In the January-March period this year, total fixed asset investments (FAI) in China’s railways amounted to RMB 103.311 billion ($15.8 billion), up 29.3 percent year on year, 6.0 percentage points higher compared to the increase recorded in the first two months this year, as announced by China's Ministry of Transportation (MOT).
MOT还宣布，2020年的中国铁路的FAI达人民币7819亿元（120亿美元）。截至2020年代截至2020年底，在运营中有38,000公里的高速铁路，总共有146,300公里的铁路运行。
如前所述，MOT计划在未来三年内将3,000公里的新建铁路添加到中国的铁路网络。