Boston subway to be built in China

　On September 3, local time, CRRC officially broke ground on its assembly plant in Springfield, Massachusetts. Springfield, a small town in the United States named by the Chinese, has a centuries-old relationship with China. It was the destination of the first group of young children studying in the United States in the late Qing Dynasty. Jeme tianyou was admitted to Yale University from this, and then achieved the miracle of China's railway.

　　Boston's subway has a long history, predating the famous New York subway by several years, and is named red, green, orange and blue. But with the passage of time, all kinds of age has been more than 30 or 40 years old cars to the local residents have brought all kinds of trouble, delays and breakdowns are common.

　　Although the United States has a long history of subway, but does not produce subway cars. So the MTA has struggled to find affordable replacement equipment. From 2010 onwards, bidding will be conducted worldwide. CRRC outdid its rivals in the multiyear marathon competition, eventually winning a $566 million contract for 284 vehicles on the Tangerine and Red lines in late 2014.

　　This contract is not a traditional export of Made-in-China products, but an export of technology and management. Because it was funded by the state of Massachusetts, 60 percent of the parts purchased had to be made in the United States under the Buy American Act. CRRC will invest $60 million in the region and hire 150 local employees to build an assembly plant, while also sourcing parts from local manufacturers. Therefore, the orange and red lines of the future will be standard American goods with a "Chinese heart".

　　The Boston Consensus sees it asa victory for the Americans, as the $566 million price tag is much lower than other rivals (Hyundai Rotem (720m), Bombardier (1.08 billion) and Kawasaki (950m)). Their ticket prices are not expected to rise as the transaction price did not exceed the government's budget.

　　The Massachusetts Transportation Authority said in February, when it dismissed the three unsuccessful bidders, that CRRC had won the bid through a fair and rigorous process and that "access to quality and affordable products is beneficial to local development, and the local government will support CRRC."

　　The arrival of CRRC will train 150 skilled technical workers for Springfield. If CRRC wins another bid for subway cars in other parts of the US, the factory's talent and experience could continue to boost local economies and jobs, analysts say.

　　As the project gets under way, two things remain on the minds of local Americans: will the local government's foot-dragging delay the arrival of a new orange line model in 2018 and a new Red line model the following year? Second, after seeing the schematic diagram provided by CRRC, many people hoped that after the arrival of the vehicles, they could find a way to make CRRC repair the old platform into the lofty appearance in the picture.

　　Either way, it's a good, cheap and value-added product that everyone from politicians to ordinary Americans will welcome. Maybe it can be the beginning of changing the image of "Made in China" in the US.