Qingdao Metro Line 1 PPP Project

Overview:

• Qingdao Metro is a metro system in the city of Qingdao, Shandong province in China—the first line, Line 3 (north section), began operation on 16 December 2015.
• Qingdao Metro Line 1 will be one of the major routes of the Qingdao metro system, with its overall length of 60 km.
• This project adopts the public-private-partnership (PPP) and has a total investment of Rmb11 billion ($1.6 billion).
• Ultimately, there will be 16 lines in total with a combined length of 836 km, and all work is expected to be completed by 2050.

Adam Majeed - Regional editor