Engineering · Construction · Investment

Over 70 years building the infrastructure that connects the world

High-speed railways, expressways, metros, sea-crossing bridges, tunnels, water works and environmental protection. Now serving Peru's development.

≈20 000km of railways
11 600+km of expressways
24countries with operations
Qinghai–Tibet Railway
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Girder erection for a high-speed railway
Surveyor working inside a tunnel
70+

Who we are

A pioneering force in construction, now in Peru

China Tiesiju Civil Engineering Group (CTCE) is a multinational company dedicated to integrated construction and one of the largest infrastructure builders in China.

For more than 70 years, driven by a pursuit of craftsmanship and a calling to deliver great projects, CTCE has achieved outstanding results in railways, highways, municipal engineering, automotive proving grounds, urban rail transit, high-rise buildings, industrial plants, airports, water works, electrification and environmental protection.

It has taken part in most of the lines in China's railway network plan, contributing nearly 20,000 km of railway track and more than 20 major railway hubs, and has carried out one quarter of the track laying and bridge erection on China's operating high-speed lines.

  • Special-grade qualification in highway, municipal and building works
  • 28 intellectual property rights in high-speed rail
  • International trade licence and UN supplier
  • Full service: planning, design, investment, construction and operation
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CTCE in figures

0Years of experience
0Km of railways built, renovated and expanded
0Km of expressways in over 100 projects
0Km of metro, 350+ stations in 40+ cities
0Investment projects delivered
0Owned equipment and machinery units
0In new international contracts (last 3 years)
0Countries of operation, besides China

Business segments

Three core businesses + diversified businesses

CTCE pursues a strategy of steady development and cost leadership, promoting vertical integration and related diversification for high-quality growth.

Related diversified businesses

  • Investment & Operation
  • Design & Consulting
  • Supervision & Inspection
  • Logistics & Trade
  • Real Estate & Wellness
  • Materials & Technology
  • Industrial Manufacturing
  • Digital Solutions
  • International Engineering

During the 14th Five-Year Plan, CTCE is strengthening its edge in transport infrastructure, expanding into urban construction and growing its role in environmental protection and pollution control, while advancing prefabricated construction and “new infrastructure”.

01 · Transport infrastructure

The cornerstone of railway construction in China

From the Tibetan Plateau to sea-crossing bridges: nine specialties covering the entire land-transport cycle.

High-speed train on a viaduct

Railway engineering

CTCE has worked on every trunk line of the “Eight Verticals and Eight Horizontals” high-speed network and on the vast majority of national railway projects. Its column-free steel platform canopy is used in 70% of China's railway stations, and it leads the industry in Class A credit ratings.

≈20,000 kmof railways
20+railway hubs
70 %of stations use its column-free canopy
  • Qinghai–Tibet Railway
  • Sichuan–Tibet Railway
  • Wuhan–Guangzhou high-speed railway
  • Beijing–Shanghai high-speed railway
  • Ningbo–Zhoushan line
Beijing–Tianjin–Tanggu Expressway

Highway engineering

Holding the special-grade general contracting qualification for highway works, CTCE has built landmark expressways across China, including subsea tunnels and roads above 4,000 m within the Belt and Road Initiative.

100+expressways
11,600+ kmbuilt
30+Li Chun awards
  • Beijing–Tianjin–Tanggu Expressway (Luban Prize)
  • Taihu Tunnel, Suzhou–Wuxi–Changzhou
  • Jiangshuiquan Tunnel, Jinan
  • G213 Sunan–Qilian Highway
Shenzhen North Station transport hub

Urban rail transit

A leading force in metro construction for decades, with special-grade qualification in municipal works and first-grade qualification in track laying and girder erection.

40+cities
350+stations
≈120depots
  • Shenzhen North Station transport hub
  • Kunming Metro Line 4
  • Chengdu Metro Line 7
  • Shenyang Metro Line 1
  • Hangzhou Metro Line 19
Navigable steel aqueduct over the Pihe River

Steel structures

A benchmark in stations, steel bridges, sports venues, convention centres and airport terminals, with integrated design, fabrication and installation.

