National Railway Administration

National Railway Administration
国家铁路局
	National Emblem of the People's Republic of China
Agency overview
Formed	14 March 2013; 11 years ago
Preceding agency	Ministry of Railways;
Jurisdiction	China
Headquarters	6 Fuxing Road, Haidian, Beijing
Agency executive	Fei Dongbin (as of October 2022), Director;
Parent agency	Ministry of Transport
Website	nra.gov.cn

The National Railway Administration (NRA, Chinese: 国家铁路局) is the national railway regulator of China under the Ministry of Transport. It was established in 2013 with the breakup of the Ministry of Railways; the China Railway was created to operate the railway network while the Administration was created to regulate and oversee the corporation. The current director is Fei Dongbin.

History

In 2013, the State Council of China broke up the Ministry of Railways and separated the functions of railway operation and regulation. The China Railway Corporation was created to operate the railway network, while the National Railway Administration was created to regulate and oversee the corporation, with safety and accident prevention being a major part of its function.^[1]^[2]

Functions

The NRA oversees the largest railway network in Asia and the largest high-speed railway network in the world. The densities of the network's passenger and freight transport are among the world's highest. It has seven regional oversight bureaus, based in Shenyang, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Wuhan, Xi'an, and Lanzhou, respectively, which oversee 18 regional railway companies (formerly regional bureaus) of the China Railway Corporation.^[1]

The NRA administers China's no-ride list.^[3]^: 113

Leadership

Directors

Name	Chinese name	Took office	Left office	Ref.
Lu Dongfu	陆东福	19 March 2013	16 October 2016	^[4]
Yang Yudong	杨宇栋	11 December 2016	December 2018	^[5]
Liu Zhenfang	刘振芳	November 2019	July 2022
Fei Dongbin	费东斌	September 2022	Incumbent

References

^ ^a ^b Zhang, Junyi; Feng, Cheng-Min (2018). Routledge Handbook of Transport in Asia. Taylor & Francis. pp. 188–9. ISBN 978-1-317-57733-1.
^ "受权发布：国务院机构改革和职能转变方案". www.gov.cn. Retrieved 2019-06-02.
^ Brussee, Vincent (2023). Social Credit: The Warring States of China's Emerging Data Empire. Singapore: Palgrave MacMillan. ISBN 9789819921881.
^ "陆东福任国家铁路局局长". Netease. 2013-03-26. Retrieved 2019-08-21.
^ "中华人民共和国国务院任免人员 2017年第1号". Central Government of China. 2017. Retrieved 2019-08-21.

External links

Official website

[ZhangFeng2018-1] Zhang, Junyi; Feng, Cheng-Min (2018). Routledge Handbook of Transport in Asia. Taylor & Francis. pp. 188–9. ISBN 978-1-317-57733-1.

[2] "受权发布：国务院机构改革和职能转变方案". www.gov.cn. Retrieved 2019-06-02.

[:44-3] Brussee, Vincent (2023). Social Credit: The Warring States of China's Emerging Data Empire. Singapore: Palgrave MacMillan. ISBN 9789819921881.

[4] "陆东福任国家铁路局局长". Netease. 2013-03-26. Retrieved 2019-08-21.

[5] "中华人民共和国国务院任免人员 2017年第1号". Central Government of China. 2017. Retrieved 2019-08-21.

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