According to the latest statistics from China State Railway Group, by the end of 2020, 29 new railway lines including the Beijing-Xiongan Intercity Railway, Yinchuan-Xi'an High-Speed Railway, Zhengzhou-Taiyuan High-Speed Railway, Hefei-Anqing High-Speed Railway, Lianyungang-Huai'an-Yangzhou-Zhenjiang High-Speed Railway, Shanghai-Suzhou-Nantong Railway, and Weifang-Laiwu High-Speed Railway were successfully opened and put into operation, with a cumulative operating mileage of over 4,800 kilometers, bringing the total mileage to 146,300 kilometers, including 37,900 kilometers of high-speed rail. In 2020, construction started on several high-speed rail lines including the Chongqing-Kunming High-Speed Railway, the Chongqing-Qianjiang section of the Chongqing-Xiangxi High-Speed Railway, the Puyang-Jinan section of the Zhengzhou-Jinan High-Speed Railway, the Shanghai-Suzhou-Huzhou High-Speed Railway, the Yichang-Zhengzhou-Wanzhou High-Speed Railway connecting line, and the Chengdu-Dazhou-Wanzhou High-Speed Railway.

According to preliminary statistics, in 2021, 68 railway engineering projects are planned to start construction across the country, involving multiple provinces (municipalities, autonomous regions). The specific projects are as follows:

01. Xiong'an-Shangqiu High-Speed Railway, located in Hebei, Shandong, and Henan provinces, with a new main line length of 552.5 kilometers, designed target speed of 350 km/h, and total investment of 82.7 billion yuan.

02. Yibin-Kunming section of the Chongqing-Kunming Railway, located in Sichuan, Guizhou, and Yunnan provinces, with a new main line length of 509 kilometers and designed target speed of 350 km/h.

03. Shenyang-Baishan High-Speed Railway, located in Liaoning and Jilin provinces, with a new main line length of 428.8 kilometers and operating speed of 350 km/h.

04. Xining-Chengdu Railway, located in Qinghai, Gansu, and Sichuan, with a design speed of 200 km/h.

05. Baotou-Huinong section of the Baotou-Yinchuan Railway, located in Inner Mongolia and Ningxia, with a design speed of 250 km/h.

06. Xi'an-Shiyan Railway, located in Shaanxi and Hubei, with a design speed of 350 km/h.

07. Xi'an-Yan'an Railway, located in Shaanxi, with a design speed of 350 km/h.

08. Xi'an-Ankang Railway, located in Shaanxi, with a design speed of 350 km/h.

09. Chengdu-Dazhou-Wanzhou High-Speed Railway, located in Sichuan and Chongqing, with a design speed of 350 km/h.

10. Chongqing-Wanzhou Railway, located in Chongqing, with a design speed of 350 km/h.

11. Jining-Datong-Yuanping Railway, located in Inner Mongolia and Shanxi, with a design speed of 250 km/h.

12. Yan'an-Yulin-Ordos Railway, located in Inner Mongolia and Shaanxi, with a design speed of 350 km/h.

13. Zhanjiang-Hai'an Railway, located in Guangdong and Hainan, with a design speed of 350 km/h.

14. Tianjin-Chengde Railway, located in Tianjin and Hebei, with a design speed of 350 km/h.

15. Taizicheng-Xilinhot Railway, located in Hebei and Inner Mongolia, with a design speed of 160 km/h.

16. Pingliang-Qingyang Railway, located in Gansu, with a design speed of 200 km/h.

17. Xiong'an-Xinzhou Railway, located in Hebei and Shanxi, with a design speed of 350 km/h.

18. Changsha-Ganzhou Railway, located in Hunan and Jiangxi, with a design speed of 350 km/h.

19. Tianjin-Weifang Railway, located in Tianjin, Hebei, and Shandong, with a design speed of 350 km/h.

20. Jinan-Binzhou Railway, located in Shandong, with a design speed of 350 km/h.

21. Jinan-Zaozhuang Railway, located in Shandong, with a design speed of 350 km/h.

22. Dezhou-Shanghe Railway, located in Shandong, with a design speed of 350 km/h.

23. Baoding-Shijiazhuang section of the Shijiazhuang-Xiong'an Intercity Railway, located in Hebei, with a design speed of 350 km/h.

24. Hefei-Nanjing-Shanghai section of the North Yangtze River Railway, located in Shanghai, Jiangsu, and Hefei, with a design speed of 350 km/h.

