1,318 km in length; expected to be launched in 2012.
- Beijing-Guangzhou: from Beijing to Guangzhou via Shijiazhuang, Zhengzhou, Wuhan and Changsha; 2,200 km in length; speeds reaching 250 km per hour. The Wuhan-Guangzhou section has already been put into operation. The rest of the line is expected to be completed in 2012.
- Shanghai-Shenzhen (southeast coastal railways): to connect Shanghai, Hangzhou, Ningbo, Fuzhou, Xiamen and Shenzhen; 1,650 km in length; speeds reaching 250 km per hour; expected to be completed in 2011.
- Qingdao-Taiyuan: to connect the east and the north, from Qingdao to Taiyuan via Shijiazhuang; 770 km in length; speeds reaching 250 km per hour. The Shijiazhuang-Taiyuan section and Qingdao-Jinan section have already been completed. The rest of the line will be finished by 2020.
- Xuzhou-Lanzhou: to connect Xuzhou, Zhengzhou, Xi'an and Lanzhou; 1,400 km in length; speeds reaching 250 km per hour. The Zhengzhou-Xi'an section has been put into operation, while a construction timeframe for the rest of the railway has yet to be determined.
- Shanghai-Chengdu (along the Yangtze River): to connect Shanghai, Nanjing, Hefei, Wuhan, Chongqing and Chengdu; 1,900 km in length; speeds reaching 200-350 km per hour. It will become a major transportation route from east to west China after its completion in 2011.
- Shanghai-Kunming: to connect Shanghai and Kunming via Hangzhou, Nanchang and Changsha; 2,264 km in length; speeds reaching 250 km per hour; expected to be put into operation in 2015.
(Source: Ministry of Railways) | 
