【正确答案】 As one of the world's largest construction and engineering contractors, China Railway Group Limited (CREC) is a world-leading construction conglomerate with a history of more than 100 years. Headquartered in Beijing, the Company takes a leading position in infrastructure construction, industrial equipment manufacturing, scientific research and consulting, real estate development, resources development, financial trust, trade and other fields. It ranked the 56th among Fortune Global 500 companies in 2018 for 13 years running, while at home it ranked the 13th among Top 500 Chinese Enterprises. CREC provides a full-chained service with its business scope covering almost all fields of infrastructures, such as railways, highways, municipal facilities, housing and buildings, urban rail transits, water conservancies, hydropower stations, airports, harbors, docks, etc.
CREC is among the first group of Innovative Companies in China granted by Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Committee of the State Council (SASAC) and All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU). The company has three laboratories, namely, the National Engineering Laboratory for High Speed Railway Construction, National Key Laboratory for Shield and Drilling Technology, National Key Laboratory of Bridge Structural Stability and Safety. Currently, the Company has a total of 290,000 employees, more than 70,000 of whom are professionals and over 50,000 are high-level skilled technicians. CREC has long enjoyed a good reputation in the global market and has successively built a large number of excellent projects with countries from Asia, Africa, Europe, South America and the Atlantic.