≈200projects
5 M m²designed, fabricated and installed
110 msteel aqueduct span
  • Pihe River steel aqueduct (world record)
  • Yantai–Dalian ferry bridge
  • Hefei Station canopy
  • Lu'an Sports Centre
Shanghai International Formula 1 Circuit

Racetracks & proving grounds

The only contractor affiliated with the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers; its asphalt paving technology for high-speed banked curves ranks among the world's top three.

≈70projects since 1987
85 %of China's facilities
20+provinces
  • Shanghai International F1 Circuit
  • Beijing Proving Ground (Ministry of Transport)
  • Toyota R&D Centre, Changshu
  • SAIC Volkswagen test track
Railway electrification works

Electrification engineering

Power supply, signalling, communications and electrification of major railway lines, plus ventilation, water, power, monitoring and toll systems for metros and expressways.

40+railway lines
≈40metro cities
≈10,000 kmof optical fibre
  • Beijing Metro Yizhuang Line
  • Nanjing–Hangzhou high-speed railway
  • Shanghai EMU depot
Equipment installation in a railway workshop

Equipment installation

Equipment installation on more than 40 key railway lines, metros in over 20 cities, more than 100 water purification plants and intelligent transport systems for over 10 expressways.

40+railway lines
100+water plants
20+metro cities
  • Beijing Metro Line 5
  • Shenzhen Metro Line 11
  • World's first fully enclosed metal noise barrier, Shenzhen–Maoming
Railway track laying

Track laying, girder erection and transport

Track laying and girder erection on more than 100 railway lines, with full operating capabilities: rolling stock, traffic control, signalling and traction power.

3,000 kmof track per year
5 000girders per year
80 M ttransport capacity
  • Shangqiu–Hefei–Hangzhou high-speed railway
  • Xi'an intercity railway
  • Shanghai Metro Line 13
  • Nanning–Chongzuo high-speed railway
Metro maintenance crew working on the track

Maintenance engineering

Since 2012, metro maintenance with optimised work-window management, specialised crews, precision monitoring and rapid emergency response.

≈3,000 kmunder maintenance
20+cities
10+years of experience
  • Shanghai Metro
  • Wuhan Metro
  • Chengdu Metro
  • Tianjin Metro
  • Kunming Metro

Highway engineering

Mountain road construction fronts

Landmark projects

World records in engineering

Qinghai–Tibet Railway train against snowy mountains
Railway · 2006

Qinghai–Tibet Railway

The world's longest and highest plateau railway. CTCE developed permafrost protection and high-altitude oxygen supply systems.

Xihoumen Bridge over the sea
Bridge · 5 “World's Best” titles

Xihoumen Bridge, Ningbo–Zhoushan line

The world's longest-span combined rail–road bridge: 3,118 m long with a 1,488 m main span.

Yuanjiang Grand Bridge over a valley
China–Laos Railway

Yuanjiang Grand Bridge

A 154 m pier, the tallest of its kind in the world, and a record 249 m main span.

Hangzhou Bay Bridge
Sea-crossing bridge · 36 km

Hangzhou Bay Bridge

The world's longest sea-crossing bridge when completed: 9 key technologies and over 250 innovations. Luban Prize.

Taihu Tunnel entrance
Tunnel · 10.79 km

Taihu Tunnel

The world's longest and widest completed under-lake tunnel. “Platinum MUSE” award.

Second Jiaozhou Bay Tunnel
Subsea tunnel · under construction

Second Jiaozhou Bay Tunnel

The world's largest and longest subsea highway tunnel under construction.

Pihe River steel aqueduct
Steel structure · Arthur G. Hayden Medal

Pihe River steel aqueduct

“A river flows over another river and ships sail over ships”: a 110 m main span, the world's largest navigable aqueduct.

G213 highway in the Qilian Mountains
Highway · 4,000 m altitude

G213 Sunan–Qilian Highway

A strategic corridor crossing the Qilian Mountains in an alpine climate, part of the Belt and Road.

02 · Urban construction  ·  03 · Environmental protection

Growing cities, recovering ecosystems

Special-grade general contractor qualifications in building and municipal public works, with operations in over 30 provinces.

