中新网北京5月21日电(蒋鲤)近日，来自日本的非营利组织“中国铁道时刻研究会”在社交平台上发布了一张精简直观的“中国高铁时刻图”。时刻图基本上还原了中国“八横八纵”高铁路网，发布后迅速在网络走红，引来网友点赞评论。有日本网友表示，“中国很厉害，不知不觉间全国高速铁路网已经建成了。”
这张看似简单的时刻图，诠释出了改革开放以来中国势如破竹的发展速度和令人惊叹的发展能力。目前中国铁路营业里程达到14.63万公里，位居世界第二；其中高速铁路达到3.8万公里，稳居世界第一。从时速几十公里的绿皮车到时速几百公里的复兴号、和谐号，到磁悬浮列车和直达欧洲各国的中欧班列，中国铁路大步“走出去”，已经形成了具有独立自主知识产权的高铁建设和装备制造技术体系。
铁路作为国民经济大动脉，在推动经济社会发展中发挥着重要的支撑引领作用。中国铁路使“天堑”变“通途”，速度令人惊叹。未来，大国“动脉”将继续奔腾向前，带动中国和世界经济高速发展。
A train schedule map from Japan speaks for 'China speed'
Feel the charm of China's railways. (Picture by Yao Lan)By John Lee
(ECNS) -- A concise China train schedule map that epitomizes China's railway network released by a Japan-based nonprofit organization on Sunday became a hit on the Internet. Some Japanese net users praised it as very convenient.
This informative timetable illustrates China's sweeping development speed and ability since the reform and opening up. China's railway operating mileage has reached 146,300 kilometers, ranking second in the world. Among them, the high-speed railway mileage is 38,000 kilometers, ranking first in the world. China has seen a galloping technological advancement in railways from slow trains at a speed of tens of kilometers per hour to bullet trains at hundreds of kilometers per hour, and to maglev trains and a series of China-Europe freight trains. The country's railway technologies and equipment are going global. A high-speed rail construction and equipment manufacturing system with independent intellectual property rights has already been formed in China.
As the main artery of the national economy, railways play an important role in boosting economic development. Turning deep chasms into thoroughfares, the Chinese railway has impressed the world with its speed. The locomotive of the "artery" will continue to rush forward, driving the development of both China's and the world’s economies.