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- China Railway Group Limited (CREC) is a super-large state-owned conglomerate headquartered in Beijing, China, and founded in 1950 as a multi-functional integrated construction company primarily engaged in engineering survey, design and construction; industrial equipment manufacturing; real estate development; resources and mining development; financial investment; and other businesses such as asset management, merchandise trading, and service concession operations. It operates through key segments including Infrastructure Construction, which builds railways, highways, bridges, tunnels, buildings, irrigation works, hydroelectricity projects, ports, docks, airports, municipal works, and urban rail transit including subways and light railways; Design and Consulting Services, providing survey, design, consulting, research and development, feasibility studies, and compliance certification for infrastructure projects; Engineering Equipment and Component Manufacturing, designing, developing, manufacturing and selling turnouts, bridge steel structures, railway-related equipment, engineering machinery, components and materials; Property Development, developing, managing and selling residential and commercial properties; and Other Businesses encompassing mining, financial services, highway operations and information technology. CREC conducts business across all provinces in Mainland China and in more than 90 countries and regions worldwide, with leading positions in bridge, tunnel, subway construction and railway electrification technologies, and holds qualifications for special-grade general contracting of railway projects and grade-A contracting for roads, municipal facilities, bridges and tunnels. In recent developments, subsidiaries won bids for three major sections of the Kyrgyzstan portion of the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan Railway in June 2025, valued at RMB5.34 billion to enhance Belt and Road connectivity; in October 2025, the company agreed to acquire minority equity interests totaling approximately 18% in China Railway 11 Bureau, 14% in China Railway Construction, 13% in CRCC Investment, and 29% in Kunlun Investment from eight investors including Taiping Life and various financial asset management firms for RMB11 billion in cash, making these subsidiaries wholly-owned upon completion; and new contract amounts reached RMB476.23 billion in Q3 2025, with 1-3Q25 totaling significant growth amid ongoing infrastructure focus.