Cultural building built by CTCE

Housing and building construction

Over one million m² of housing, urban renewal, schools and hospitals, metro and railway stations, and hundreds of public and industrial buildings, using BIM and sustainable construction.

1 M+ m²of housing
30+railway stations
100+quality awards
  • New Anhui Museum (41,000 m²)
  • Hefei Memorial Hall
  • Wuxi Metro Ju'ou Depot (WELL community)
  • Zhenting Urban Renewal, Hefei
Urban road infrastructure in Shenzhen

Municipal engineering

Highly complex municipal projects: flyovers, utility tunnels in more than ten cities, “Sponge City” and integrated urban–rural water systems.

10+cities with utility tunnels
35 mexcavation depth on Binhai Ave.
5levels at Bandaojing interchange
  • Binhai Avenue transformation, Shenzhen
  • Jinzhai Road Viaduct, Hefei
  • Huangmugang Transport Hub, Shenzhen
  • Chizhou Sponge City
Bailonggang wastewater treatment plant

Water supply and treatment

Hundreds of water and environmental projects in over 20 provinces, including Asia's largest treatment plants.

20+provinces
45 mdigester height
800 t/dayof sludge treated at Jinnan
  • Bailonggang Plant, Shanghai (Asia's largest)
  • Sanjintan Plant, Wuhan
  • Songshan Lake Plant, Dongguan
  • Jinnan Sludge Plant, Tianjin
Wetland park

River basin management

A team specialised in water resources, environmental protection and hydropower, with nearly 100 patents and national methods.

≈100patents
20+provinces
  • Luohe River system, Luoyang
  • Fanglanhu Wetland Park
  • Yangtze River protection in Jiujiang and Wuhu
  • Liaohe River flood control
Farm machinery on a restoration project

Ecological restoration

Solid-waste treatment, mine rehabilitation and soil remediation using microbial methods and stabilising agents, supported by BIM.

30 %+senior engineers and experts
90 haHuainan Central Park
  • Huainan Central Park
  • Desert management in Alxa, Inner Mongolia
  • Integrated management in Tongliao
  • Huangshan waste plant
Dam and reservoir

Hydraulics & hydropower

Class I qualification in hydraulic and hydropower engineering; participation in major national water-diversion projects using BIM and anti-seepage grouting.

Class Ihydraulics & hydropower
Dayu Awardfor water conservancy
  • Liyuan Hydropower Station, Jinsha River
  • South–North Water Diversion
  • Yangtze–Huaihe Water Diversion
  • Ningxia urban–rural drinking water

Diversified businesses

The entire value chain of infrastructure

Integrated capabilities spanning planning, design, investment, construction, supply and operation.

Expressway through the mountains
Investment & Operation

160+ investment projects

Land development, expressways, rail transit, utility tunnels, sponge city and urban operations, with more than two decades of experience.

Cable-stayed bridge at sunset
Design & Consulting

Class A qualifications

Architecture, municipal, railway and highway engineering, landscaping, surveying and mapping. Full EPC contracting.

Tunnel surveying
Supervision, testing & monitoring

CTCE Testing · Surveying & Mapping

Testing, inspection, surveying and monitoring on more than one hundred key national projects and nearly 300 railway projects.

Logistics base with containers
Logistics & Trade

Integrated supply chain

Six regional procurement centres, the “CTCE Mall” platform, China–Europe freight trains and nearly 40 million tonnes transported in 2024.

Residential and wellness complex
Real Estate & Wellness

Housing and health

Residential developments and the Baihe Baile International Health and Wellness Centre (Chaohu), with capacity for 6,000 seniors.

Siwei materials building
Materials & Technology

“Siwei” admixtures and 3D concrete

Over 25% of the market for CRTS III slab-track admixtures on China's high-speed rail; 3D-printed concrete and permeable asphalt.

Steel structure manufacturing plant
Industrial Manufacturing

≈400,000 t per year

Smart manufacturing bases in Hefei and Nantong producing steel structures for buildings, bridges, marine engineering and shipbuilding.

