On February 19, at a workshop of China Railway Engineering Equipment Group Co Ltd (CREG) in the Economic and Technological Development Zone of Zhengzhou City, Central China"s Henan Province, workers were disassembling a large tunnel-boring machine (TBM) for shipment to South Korea.
2月19日，在郑州经开区中铁工程装备集团有限公司（简称“中铁装备”）的装备制造车间内，工人正在对一台大型盾构机进行拆解装箱，准备将设备发往韩国。
Starting from scratch in 2002, China"s TBM industry has seen great progress in 20 years and ranked first globally in the field today.
从2002年启动研发至今，中国盾构机产业的20年发展，经历了从无到有、从有到优、从优到卓越领先的过程。
The production technique of TBM had been kept secret by foreign countries in the past. In 1997, China spent plenty of money on TWO TBMs from a German company for the construction of a tunnel on the railway linking Xi"an and Ankang. In August of 2002, China"s first national-level TBM production base, which was the predecessor of CREG and moved to Zhengzhou in 2009, settled in Xinxiang City of Henan Province, turning a new leaf for China"s TBM development. In 2008, China"s first composite TBM with independent intellectual property rights rolled off the production line in Xinxiang, which was later used for Tianjin metro construction.
据了解，盾构领域曾一直被国外技术垄断。1997年中国曾斥巨资从德国维尔特公司购买了两台盾构机，用于西康铁路秦岭隧道的修建。2002年8月，国内首个国家级盾构产业化基地在河南新乡落成（也就是中铁装备的前身，于2009年迁到郑州经开区），揭开了中国盾构机研发的序幕。2008年，中国首台具有知识产权的复合式盾构机在河南新乡下线，并成功应用于天津地铁的修建。
Over the past 20 years, 20 production bases of CREG have been established across China, with more than 1300 TBMs safely operating for over 3,000 kilometers. Moreover, its products have been exported to 30 countries and regions, such as Singapore and Israel. CREG has been No. 1 nationwide in terms of market share for ten consecutive years, with its TBM production and sales volume topping the world for five consecutive years. It is no exaggeration to say that TBM has become a highlight of Henan and China.
经过20年的发展，如今的中铁装备在全国布局了20个生产基地，累计出厂盾构机超过1300台，安全掘进里程超过3000公里，具有掘进机生产特级资质，产品远销新加坡、以色列等30个国家和地区，市场占有率连续十年保持国内第一，产销量连续五年世界第一。盾构机已经俨然成为河南骄傲、中国骄傲。
来源：河南商报 记者/郭丁然 编译/赵汉青 王家琦 审校/丁岚责编：赵惜辰 审核：张磊
