Xiamen Metro Office
(July 2019)
I. Overview
(I) Preliminary Planning
1. Network planning:In overall consideration of urban space, industrial form, population distribution and other factors, Xiamen completed two rounds of rail transit network planning in 2015, covering 10 routes in a total length of 403km. The third round of network planning work is in progresswith reference to the master plan of Xiamen.
2. Construction planning:The National Development and Reform Commission approved the two rounds of construction plan in 2012 and 2016 respectively, covering Metro Line #1 in full, Phase I and Phase II of Metro Line #2, Phase I and Phase II of Metro Line #3, Metro Line #4 and Phase I of Metro Line #6, with a planned total investment of 150.5 billion Yuan. As of 2022, Xiamen will form a 5-line transit network with a total mileage of about 224km. Work is currently being done to adjust the Phase II construction plan with an aim to extend Metro Line #3 southward to Xiamen University.
(II) Project Construction
In order to establish a rail transit network characterized by "center-radiated structure, round-bay development and airway-railway combined transport" as soon as possible, Xiamen has reliably promoted the main route projects of various lines while guaranteeing quality and safety. Among them, Metro Line #1 was launched into operation at the end of 2017. The remaining entries/exits and transfer stops are under construction now. The principal works of the 32 stations of Metro Line #2 have all been capped off and the electromechanical equipment installation and decoration work is going on now; "tunnel connection", "rail connection", "cold sliding", "hot sliding" and "train on line" have been realized for 33 sections. Principal structures of 14 of the 26 stations of Metro Line #3 have been completed. The civil works of 9 of the 12 stations of Metro Line #4 have been launched into construction and the principal structures of 3 stations have been completed. The construction of 12 of the 13 sections has commenced. The construction of 4 stations and 3 sections of Maluan Bay Area of Metro Line #6 have first commenced and the principal structures of 3 stations and 1 section have been completed. Xibinlukou Station and Maji Section are under construction now.II. Industrial Orientation and Investment Key Elements
According to the features of rail transit, investment promotion primarily includes investment promotion for lands and other key elements.
Investment promotion for lands: The comprehensive development plots of rail transit are distributedat stations, tunnels, parking lot superstructures and underground spaces along the routes and they are designed for residential, commercial, hotel, office and other operational purposes. Developers are attracted through land transfer.
Investment promotion for other key elements:It covers the total process of rail transit planning, design, construction, equipment and operation, including attraction of famous survey and design institutes to set up a branch in Xiamen; central enterprise contractors to set up a project department in Xiamen; large-size equipment manufacturers to found a joint venture withlocal state-owned enterprises; and domestic and overseas operation and management enterprises to participate in route operation and management, with an aim to establish a rail transit industrial chain.
