A project of High Capacity Metro Trains (HCMT) public-private partnership (PPP) in Melbourne, Australia worth AU$2 billion ($1.5 billion) has been given in part to CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles Co., Ltd, a subsidiary of CRRC Corporation Limited. The signing ceremony was held in Melbourne on November 24, 2016. Minister for Public Transport Jacinta Allan, Chairman of CRRC Changchun Wang Run, are present at the signing ceremony.

CRRC Zhuzhou Institute Co Ltd, has made the country's first bulk export of eight-inch chips to India. The company, based in Zhuzhou city in Central China's Hunan province, said on 15 Nov. that it exported eight-inch insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) chips with 800A/1700V that will be used for upgrading the transformers of 100 type WAG-9 locomotives in India to make the electric trains more energy-efficient.

On 14 Nov. 3 type CKD0B diesel locomotives were shipped from Dalian seaport to Vietnam. Until now, all 8 locomotives have been delivered to the steel mill in Ha Tinh province owned by Formosa Plastics Corporation for shunting service.

On 4 Nov., 31 open-top wagons were delivered to Ministry of transportation in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. The Minister of transportation was very satisfied with the wagons, and expressed the following purchase intentions.

An unveiling ceremony was held on Nov 3 in Qingdao to officially mark the establishment of the Joint Research Centre for Rail Transportation Manufacturing Technologies sponsored by CRRC Qingdao Sifang Co., Ltd. and Imperial College London.

As the electrified Ethiopia-Djibouti train pulls out of Furi-Lebu station in Addis Ababa, Omar Nour cannot contain his excitement. "This is the Chinese way, fast and efficient," he says of the 120 kilometer per hour train made by CRRC, after its inauguration in early October.

A light rail vehicle was put into test in Blue Line in Lagos, Nigeria. This is the first LRV in West Africa.

On 1 Nov., 2 DMUs arrived in Takoradi port, Ghana. This is the second DMU order after 2009. The DMUs were produced by CRRC Tangshan Co., Ltd.