On January 16, Approved by the National Railway Administration of the People’s Republic of China, CR3 acquired the “access permission of railway transportation enterprise” for railway freight traffic.

The access permission of railway transportation enterprise system is the National Railway Administration to the enterprises engaged in business activities of railway transportation, personnel quality, management level, capital review such as business ability, to confirm the scope of the bear the task of concurrent corresponding license system. Obtained the “access permission of railway transportation enterprise”, it shows the affirmation as well as recognition of the National Railway Administration for CR3’s operation as well as management so many years. Originally obtained the permission means that CR3 could undertake all domestic railway transportation business, it signs that CR3’s railway transport industry towards standardization, scale, systematic as well as marketization took a solid step.

The leader of China Railway Group Limited had been pay high attention to the process of acquire this permission. China Railway Group Limited has held the "railway transport enterprise access training meeting" for the whole company, also invited experts from the relevant departments of the National Railway Administration to answer questions. The related principals of transportation company have been shuttled  from Taiyuan to Beijing for several times, to consult relevant experts as well as to revise the opinions of experts. The staff has been working hard for months, carefully filling the application materials, inserting feedback into the material so that the material can meet the final requirements.

To acquire the “access permission of railway transportation enterprises” it has greatly enhanced the social visibility also include industry influence of the group, added weight to the consolidation of the current market as well as the further expansion of the transportation industry. “CR3’s transportation” covers car, machine, craft, electricity, unit five major majors, successively participated in the contract transportation, cooperative transportation as well as entrusted management of more than 20 railway lines, such as Shenshuo, Shuohuang, Guobai, Chidabai, morethan 3200 kilometers of operation as well as management experience with annual freight volume exceeding 100 million tons; moreover, possessing ten thousand tons, twenty thousand tons of heavy-duty train traction ability, 1200 kilometer long road & out-of-gauge goods transportation ability, rolling stock maintenance ability, the culvert railway tunnels, the “four electric” equipment maintenance ability, as well as large-scale technical work stations, marshalling yards of the scheduling management ability; conduct research of operation management mode, goods transportation, alpine region transportation safety, locomotives full life cycle management, other industries like cutting-edge topics actively explore innovation, CR3 make  great efforts to establish upgraded transportation industry which enable to make CR3 have a great market competitive industry brand in China's energy enterprise, especially in railway transportation.