STORY: Futuristic mobility at high-speed maglev research center in N China
SHOOTING TIME: Recent footage
DATELINE: June 7, 2024
LENGTH: 00:01:08
LOCATION: DATONG, China 
CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the test base
2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): MAO KAI, Chief designer at ultra-high-speed maglev test base

STORYLINE:

At a test base in Yanggao County, north China's Shanxi Province, researchers have been in pursuit of a futuristic means of transportation.

The ultra-high-speed maglev train under development here is a new transportation system that adopts magnetic levitation technology and uses low-vacuum tubes to travel at an ultra-high speed.

Equipped with technologies from both aerospace and rail travel, this maglev line is aiming for speeds of up to 1,000 kilometers per hour.

A group of young engineers embarked on the project in 2021. This January, the maglev line achieved stable levitation with a speed of 150 kilometers per hour on a 1.2-kilometer test line.

SOUNDBITE (Chinese): MAO KAI, Chief designer at ultra-high-speed maglev test base
"There are four stages in the development of our research: the technology development phase, the engineering development phase, the pilot test phase, and the demonstration operation phase. We are now nearing the completion of the engineering development phase and are about to enter the pilot test phase."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Datong, China.
(XHTV)