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China has built a high-speed passenger rail network in recent 1 (year) and will continue to expand it. By the end of 2018, China's railway mileage (里程) 2 (reach) 131,000 kilometers, of 3 29,000 kilometers were high-speed rail. This accounted for 2/3 of the world's total high-speed rail tracks, making China's high-speed rail system the world's 4 (large) high-speed rail network.
China's high-speed trains are similar 5 those of France's TGV, German's ICE and Japan's Shinkansen. The fast trains with a top speed of 250-350 km/h 6 (call) CRH, China Railway High-speed.
If you want to travel around China, the high-speed trains will be your ideal choice since they are clean, comfortable 7 modern. Unlike on the conventional trains in China, nobody is allowed 8 (smoke) on high-speed trains, not even between carriages.
The seats are as good as those on the plane or even better. Most high-speed rail tickets have corresponding (对应的) seats, and only 9 small number of standing tickets are sometimes sold on limited trains. There's never a crowd of people sitting in the aisles. The ticket prices for China high-speed trains are reasonable and, on most routes, the frequency of departure is very high, so people can buy tickets 10 (convenient).