In 2014, Mexico opened a tender for a high-speed rail project to connect the two major cities of Mexico and Querétaro. CRCC actively participated and sent an elite team of more than 400 senior engineers to Mexico for field research.
In the final bid, we submitted eight boxes weighing 21 ton of reports, covering hundreds of pages of content. We are full of expectations and believe that it is only a matter of time before CRCC wins the bid.
However, fate played a joke on us. Just three days later, Mexico declared the bid invalid and required a new tender. We regret it, but we are not discouraged.
On the contrary, we firmly believe in the strength of CRCC and are determined to make persistent efforts and actively participate in the next bidding. After a year of waiting, we finally got our second chance to bid.
China Railway Construction Consortium is once again full of confidence and is ready to show our strength and professionalism again. We firmly believe that as long as there is faith and strength, victory awaits us ahead.
Despite the surprising and outrageous final result, Mexico once again declared the result null and void, shelving the project indefinitely. To this end, China Railway Construction said that it would initiate a breach of contract claim procedure, and according to the regulations, Mexico should compensate 2700 million, but they are only willing to pay 8.1 million, which is not even a fraction.
Mexico says they don't have money, only so much. This not only means that the compensation has not been paid, but also **all the way**, evaporating hundreds of billions overnight, this trip to the Mexican high-speed rail bid is undoubtedly a heavy loss.
Why, then, did Mexico bid twice and give up twice?
For Mexico, it is a misconception that we cannot just stop at the image of drugs and ** flooding presented in the movie. Mexico is a country with a long history and rich cultural heritage, with the 14th largest territory and 11th largest population in the world.
As the birthplace of ancient Indian culture, Mayan culture was born here. As for the relationship between China and Mexico, when China was restored to its legitimate seat in the United Nations, Mexico stood firmly on China's side and voted in favor of it.
The following year, the two countries established diplomatic relations and recognized the "one-China" principle. China and Mexico have maintained friendly relations for 50 years.
Although Mexico is generally regarded as the "backyard" of the United States and has been deeply influenced by the United States, this does not affect its friendly relations with China.
Mexico's July 2013 tender for the "Mexican high-speed railway" marked an important step in Nieto's reforms. According to the ** plan, the high-speed rail is expected to reach a speed of 300 kilometers per hour, with an electrified two-track rail operation mode, with a total length of 210 kilometers, which will greatly shorten the time from Mexico to Querétaro.
The resumption of construction of the railway is another important demonstration of China's high-speed rail on the international stage, which can not only reduce carbon emissions by nearly 100,000 tons, but also create jobs for nearly 60,000 people.
Therefore, from the perspective of politics and economy and people's livelihood, this railway is very important, not only for Mexico, but also for the development of China's high-speed rail industry.
China's high-speed rail, to the world! The suppression of Western countries has only made us more determined to become a leader in the global high-speed rail market. The high-speed rail project in Mexico is a huge challenge and a great opportunity to show our strength.
To this end, we joined forces with CSR and four local infrastructure companies in Mexico to form a strong consortium to participate in the bidding. Our luxury research team, after 5 months of painstaking research in Mexico, submitted a bid that was extremely detailed, covering everything from design to construction, installation to maintenance, and also considering the geography of Mexico, which can be called an encyclopedia of high-speed rail projects.
Our advantage lies in low cost and high efficiency, which is expected to take only 3 years and 4 months, with a budget of 4.3 billion US dollars and 30 billion yuan. We are determined to make the sign of China's high-speed rail and let the world know that China's high-speed rail is the most reliable and efficient choice!
New copywriting: China won the Mexican bid with 94A high score of 4 was successfully won, which is unique in the world. However, just three days later, Mexico** abruptly announced the cancellation of the bidding results, much to the confusion and disappointment.
This is unacceptable both at home and abroad. The explanation given by Mexico** does not solve the problem, but instead raises more speculation and questions.
Mexico's Minister of Communications and Transport, Ruiz Espaza, gave a brief explanation on the official ** for two reasons: first, only China is the only bidder that meets the requirements of Mexico's high-speed rail project, and China is not the only company participating in the bidding, Japan's Mitsubishi, Germany's Siemens, France's Alstom and other companies also participated in the bidding.
Second, these companies, including China, complied with the procedures for all their actions starting with the bidding, while Mexico demanded that it be built and put into use within three years, which could not be achieved by Japan, Germany and France, so they abandoned the bid.