25. Situn-Taicang main line of Phase II of the Shanghai-Nantong Railway, located in Shanghai and Jiangsu.

26. Wuhan-Jingmen-Yichang Railway, located in Hubei, with a design speed of 350 km/h.

27. Xiangyang-Jingmen Railway, located in Hubei, with a design speed of 350 km/h.

28. Jingmen-Jingzhou Railway, located in Hubei, with a design speed of 350 km/h.

29. Hefei-Wuhan Railway, located in Anhui and Hubei, with a design speed of 350 km/h.

30. Nantong-Suzhou-Jiaxing-Ningbo Railway, located in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, with a design speed of 350 km/h.

31. Ankang-Chongqing Railway, located in Shaanxi, Sichuan, and Chongqing, with a design speed of 350 km/h.

32. Chengdu-Chongqing Middle Line Railway, located in Sichuan and Chongqing, with a design speed of 350 km/h and reserved for 400 km/h.

33. Reconstruction of the Chongqing-Jiangjin section of the Chengdu-Chongqing Railway, located in Chongqing.

34. Jiujiang-Nanchang Railway, located in Jiangxi, with a design speed of 350 km/h.

35. Hefei-Xinyi Railway, located in Anhui and Jiangsu, with a design speed of 350 km/h.

36. Yancheng Binhai Port Railway, located in Jiangsu, with a design speed of 120 km/h.

37. Nanjing-Huai'an Railway, located in Anhui and Jiangsu, with a design speed of 350 km/h.

38. Huaibei-Suzhou-Bengbu Railway, located in Anhui, with a design speed of 350 km/h.

39. Lu'an-Anqing Railway, located in Anhui, with a design speed of 250 km/h.

40. Chaohu-Ma'anshan Railway, located in Anhui, with a design speed of 350 km/h.

41. Shanghai-Jiaxing-Hangzhou Railway, located in Shanghai and Zhejiang, with a design speed of 350 km/h.

42. Ningbo-Zhoushan Railway, located in Zhejiang, with a design speed of 250 km/h.

43. Hangzhou Xiaoshan Airport Railway Connecting Line, located in Zhejiang.

44. Songyang-Lishui section of the Quzhou-Lishui Railway, located in Zhejiang, with a design speed of 200 km/h.

45. Jinhua-Jiande Railway, located in Zhejiang, with a design speed of 250 km/h.

46. Tonglu-Yiwu section of Phase II of the Shanghai-Hangzhou-Wenzhou Railway, located in Zhejiang, with a design speed of 350 km/h.

47. Jinhua-Yiwu Railway, located in Zhejiang, with a design speed of 350 km/h.

48. Shenzhen-Jiangmen main line railway, located in Guangdong, with a design speed of 250 km/h.

49. Xiaojinkou-Huizhou section of the Dongguan-Huizhou Intercity Railway, located in Guangdong.

50. Shantou-Zhangzhou Railway, located in Guangdong and Fujian, with a design speed of 350 km/h.

51. Shenzhen-Shanwei Railway, located in Guangdong, with a design speed of 250-350 km/h.

52. Zhujiang-Zhaoqing Railway, Pearl River Delta Airport to Jiangmen section, located in Guangdong, with a design speed of 350 km/h.

53. Jieyang-Huilai Railway, located in Guangdong, with a design speed of 160 km/h.

54. Shantou Guang'ao Port Railway, located in Guangdong.

55. Hepu-Zhanjiang Railway, located in Guangdong and Guangxi, with a design speed of 350 km/h.

56. Huangtong-Baise Railway, located in Guangxi and Guizhou, with a design speed of 160 km/h.

57. Yulin-Guangdong-Guangxi Provincial Border section of the Nanning-Shenzhen Railway, located in Guangxi, with a design speed of 350 km/h.

58. Chongzuo-Pingxiang Railway, located in Guangxi, with a design speed of 250 km/h.

59. Liuzhou-Wuzhou Railway, located in Guangxi, with a design speed of 160 km/h.

60. Tongren-Jishou Railway, located in Guizhou and Hunan, with a design speed of 250 km/h.

61. Ruijin-Meizhou Railway, located in Guangdong and Jiangxi, with a design speed of 160 km/h.

62. Bayanhot-Yinchuan Railway, located in Ningxia, with a design speed of 200 km/h.

63. Wuwei-Zhangye Railway, located in Gansu.

64. Tianshui-Longnan Railway, located in Gansu, with a design speed of 160 km/h.

65. Lanzhou-Hezuo main line railway, located in Gansu, with a design speed of 200 km/h.

66. Wenshan-Mengzi Railway, located in Yunnan, with a design speed of 160 km/h.

67. Dali-Lijiang-Panzhihua Railway, located in Yunnan and Sichuan, with a design speed of 350 km/h.

68. Naomaohu-Jiangjunmiao Railway, located in Xinjiang.