Ministry of Railways Appoints "City" Luxury Vehicle Manufacturers CSR Denies

The tender for the CRH2 car parts that was exposed in the “luxury motor car” series of articles put the manufacturer of this type of car into the limelight.

An informed source from the Ministry of Railways disclosed that senior officials of the Ministry of Railways met with senior managers such as Wang Jun, general manager of CSR Sifang Locomotive and Rolling Stock Co., Ltd. last week and asked CSR to check the price of spare parts, and to strictly manage the procurement of accessories for independent tendering and purchase of sunlight to prevent it. The recurrence of such incidents requires the effective reduction of costs and costs, which will be reflected in the subsequent bidding.

CSR Sifang Locomotive & Rolling Stock Co., Ltd. is a subordinate subsidiary of China South Locomotive and is a CRH2 EMU manufacturer. On February 27, CSR denied the news, claiming that Wang Jun and other senior executives only opened a technical scheme review meeting in the Ministry of Railways, and did not pay “luxury motor vehicles” to the high level of the Ministry of Railways. Hand-over is the customary term for the railway system and means interpretation and explanation. If a business shifts to the Ministry of Railways, it usually explains and explains the more important events.

The person in charge of the Ministry of Railways stated that Zhao Xiaogang, chairman of China South Locomotive, and other senior executives will communicate with the Ministry of Railways in the near future. It is unknown whether the communication content is related to “luxury motor vehicles”.

Caixin Media had previously published a series of articles on “The Interest Chain Behind the Luxury Parts of Luxury Cars”, pointing out that CRH2 EMUs have serious problems in tendering accessories, and the high price of accessories has caused public opinion to be overwhelming. According to a person familiar with the Ministry of Railways mentioned above, the senior officials of the Ministry of Railways were also greatly angered after the article was revealed, because the articles were mostly exposed to the price of accessories and belonged to the scope of independent bidding by enterprises, and were not included in the Catalogue of A-controlled Agri-materials equipment of the Ministry of Railways.

In October 2010, the Ministry of Railways issued a document revamping the "Catalogue of A-Controlled Supplies for Railway Construction Project A", requiring all roads and railway companies to purchase materials and equipment in accordance with this catalogue. The Ministry of Railways has only requirements for steel materials for locomotives and vehicles. As for other Accessories are not in their A directory.

CSR has not responded positively to the tender price disclosed by “luxury motor vehicles”. However, some CSR personnel pointed out that some data are not accurate enough. For instance, the “luxury motor car” article indicates that the box for toilet washing liquids in motor vehicles is RMB 3,000 to RMB 4,000. In fact, it has more than 2400 yuan sensors, and more than 200 yuan without sensors.

People close to CSR explained that there are technical problems. Railway equipment is produced according to the standard of military supplies. Military supplies require adaptability to extreme environments (temperature, humidity, fog, air pressure, overload, etc.), and military supplies may be much more expensive than consumer goods. Previously in a series of reports on “luxury motor vehicles”, Caixin Media also stated that “the Catalog” products are all-inclusive, and some products also involve whether or not special technical issues need to be made according to the high-speed rail high-speed requirements.”

“The price of the accessories in the (Caixin Report) article is basically true,” an authoritative expert on locomotives and vehicles confirmed that, as far as he knows, the depth of bidding for locomotives and vehicles of the Ministry of Railways may be seen from the number of people who have lost their lives in recent years. "In the vehicle companies in these two years, there were 50 to 60 people who had an accident." The expert also pointed out that the key issue is not whether CSR's people have problems, but the Ministry of Railways' tendering system should be reformed. "In the end, this is an institutional corruption."

"As early as the beginning of 2001, the Ministry of Railways set up a tendering committee, and the members were all external experts and professors." The above experts pointed out that if the tendering committee plays a role, all kinds of trickery in the bidding can be greatly reduced. "But there is no use for it." ”

Since the arrival of Minister of Railways Sheng Guangzu, the reform of the railway bidding has already begun. Since the second half of 2011, the Ministry of Railways and the Beijing Municipal Construction and Construction Commission have made a decision on the railway project and will place the bid evaluation work for the railway project on the Beijing Construction Project Contracting and Contracting Center.

There are also changes in bidding and tendering in the field of equipment and equipment. In the 2012 railway work conference, Sheng Guangzu pointed out that it is necessary to standardize the management of special equipment for railways. The introduction of third-party certification, the establishment of certification management methods, and actively absorb social third party agencies with the appropriate qualifications to participate in railway product certification work to ensure that the quality of equipment is reliable.

This move is equivalent to the original control of the equipment in the hands of the Ministry of Railways entry threshold to the community, the Ministry of Railways has selected the Northern Jiaotong University, Southwest Jiaotong University, the Ministry of Railways Academy and Qingdao Sifang Vehicle Institute four as third-party certification bodies.