Automated precast plant
Digital Solutions

300+ smart solutions

IoT, BIM, digital twins and robotics; the Baohui girder plant, Asia's largest, runs fully automated.

Jakarta–Bandung high-speed train
International Engineering

24 countries

PPP and EPC+F with international financing, local hiring and cross-cultural management. Over US$7 billion in new contracts.

Complete industrial chain

From planning to operation

  1. 01

    Planning and surveying

    Studies, topographic surveys and mapping with Class A qualifications, to understand every site constraint.

  2. 02

    Design and consulting

    Integrated design and engineering consulting across the whole process: project planning, design, management and site supervision.

  3. 03

    Investment and financing

    Diverse investment models —PPP, EPC+F— in partnership with international financial institutions.

  4. 04

    Construction

    Delivery with 7,736 owned equipment units, BIM and smart construction, and the experience of thousands of kilometres built.

  5. 05

    Operation and maintenance

    Line operation, metro maintenance and asset management to support infrastructure throughout its service life.

10 · International engineering

Present in 24 countries across five continents

Guided by its “Double Excellence” strategy, CTCE operates through an International Business Division and five regional centres, integrating into local economies.

PeruMexicoCosta RicaPanamaVenezuelaBosnia & HerzegovinaMoroccoEgyptGuineaEthiopiaUgandaRwandaAngolaMozambiqueMadagascarSaudi ArabiaUAEMongoliaBangladeshSri LankaLaosThailandIndonesiaSolomon IslandsChina · HQ

Americas

Peru · Mexico · Costa Rica · Panama · Venezuela

Europe

Bosnia & Herzegovina

Africa

Angola · Guinea · Ethiopia · Mozambique · Morocco · Egypt · Uganda · Rwanda · Madagascar

Asia & Middle East

China (HQ) · United Arab Emirates · Saudi Arabia · Mongolia · Indonesia · Bangladesh · Sri Lanka · Thailand · Laos

Oceania

Solomon Islands

Jakarta–Bandung high-speed railway
Indonesia

Jakarta–Bandung high-speed railway

Southeast Asia's first high-speed railway, using Chinese technology, standards and equipment.

Luanda NCC social housing project
Angola

Luanda NCC Social Housing

CTCE's largest international project, delivered under the EPC model.

Ulaanbaatar airport expressway
Mongolia

Ulaanbaatar Airport Expressway

Mongolia's first expressway, designed and built to Chinese standards and technologies.

Palm Jumeirah in Dubai
United Arab Emirates

Armani Beach · Damac Hills · Yas Island

Apartments and villas in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, including Palm Jumeirah (≈64,600 m²).

International railway viaduct
Ethiopia · Guinea

Addis Ababa–Djibouti · Simandou

Addis Ababa–Djibouti Railway built to Chinese standards and the Morebaya–Simandou mine railway.

Puerto La Cruz refinery
Venezuela · Costa Rica

Presence in Latin America

Civil works for the Puerto La Cruz refinery and urban water supply in Costa Rica.

Equipment support

High-end machinery, smart and green

Its smart ballastless track-laying unit, the first of its kind in China, received the China Patent Excellence Award.

0Mechanical equipment units
0Primary construction equipment
0Shield tunnel boring machines
0Railway locomotives
0Large rock drilling rigs
0Transport and erection units ≥900 t
Tunnel boring machine in the workshop
Tunnelling machinery
Bridge erection machine
Bridge equipment
Smart track-laying unit
Smart track laying

Awards

Award-winning quality

Luban Prize

China's highest award for construction quality, won on numerous projects.

Tien-yow Jeme Award

China Civil Engineering award for scientific and technological innovation.

30+ Li Chun Awards

Highway transport engineering quality award.

Arthur G. Hayden Medal

International Bridge Conference, for the Pihe River steel aqueduct.

National Science Award

National Science and Technology Progress Award, among other honours.

Dayu Award

China Water Conservancy Project award, for Ningxia's urban–rural drinking water project.

National Quality Gold Award

Projects such as the Bailonggang plant and Kunming Metro Line 4.

Three-Star Green Building

China's highest green rating, on Hangzhou Metro Line 19.

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