Guangzhou Railway Group
| state-owned enterprise | |
| Industry | Railway operations |
| Predecessor | Guangzhou Railway Bureau |
| Founded | 1993 (as company) |
| Headquarters | Shenzhen, China |
Area served | Guangdong, Hunan and Hainan Provinces |
| Owner | China Railway (100%) |
| Parent | China Railway |
| Website | gzrailway.com.cn |
| Guangzhou Railway (Group) Corp. | |||
| Simplified Chinese | 广州铁路(集团)公司 | ||
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| Traditional Chinese | 廣州鐵路(集團)公司 | ||
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| Simplified Chinese | 广铁集团 | ||
| Traditional Chinese | 廣鐵集團 | ||
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Guangzhou Railway (Group) Corp. is a Chinese regional railway company under the jurisdiction of China Railway Corp.. It supervises the railway network within Guangdong, Hunan, Hainan Provinces.[1]
Guangzhou Railway is the largest shareholder (37.12%) of Guangshen Railway, the operator of Guangzhou–Shenzhen Railway.
Guangzhou Railway is a subsidiary of China Railway. Both companies were incorporated under the Law on Industrial Enterprises Owned by the Whole People, instead of newer Company Law of China.
China Railway is a state-owned enterprise (replacing the Ministry of Railways) that the Ministry of Finance acted as the shareholder.
The Chinese character 鐵 means iron, but 鐵路 means railway, thus the company did not have any relation with Guangzhou Iron and Steel (Chinese: 广州钢铁).
References
- ↑ "广铁简介" [About us] (in Chinese). Guangzhou Railway Group. Retrieved 31 October 2016.