The output value of Guangzhou's rail transit industry will reach 320 billion yuan this year

China News Service, Guangzhou, November 9 (Wang Hua, Zhang Jie) The 2026 Guangzhou Rail Transit Week will be held in Guangzhou from the 8th to the 13th. It is reported that by the end of this year, Guangzhou’s subway operating mileage will reach a new level of 800 kilometers, and the output value of the rail transit industry will reach 320 billion yuan.

Since the opening of the first subway line in 1969, China's urban rail transit has built the world's largest operating network. According to data from the China Urban Rail Transit Association, as of the end of 2025, a total of 58 cities in mainland China have opened 382 urban rail transit operating lines with an operating mileage of 13,067.89 kilometers.

The theme of the 2026 Guangzhou Rail Transit Week is "Opening the scene to promote investment and project implementation to promote win-win". In the form of "3+3+N", the 2026 China International Urban Rail Transit Exhibition (MetroTrans 2026), Urban Rail Transit Owner Leaders Roundtable (2026·Guangzhou, closed meeting), COMET A series of activities including the 2026 International Metro Association Guangzhou Conference (closed-door meeting), the 2026 Guangzhou Rail Transit Industry Ecology Conference, and a special job fair for rail transit talents.

Among them, the 2026 China International Urban Rail Transit Exhibition (abbreviated as: MetroTrans 2026) opened in Area D of the China Import and Export Fair Complex (Canton Fair Complex) in Guangzhou on the 9th. The exhibition area is 50,000 square meters, bringing together more than 52 domestic urban rail transit owners, 237 overseas guests from 28 countries and regions around the world, and 519 industry chain companies to participate.

At the exhibition site, China Railway 12th Bureau Group presented its TOD station-city integrated subway superstructure comprehensive development results and "Railway Aviation" series of independent intelligent construction equipment.

It is understood that since the first subway line was opened in Guangzhou on June 28, 1997, more than 1,300 kilometers of "subway + intercity" lines have been completed and opened, and the construction of more than 300 kilometers of new lines is being promoted. By the end of this year, Guangzhou Metro will open the western section of the second phase of Line 13 and the middle section of Line 12, taking the operating mileage of Guangzhou Metro to a new level of 800 kilometers.

In 2025, the output value of Guangzhou's rail transit will exceed 300 billion yuan, and there will be more than 900 enterprises in the industry chain. In 2026, the output value of Guangzhou's rail transit industry is targeted to be 320 billion yuan.

Liu Zhicheng, chairman of Guangzhou Metro Group, said that Guangzhou Metro adheres to the concepts of open cooperation and mutual benefit, shares opportunities with global industry chain partners, builds a platform that gathers global industrial resources and cooperates at home and abroad, and opens up the 100-billion-level industrial scenario of rail transit.