Ten Challenges for the "Go Global" of China's High-Speed Rail and Strategic Solutions
Xu Fei
Abstract: Although the overseas expansion of China's high-speed rail is in a good situation, with full competitiveness and potentials, and China has reached letter of cooperation intent with many countries, yet few has been put into practice, and there is a desperate need for a heartening and iconic project. This paper approaches China's high-speed rail issue from its "go global" strategy and the main markets it wants to enter, conducts an in-depth analysis of the challenges it faces in terms of the overseas markets, the different needs of the host countries for high-speed railway, integration of high-speed rail with the industrialization and urbanization of the host country, value recognition, international recognition of high-speed rail standard, competition with other countries having high-speed rail technologies, investment and financing bottleneck, inter-disciplinary international talent, risk mitigation and top-level overall planning. In response to these challenges, this paper proposes establishing a national leading group and portal think tank, deepening exchanges and dialogue with RCO, UIC, ISO, and other international organizations, building a rail-transit international talent education base for the Belt and Road initiative, implementing a talent-prioritized strategy, setting up a national rail-transit laboratory, establishing overseas high-speed railway project investment funds, and optimizing high-speed rail project financing.
Keywords: high-speed rail "go global", "Belt and Road" initiative, effective high-speed rail market, value recognition, portal think tank
【作者简介】
徐飞，西南交通大学校长、教授、博导，美国哈佛大学、麻省理工学院（MIT）高级访问学者，中国管理学会组织与战略专业委员会副主任，上海市行为科学学会会长。研究方向为战略管理、博弈论、战略联盟与竞争战略、创新战略。主要著作有《战略管理》《企业战略管理》《系统学二象论：理论与方法》等。
