Crashes of High-Speed Train and More

The accident happens all over the world. Crisis management is an important organizational function. When accidents involve the general public, the government is expected to respond to the crisis. Response of the general public to the accident is greatly influenced by how the crisis is managed. Recently, response to the Chinese mass media train accident is different from the response to a similar tragedy of the western populace. China's high-speed rail network was the source of the pride of the Communist Party, but it became a kind of awkwardness.

The collision of the train, even in strictly controlled Chinese media, caused general indignation of safety and accident handling in high-speed trains in China. The problem of quality and safety may have serious impact on China's ambition to export inexpensive high-speed train technology to other countries. In November 2011, the state-owned "New Beijing News" reported that the investigation by the Chinese government on collisions reached the conclusion that "railway management in rural areas is not good." After the final report was postponed in December, 54 staff turned out to be responsible for defects in the design of the local management center and several mounted components.

The collision was the third fatal high-speed rail accident for the first time in history after the 1998 Escheon railroad accident in Germany and the Santiago de Compostela railway accident in Spain in 2013. However, the speed of the two trains does not exceed 99 km / h (62 mph), and for passenger trains it is moderate, so high speed is not a factor of the accident. This accident had a major impact on the development of China's high-speed rail for the first time. Because public trust in high-speed railway is decreasing, the number of passengers using services is decreasing. As accidents are under investigation, construction of high-speed railway lines in China is temporarily suspended. The speed of other major high-speed railways in China is declining. China's reputation for high-speed rail technology will be subject to international scrutiny