By the end of last year, China's railway business mileage had exceeded 130000 kilometers, including 30000 kilometers of high-speed rail, more than two-thirds of the world's total high-speed rail mileage, becoming the only country in the world with high-speed rail network operation. At the same time, China's investment in high-speed railway construction is also amazing. According to the 2018 statistical bulletin of China Railway Corporation, the national railway fixed asset investment in 2018 alone was 802.8 billion yuan, and 4683 kilometers of new lines were put into operation, including 4100 kilometers of high-speed railways. However, compared with huge investment, it is a dwarfed income. At present, only a few lines such as Beijing Shanghai and Beijing Tianjin have made profits, and the rest have suffered losses for many years.
According to the provisions of the reply of the State Planning Commission on the ticket price of high-grade soft seat express train, the ticket price of high-speed railway is set at 0.3366 yuan per person per kilometer for first-class seat and 0.2805 yuan per person per kilometer for second-class seat, which can fluctuate up and down by 10%. In fact, setting a unified standard and pricing according to mileage can not reflect the construction cost. For example, the construction cost of mountainous areas and plains is different, but they all use the same pricing method, which is obviously unfair.