中國(guó)鐵道部正對(duì)中國(guó)雄心勃勃的高鐵計(jì)劃做出重新評(píng)估。此前，一家頗具影響力的、有政府背景的智囊機(jī)構(gòu)質(zhì)疑，中國(guó)是否有能力負(fù)擔(dān)計(jì)劃中的高鐵網(wǎng)絡(luò)，以及該網(wǎng)絡(luò)是否實(shí)用。

　　In a report submitted by the China Academy of Science to the State Council, experts urged a rethink of the emphasis on massive infrastructure investment, particularly the bullet train expansion programme.

　　在中國(guó)科學(xué)院(CAS)提交給國(guó)務(wù)院的一份報(bào)告中，專家們敦促相關(guān)方面進(jìn)行反思：是否應(yīng)把重點(diǎn)放在大規(guī)模基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施投資、尤其是放在高鐵擴(kuò)張計(jì)劃上。

　　One of the concerns expressed in the report is the unsustainable level of debt that has propelled rail building projects across the country, particularly since the government launched its stimulus package in late 2008 to combat the effects of the global economic crisis.

　　這份報(bào)告表達(dá)的一項(xiàng)擔(dān)憂是，推動(dòng)鐵路建設(shè)的舉債規(guī)模已達(dá)到不可持續(xù)的水平，特別是自2008年底政府出臺(tái)刺激計(jì)劃對(duì)抗全球經(jīng)濟(jì)危機(jī)影響以來。

　　The report found that the acceleration of infrastructure investment triggered by the stimulus package has caused a lack of integration between transport services across the country, leaving highways, subways, train stations and airports not properly connected.

　　報(bào)告發(fā)現(xiàn)，刺激計(jì)劃導(dǎo)致的基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施投資加速，已造成全國(guó)各交通服務(wù)之間缺乏系統(tǒng)整合，高速公路、地鐵、火車站和機(jī)場(chǎng)之間缺乏適當(dāng)?shù)倪B接。

　　Wen Jiabao, China’s premier, has seen the report and asked for further discussion of current high-speed rail plans, say people familiar with the matter.

　　知情人士稱，中國(guó)總理溫家寶已看到這份報(bào)告，并要求相關(guān)方面對(duì)目前的高鐵計(jì)劃做出進(jìn)一步討論。

　　The review – and possible scaling back – come as provincial officials appear to have caught bullet train fever.

　　在相關(guān)方面重新評(píng)估、并可能縮減高鐵計(jì)劃規(guī)模之際，中國(guó)各省官員似乎患上了高鐵“狂熱癥”。

　　Local governments have between them asked for Beijing’s permission to expand the high-speed rail network by as much as 80 per cent above the already ambitious approved targets, according to analysts and Chinese media reports.

　　根據(jù)分析人士和中國(guó)媒體報(bào)道所稱，各地方政府要求中央政府允許它們?cè)谝勋@批的宏偉目標(biāo)基礎(chǔ)上，把高鐵網(wǎng)絡(luò)建設(shè)規(guī)模總共再擴(kuò)大至多80%。

　　Under the current plan, the central government has authorised a high-speed network that will reach 16,000km by 2020 and service more than 90 per cent of the population.

　　根據(jù)目前的計(jì)劃，中央政府批準(zhǔn)到2020年時(shí)建成1.6萬(wàn)公里高鐵網(wǎng)絡(luò)，為90%以上的中國(guó)人口提供服務(wù)。

　　But as part of the stimulus the government more than doubled its planned investments in railways for 2009 and 2010 and now expects to have 13,000km of high-speed track by the end of 2012. That will give China more high-speed rail capacity – trains that travel at more than 250km an hour – than the rest of the world put together, according to data from the International Union of Railways and Nomura, the investment bank.

　　然而，作為刺激計(jì)劃的一部分，中央政府把2009年和2010年的鐵路建設(shè)計(jì)劃投資增加了一倍以上；這樣，到2012年底，中國(guó)便有望鋪設(shè)1.3萬(wàn)公里高鐵軌道。國(guó)際鐵路聯(lián)盟(IUR)和投資銀行野村證券(Nomura)的數(shù)據(jù)顯示，這將讓中國(guó)的高鐵運(yùn)輸能力超過世界其余地區(qū)的總和。高鐵是指時(shí)速超過250公里的列車。

　　But with dozens of new lines scheduled to open in the next two years, the high-speed connections already in operation are being carefully scrutinised.

　　但是，考慮到將有數(shù)十條計(jì)劃中的新建高鐵線路在未來兩年啟用，目前已投入運(yùn)營(yíng)的高鐵線路正受到密切審視。

　　Critics point out that bullet train services, such as the 1,000km Wuhan to Guangzhou connection that opened this year, are operating at less than half their full capacity and will never make enough money to repay the huge bank loans used to build them.

　　批評(píng)人士指出，高鐵線路——例如今年啟用的1000公里長(zhǎng)的武廣高鐵——目前的上座率還不到一半，它們永遠(yuǎn)不可能創(chuàng)造足夠多的利潤(rùn)來償清銀行提供的巨額建設(shè)貸款。