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 China’s high-speed rail system claims to be the only one of the country’s strategically significant new industries that promises to have the ability to alter the political and economic order in the 21th century, both in China and around the world. Its construction and development has already had and will continue to have profound implications for the direction of the country’s development in the years to come. Through an investigation of the path, key features and dynamics of China’s recent development under the Blue Ocean Strategy and the reform and opening-up policies, the authors aim to gain a deeper understanding of how continual growth of China’s high-speed rail system may facilitate the country’s efforts to boost trade and other relations with its neighbors to the west. The study should provide not only empirical support but also theoretical guidance for future explorations in this area.