Therefore, China can get 944 points, which is a true reflection of the Chinese tender, not because there is only one participant in China. The China Railway team put a lot of effort into this bidding and sometimes even slept directly in the office.
However, the real reason behind it may be the opposition of "a part of the parliamentarians".
Despite the setbacks, China is determined to bid again. At the 2014 APEC informal meeting, Mexico** Peña Nieto revealed that the high-speed rail project will be retendered, and this time the tender will be extended to six months.
The news immediately caught the attention of infrastructure companies around the world, including the United Kingdom, France, Canada and India. On January 14, 2015, the bidding officially began, and companies including China Railway, Siemens of Germany, Bombardier of Canada, and Alstom of France participated in the competition.
Although the first bid was excellent, China Railway did not let down its vigilance, but prepared seriously, and even cooperated with China Railway 11th and 12th Bureaus to try to provide a comprehensive, low-cost, and well-technologically sound solution, and even the financing was considered for Mexico, and the Export-Import Bank of China has promised to provide 85% of the loan.
Such conditions can be said to be unique, and we are very confident that we will win the bid. However, the final result was another surprise, as Mexico announced that the bid was cancelled and put on hold indefinitely.
Despite the setbacks, we remain confident and ready to take on the challenge again.
China Railway suffered a contract breach in a project in Mexico, and two identical failures took a lot of energy and time, not only obvious losses, but also a series of hidden losses.
China Railway has chosen to initiate the contract breach of contract compensation procedure, and according to international regulations, Mexico should compensate us 1% of the first amount, a total of 2700 million. Mexico said they would compensate, but in the end it paid only 20 million pesos, or 8.1 million, which is far less than the compensation we deserved.
It is not only a question of loss, but more importantly a lack of good faith on the part of Mexico. The losses suffered by the Chinese side are far more than 2700 million minus 8.1 million, and there are many hidden losses.
As a result of Mexico's default, there has been turmoil in the entire Chinese railway industry, with China Railway Construction and China South Railway exceeding 99%, even China Railway Second Bureau and China Communications Construction, which did not participate, were also affected, ** more than 9%.
These losses amounted to at least hundreds of billions. In the end, after two months of negotiations, we got this paltry compensation of 8.1 million.
One explanation for Mexico's abandonment of the winning bid for China Railway is the result of Mexico's internal political operations. Some Mexican congressmen believe that China has been shortlisted, while the old Siemens, Alstom, etc. have not been shortlisted, which makes them suspicious of China.
However, the fact that the strength of China's high-speed rail has been fully proven, China and Russia jointly signed the Moscow-Kazan high-speed rail project, which attracted a total of 66.3 billion yuan, and the base speed of the high-speed rail reached 400 kilometers per hour, which proves China's strength in the construction of high-speed rail.
On the contrary, the infrastructure capacity of established companies is not as good as expected, such as the United Kingdom and Vietnam, which have experienced problems due to the quality of Japan's high-speed rail. Therefore, the reason why Mexico abandoned China Railway may not be due to misunderstanding of China, but because of internal political considerations in Mexico.
Mexico has a system of separation of powers, and political parties are fighting each other, and Nieto's party does not have a majority in the legislature.
Nieto had been committed to reform in Mexico, but some of his radical moves touched the interests of conservatives and led to the abort of the high-speed rail bid. The project was carried out by four local Mexican infrastructure companies in the China Railway Consortium, which have close ties to the authorities' political parties, which may be the real reason for the blockage.
The opposition began gathering evidence to discredit Nieto and his family, and spread rumors that the high-speed rail project was custom-made by China specifically for Mexico. This fierce offensive was so detrimental to Nieto's next election that he was forced to shelve a project that would be of great benefit to the Mexican people.
Although China's high-speed rail has made great achievements, it will still be hindered by Western countries in the process of going out, because the rules of the modern world are made by them, and they are unwilling to see China challenge their position.
China's railway industry did not go well, first in Mexico. However, this has not stopped China from moving forward. In 2016, the Jakarta-Bandung Expressway became China's first step into the world, winning the trust of Indonesia with its high-speed rail network, which is half that of rival Japan** and the largest in the country.
Now, China has cooperated with many countries in nearly 10 railways, despite the continuous obstruction of Western countries, but China's high-speed rail has never stopped, it will become China's bright business card to the world.