# CNR Group
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{{short description|Train manufacturer in China}}
'''China Northern Locomotive & Rolling Stock Industry (Group) Corporation''' commonly known as '''CNR Group''' was a Chinese locomotive and rolling stock manufacturer, and later holding company of [China CNR](/source/China_CNR).[{{cite book |last1=Tjia Yin-nor |first1=Linda |title=Explaining Railway Reform in China: A Train of Property Rights Re-arrangements |date=October 2015 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781136212321 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1IC9CgAAQBAJ}}]
CNR Group merged with [CSR Group](/source/CSR_Group) in 2015 to form [CRRC](/source/CRRC).
==History==
In 1986 the {{ill|China National Railway Locomotive & Rolling Stock Industry Corporation|zh|中国铁路机车车辆工业总公司}} (LORIC) was formed, comprising 35 production sites and 4 research centres. In 2002 the '''China Northern Locomotive & Rolling Stock Industry (Group) Corporation''' was spin-off from LORIC.[[wikisource:zh:国务院关于组建中国北方机车车辆工业集团公司有关问题的批复](/source/wikisource%3Azh%3A%E5%9B%BD%E5%8A%A1%E9%99%A2%E5%85%B3%E4%BA%8E%E7%BB%84%E5%BB%BA%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD%E5%8C%97%E6%96%B9%E6%9C%BA%E8%BD%A6%E8%BD%A6%E8%BE%86%E5%B7%A5%E4%B8%9A%E9%9B%86%E5%9B%A2%E5%85%AC%E5%8F%B8%E6%9C%89%E5%85%B3%E9%97%AE%E9%A2%98%E7%9A%84%E6%89%B9%E5%A4%8D) (in Chinese)] Its main competitor, the [China South Locomotive and Rolling Stock Industry (Group) Corporation](/source/CSR_Group) was formed in the same year.[{{cite web |url=http://www.csrgc.com.cn/ens/gync/gsjs/lsyg/2008-06-12/610.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707015735/http://www.csrgc.com.cn/ens/gync/gsjs/lsyg/2008-06-12/610.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-07-07 |title=CSR Corporation Limited : History |work=www.csrgc.com.cn }}] Both CNR Group and CSR Group were also transferred from the [Ministry of Railways](/source/Ministry_of_Railways_(China)) to the [State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council](/source/State-owned_Assets_Supervision_and_Administration_Commission_of_the_State_Council) at that time.
CNR Group carried out import and export orders between 1998 and 2005 through the LORIC Import & Export Corp., Ltd.[{{cite web| url= http://www.chinacnr.com/p351.aspx?CategoryID=66&ParentID=3| title= China CNR Corporation Limited - Worldwide-LORIC| accessdate= 6 February 2011| work= www.chinacnr| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111004155232/http://www.chinacnr.com/p351.aspx?CategoryID=66&ParentID=3| archive-date= 4 October 2011| url-status= dead}}] The subsidiary CNR Logistic Development Corp., Ltd., established in 1998 deals with export sales of CNR vehicles and parts.[{{cite web| url=http://www.chinacnr.com/266-692-2952.aspx| script-title=zh:中车进出口有限责任公司_公司介绍_成员企业_中国北车股份有限公司| language=Chinese| work=www.chinacnr.com| accessdate=6 February 2011| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110305155246/http://www.chinacnr.com/266-692-2952.aspx#| archive-date=2011-03-05| url-status=dead}}]
In November 2005, CNR Group signed a 669 million euro agreement with [Siemens](/source/Siemens) under CEO [Klaus Kleinfeld](/source/Klaus_Kleinfeld) that gave them access to the [intellectual property](/source/intellectual_property) jewels of the latter. The first of these trains were to run in 2008 on the [Beijing](/source/Beijing)-[Tianjin](/source/Tianjin) route. Only the first three of 60 trains were to be built in Germany. The balance were built in [Tangshan](/source/Tangshan), [Hebei Province](/source/Hebei_Province) at the plant which is now named [CRRC Tangshan](/source/CRRC_Tangshan).[{{cite news |title=Siemens gets Chinese bullet train contract |url=https://www.upi.com/Business_News/2005/11/14/Siemens-gets-Chinese-bullet-train-contract/10871131981011/?sl=11 |publisher=United Press International, Inc |date=14 November 2005}}][{{cite news |title=Siemens wins large order from China for 60 high-speed trains |url=https://press.siemens.com/global/en?pi=TS%20TR%20200511.06%20e |publisher=Siemens |date=10 November 2005|quote=The order content share allotted to Siemens is worth 669 million euros. A contract with the Chinese Ministry of Railways was signed today in Berlin by Siemens President and CEO Klaus Kleinfeld and Railway Minister Liu Zhijun on the occasion of a state visit to Germany by China's President Hu Jintao.}}]
In 2008, a new [Special purpose vehicle](/source/Special_purpose_vehicle) was incorporated, receiving major assets of the group and floated in both [Shanghai](/source/Shanghai_Stock_Exchange) and [Hong Kong Stock Exchange](/source/Hong_Kong_Stock_Exchange). Some auxiliary assets of the group remained unlisted. The holding company also formed a new investment vehicle [CNR Ship & Ocean Engineering Development](/source/CNR_Ship_%26_Ocean_Engineering_Development) in ship building. [Chonghe Marine Industry](/source/Chonghe_Marine_Industry) was a minority shareholder in that vehicle .[{{cite web|url=http://www.cmigroup.com.cn/English/Shipbuilding/|title=Shipbuilding|access-date=11 June 2017|publisher=Chonghe Marine Industry}}{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}]
In 2015 CNR Group absorbed [CSR Group](/source/CSR_Group), and renamed to [CRRC Group](/source/CRRC_Group); the flagship subsidiaries, [China CNR](/source/China_CNR) and [CSR](/source/CSR_Corporation_Limited), also merged as [CRRC](/source/CRRC).
==Exports==
{{See also|China CNR#Exports {{!}} China CNR § Exports}}
* DF7G-C for [Ferrocarriles de Cuba](/source/Ferrocarriles_de_Cuba)[{{Cite web |url=http://en.chinacnr.com/394-970-10546.aspx# |title=Type DF7G-C Diesel Loco. for Cuba |access-date=2017-06-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170527011635/http://en.chinacnr.com/394-970-10546.aspx# |archive-date=2017-05-27 |url-status=dead }}]
==References==
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==External links==
* {{official website|http://www.chinacnr.com}}
{{CRRC Group}}
Category:Holding companies of China
Category:Defunct government-owned companies of China
Category:Ministry of Railways of China
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