CSR is a limited liability company promoted by CSR Corporation in association with Beijing Railway Industry Economic and Trade Company with the approval of the State Council and the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council SASAC. Founded on December 28, 2007, headquartered in Beijing, with a registered capital of 11.84 billion yuan, CSR went public in Shanghai and Hong Kong in August 2008, has established 17 wholly-owned and shareholding subsidiaries in 10 provinces and cities, and has nearly 90, 000 employees.

CSR boasts a complete system of independent development, massive manufacturing and standard service of railway locomotives, passenger trains, freight wagons, bullet trains, metro vehicles and relevant parts. As China's largest metro vehicle manufacturer, CSR owns China's largest electric locomotive R & D and manufacturing base, a globally leading bullet train R & D and manufacturing base, an industrially leading large-power diesel locomotive and diesel engine R & D and manufacturing base, a domestically leading high-grade bus enterprise, a globally leading rail wagon R & D and manufacturing base, as well as three designated mass transit vehicle localization enterprises. At the same time, CSR uses proprietary rail transit equipment technologies to develop and expand the market of extended products, including electric vehicles, wind generation equipment, automotive parts, marine crankshafts and diesel engines, large-power semiconductor devices, construction machinery, etc.