The 17th edition, or MODERN RAILWAYS 2025, was held at the China National Convention Center in Beijing from July 8 to 10, 2025, occupying 40,000 square meters of exhibition space. A total of 521 exhibitors from 14 countries and regions, including the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Japan, Switzerland and Austria, showcased more than 30,000 exhibits of their latest technologies and solutions to the visitors from over 70 countries and regions, totaling 72,000 visits over the 3-day show.
Exhibition Area
40000+ m2
Countries & Regions of Exhibitors
14+
Exhibitors
500+
Number of Exhibits
30000+
Countries & Regions of Visitors
70+
Professional Visitors
72000+
Group Visitors
60+
Leading railway Companies from around the world to get together on multiple display zones
China railway achievements
With the theme of "China's Railway Marching Towards Modernization", through exhibition display methods such as naked-eye 3D, high-definition pictures, short videos, physical models, and simulated driving, a comprehensive display will be presented of the landmark achievements of China's railway in aspects such as network construction, transportation operation, scientific and technological innovation, and international cooperation, centrally demonstrating the development achievements and beautiful vision of China's railway.
China railway international cooperation achievements
Relevant domestic enterprises are invited to centrally showcase the achievements of international cooperation, presenting the landmark achievements of jointly building the "the Belt and Road" such as the China-Laos Railway, the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway, and the Hungary-Serbia Railway, expressing the good will of China's railway to sincerely cooperate with the world's railways and share development experiences.
Railway Innovation Alliance
The Railway Innovation Alliance, which is composed of 12 key enterprises, universities and scientific research institutions outside the railway industry and 5 enterprises within the railway industry led by China State Railway Group, jointly participates in the exhibition and centrally showcases the alliance's innovative achievements.
CR regional groups
With the theme of "Enabling Railway Modernization via Tech Innovation", it has four sections: serving national strategies, strengthening tech self-reliance, fulfilling industry duties, and advancing tech transfer. Through large e-screens, sand table models, graphic panels, promo videos and CAVE immersion, it spotlights the China Academy of Railway Sciences' tech innovation in high-quality dev't for railway modernization and its industrial service capabilities.
Railway specialties
Renowned enterprises in the global railway industry such as Alstom, Siemens, Knorr, Westinghouse, CRRC, CRSC, Huawei, and ZTE have presented state-of-the-art products in diverse railway specialty fields, demonstrating the latest technological trends in railway equipment. Meanwhile, a large number of small and medium-sized enterprises have also brought their unique products and technologies, with nearly ten thousand exhibits in total.
Multi-tiered and multi-themed high-level forums to explore the opportunities and challenges for railway
development and share the experiences and achievements for railway cooperation
The 4th World Railway Cooperation and Development Forum was jointly hosted by CHINA RAILWAY and UIC. Additionally, 10 supporting forums were organized by China Railway Society (CRS), International Railway Research Board (IRRB), Chinese Academy of Railway Sciences Corporation (CARS) and other institutions. At these forums, 112 speakers from both at home and abroad delivered speeches to a total of 5,000 attendants, who were high-level representatives from related ministries and commissions of China, international organizations such as UIC, national railway companies dedicated to "Belt and Road " cooperation, and senior executives from the exhibitors.
- Leaders of CR and its affiliated regional group companies
- Member of the Board and General Manager of CR
- Vice General Managers of CR
- Chief Engineer of CR
- Department leaders of CR
- Leaders of enterprises directly affiliated to CR
- Leaders of CR regional group companies
- ......
- Leaders of Chinese ministries and commissions, as well as societies and associations
- Officials from National Development and Reform Commission
- Officials from Ministry of Finance
- Officials from National Railway Administration
- Officials from China Meteorological Administration
- Officials from China Development Bank
- Officials from China Communications and Transportation Association
- Officials from China Railway Society
- Officials from China Local Railway Association
- ......
- Executives and leaders of railway companies, international enterprises and organisations
- Director General of the International Union of Railways (UIC)
- Deputy Director of Ulaanbaatar Railway, Mongolia
- Director of Traffic Operations, Serbian Railways Infrastructure
- Chairman of PT Kereta Cepat Indonesia China (KCIC)
- General Manager of Lao National Railway Enterprise and Executive Deputy General Manager of the Laos-China Railway Co., Ltd.
- Chief Technology Innovation Officer of Deutsche Bahn AG
- Chief Executive Officer of Siemens Mobility
- Managing Director of Alstom China
- ......
Concurrent events to ramp up exchanges among the exhibitors, popular science activities to attract proactive participation by the visitors
For exhibitors: we organized new product and technology release and signing ceremonies at the service of 16 local and overseas exhibitors, For trade visitors: We arranged technical visits and singled out a railway cultural and creative exhibition area for several railway industry cultural institutions who showcased their collections, cultural and creative exhibits, paintings, and photographic works, For railway enthusiasts: We gave lectures on railway science and culture, and organized Meetings for Railway Fans and other activities to attract many railway enthusiasts and practitioners.
New Product and Technology Release Activities and Signing Ceremony
At MODERN RAILWAYS 2025, we proactively offered the services of new product and technology release and signing ceremonies, from which 16 exhibitors benefited. They released their railway innovative technology, applications and products, explored the opportunities and challenges of railway development, and introduced new trends for railway industry cooperation and development.
Technical Visits
Choicest visitors were invited to visit the high-speed wheel-rail relationship laboratory, the high-speed pantograph-network relationship laboratory, the 12306 passenger ticket system monitoring center, and the high-speed railway passenger service system laboratory. These visits allowed them to gain a deeper understanding of railway technology and experience China's rapid railway development achievements.
Cultural Activities
To increase public awareness, knowledge, and enthusiasm for railways and to strengthen the promotion of railway culture, various cultural activities for different visitor groups were organized, including the 4th "MODERN RAILWAYS Cup" photography contest, the first "I am a little railway painter" children's painting exhibition, and the first "MODERN RAILWAYS Cup" short video competition, as well as railway collection show, railway cultural and creative show and exhibitors’ stamps seeking activities. These creative shows and activities with fun increased the visitors’ interest in participation and enriched their knowledge about intelligent high-speed rail. The sizable display boards at the outdoor exhibition area caught the eyes of large numbers of trade visitors.
Heated media coverage during the exhibition by innovating promotion toolkit
People's Daily, Xinhua News Agency, China Media Group, Guangming Daily, Economic Daily, China Daily, China Youth Daily, China News Service, China Traffic Radio, Beijing Daily, Beijing Television, Beijing Traffic Radio and other central and local mass media extensively reported on the exhibition and forums. On-site reports and live streams by railway professional media such as China Railway, People's Railway, China Academy of Railway Sciences Corporation Limited, Rail World, E-car Network all helped to make MODERN RAILWAYS 2025 known to the vast public.
WeChat reading volume: Over 2 million views.
The number of visits to the live photo stream reached 392000+times.
The cumulative number of views for the video live stream reached 237000times.
