Puzhen

CRRC Nanjing Puzhen Co., Ltd. (commonly shortened to Puzhen) is a Chinese railway rolling stock manufacturer headquartered in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province. It is one of the core subsidiaries of CRRC Corporation Limited, the state-controlled group formed in 2015 from the merger of China CNR and CSR. Puzhen traces its industrial lineage to the Nanjing Puzhen Rolling Stock Works, a plant with roots in the early twentieth century, and it has grown into a major supplier of urban rail and mainline passenger vehicles. The company's product range centres on metro (subway) cars, intercity and suburban EMUs, mainline passenger coaches, and light rail vehicles. Puzhen has supplied metro rolling stock to a number of Chinese cities and has participated in export projects, including overseas metro and passenger train contracts associated with CRRC's international business. Its manufacturing base in Nanjing includes facilities for car body fabrication, assembly, testing and commissioning. As part of CRRC, Puzhen operates within China's state-owned rail equipment system. CRRC Corporation Limited is listed on the Shanghai and Hong Kong stock exchanges, while Puzhen itself is a subsidiary rather than a separately listed entity. The Puzhen brand is therefore closely tied to CRRC's domestic urban transit business and to China's broader railway equipment export strategy. The official website puzhen.com.cn has at times been placed under maintenance, with the site displaying a notice that the platform is temporarily suspended for system optimisation. This dossier is based on the available evidence and well-established public facts about the company; specific figures such as annual output, exact contract values and current executive names are omitted where not verifiable from the supplied evidence.

CRRC Nanjing Puzhen's history is bound up with the industrial development of Nanjing and with China's railway equipment industry. Its predecessor, the Nanjing Puzhen Rolling Stock Works, was established in the early twentieth century and became one of China's long-standing railway vehicle manufacturing plants. Over the decades the works produced and repaired passenger coaches and other rolling stock for China's national railway system. In the reform era, China's railway equipment sector was reorganised. The plant was incorporated into the China South Locomotive and Rolling Stock Industry (Group) Corporation, commonly known as CSR, which grouped major locomotive and rolling stock manufacturers. Under CSR, Puzhen expanded into urban rail transit, producing metro cars for Chinese cities as urban subway systems grew rapidly from the 1990s and 2000s onward. The company also developed intercity and suburban EMU products and pursued export opportunities. A defining moment came in 2015, when China's two large rail equipment groups, CNR and CSR, were merged to form CRRC Corporation Limited. Puzhen became a subsidiary within the CRRC group, and its official identity shifted to CRRC Nanjing Puzhen Co., Ltd. Within CRRC, Puzhen is associated particularly with urban transit vehicles and passenger coaches, complementing other CRRC subsidiaries that focus on high-speed trains, locomotives and freight wagons. Puzhen has supplied metro rolling stock to multiple Chinese cities and has taken part in overseas projects through CRRC's international channels. Its Nanjing base supports car body manufacturing, assembly, testing and commissioning. The company's official website, puzhen.com.cn, has at times displayed a maintenance notice stating that the platform is temporarily suspended for system optimisation, so public information about the company is often accessed through CRRC group channels and industry reporting rather than the standalone site. Because Puzhen is a subsidiary rather than a separately listed company, detailed financial disclosures are consolidated within CRRC. Its brand equity is therefore closely linked to CRRC's reputation in urban rail and to China's broader rail equipment export programme.

• 2015

  CNR and CSR merge to form CRRC Corporation Limited; Puzhen becomes a CRRC subsidiary under the name CRRC Nanjing Puzhen.

• 1908

  Predecessor Nanjing Puzhen Rolling Stock Works established, marking the origin of the Puzhen manufacturing tradition.

Core CRRC subsidiary and major Chinese supplier of urban rail and mainline passenger rolling stock.

• Metro cars

  Subway rolling stock supplied to Chinese urban transit systems.

• Intercity EMUs

  Electric multiple units for intercity and suburban services.

• Mainline passenger coaches

  Passenger coaches for national railway operations.

1. 1Puzhen official websitepuzhen.com.cn