Qingdao, in Shandong province, plans to set up a manufacturing center for high-speed trains in the next five years, the Qingdao science and technology bureau said.

Qingdao plans to capitalize on the existing industrial park in its Chengyang district by adding a cluster of train manufacturers over five years. Multiple-unit (MU) trains with speeds of 300 km per hour (kph) will be produced and the plan is to develop MU trains with speeds of up to of 350 kph.

Qingdao has already developed 200-kph and 300-kph MU trains. Most current MU trains in China run at 200 kph, while the faster trains will be used on the Beijing-Tianjin railway in time for the Olympic Games.