Study On Development Of Chinese Railway Freight Transport

As the development of economy globalization, the globalization of logistics and opening up of transport market are the significant characters of global transport industry, opening and competition become the main subjects of world railway development in 21" Century. China became an official member of WTO,the giant changes in the environment of economics, the railway transport industry faces with the challenges. It brings Chinese railway transport precious historical challenges and special late-developing advantages in one hand, but also brings austere challenges from the international transport in the other hand.This paper systematically and depth demonstrates the relevant concepts and theoretical basis of railway freight transport. On top of the demonstration, comparing and analyzing the differences in the development history and present situation between Chinese and foreign railway freight transport. Consequently, used the method of PEST, this paper analyses the macrocosmic environment of Chinese railway freight transport industry after China entered WTO, furthermore, on the basis of PEST, the method of SWOT is also used for illustrating the influence that entering WTO brings to Chinese railway freight transport industry. Finally, on how to accelerate reform of Chinese railway freight transport, the author puts forward the below developing strategies and relevant means for Chinese railway freight transport under WTO rules: Strength-Opportunity: to adopt competitive and cooperating strategy to anticipate international market competition; to consolidate the existing transport products and develop new products. Weakness-Opportunity: to improve freight transport capacity, increase transport market share; to strengthen information system, establish information. Strength-Threat: to implement "New Products, New Orientation Strategy" and Brand Strategy; to erect strategic cooperation with clients; to create core competence, promote the favorable and avoid the unfavorable; to adopt sustainable development strategy, infiltrate into modern logistics. Weakness-Threat: to adopt human resources development strategy, accelerate railway specialists; to expedite function transformation of Ministry of Railways, separate government functions from enterprise management; to accelerate strategic decompositions, push"network and service separation"; to make multi-investments as the main pattern, establish modern enterprises system; to carry into excellent quality strategy; to adjust industrial structure.