China’s railways are saving the world — literally — with a revolutionary modal shift underway. Having opened the world’s first 350 km/h High-Speed line in 2008, China has grown into the world’s biggest HSR network, a genuine alternative to road and air transport and far greener as well.
Join us for another edition of China Crossroads with David Feng. David is probably the most-traveled Swiss citizen on the Chinese railways and one of the most visible voices in the rail world, takes a look at the Chinese rail network, its connections to the world’s largest metro networks, plans for future growth, and how the railways of China now lead a mobility revolution felt locally and worldwide.
Speaker
David Fend
Transnational Rail Specialist, Research Fellow, Union of Western and Eastern Education in Beijing
David Feng, a Swiss citizen with a Chinese Green Card, is one of the most globally visible and authoritative experts on railways, including metro and tram systems, especially in China, but also with an added focus on his native Switzerland. Globally, he has traveled over half a million kilometers on rail, metro, and tram networks across Europe, Asia, Oceania, and the Americas. In addition to being an independent transnational rail specialist, he is also a research fellow of transnational rail transport and transnational sustainable infrastructure and urbanization development at the Beijing-based Union of Western and Eastern Education. His rail engagements also included improving the level of English for rail crew in China. To this end, he is part of a highly prestigious language committee of City Hall Beijing Foreign Office. Along with other top experts, he sets standards for public signage, including for the railways. He has been featured by media, both local and global, including Switzerland’s Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Deutsche Welle, the New York Times, BBC, and CNN, but also in China by Xinhua, and the national railway newspaper, People’s Railway Daily, as well as being on a Discovery Channel documentary, and keynoting TEDx.
July 8, 2024
19:30 - 21:00 China Time
Swissnex in China Office
22F, Building A
Far East International Plaza,
319 XianXia Road, Shanghai
Cost: 150 RMB admission with drink
The first 5 registrations through Swissnex in China get free access!
China Crossroads hosts talks on all topics related to China, including business, foreign policy, and other areas as they relate to China, the idea being that China is both already a “crossroads” of the world and itself at a “crossroads” in terms of its future global influence. For more information, contact Frank Tsai at editor@shanghai-review.org.
