Lloyd s Register: Rail YB and Safety Assurance in China. Simon Zhang Technical Director Lloyd s Register Rail (Asia) 11 April 2013

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1 YB and Safety Assurance in China Simon Zhang Technical Director Lloyd s Register Rail (Asia) 11 April 2013

2 Content Yellow Book (YB) and Safety Assurance (SA) in China history review Yellow Book in China Our experience in China Way forward

3 A Brief History (signalling) Industry became aware of SA with the publication of relevant CENELEC standards early 00 s SA awareness training started to be provided to Chinese suppliers from mid 00 s Suppliers started to attempt developing product following CENELEC standards mid 00 s Chinese suppliers started to send delegate to UK for YB training late 00 s YB training provided to Chinese suppliers within China - late 00 s Many more SA trainings provided to Chinese suppliers late 00 s

4 A Brief History - now Suppliers: Many suppliers (est. over 500 practitioners) have taken YB trainings from China Industry demanding more SA training and LR are providing more than 100 SA related training modules SA related training provided regularly in industry All major suppliers aim to develop product following relevant SA standards In mainline, after the Wenzhou accident, MOR require: All suppliers to set up corporate SA system Changed product approval scheme, to be independently assessed by competent parties as a pre-requisite for approval At project level, explicit SA is not yet a norm

5 A Brief History - now In metro, the city authorities in charge of metro construction: Many demand signalling project to be carried out in compliance with CENELEC/YB requirements Require products used must attain independent safety certification as a pre-requisite Some cities become aware of O&M SA issue, and some piloting projects started on O&M and corporate safety culture assessment from last year

6 YB in China Many suppliers used it as a basic training for: Safety manager/engineer Mid level management Engineers, etc To: Gain awareness basic concept and requirements for SA As a basic competence requirement Some clients, e.g. Beijing Metro Construction Administration, MTR also take YB trainings to understand SA principles to better manage suppliers work

7 YB in China issues First time attendance often get lost Many who pass the exam say they hardly understand what this is about Those who practice for some time and re-take YB (or other course) say they have deeper understanding now, (and every time they take training they get more) As the title suggests focus on SA management Not a lot techniques talked about, not very appealing to some attendance Some are considered common-sense, - not very appealing to some Some UK/European specific local issues Some exam questions relating them dragged Chinese attendance score down

8 YB in China issues The seven-stage risk analysis method: Largest module with exercise, can take up to 1/3 of two-day training time Representing risk analysis process in a different form from that of EN50129 standard, (and also the CSM) Though essentially the same thing as that of EN50129, or CSM or any risk analysis method Probably the most enjoyed module by attendants, as they get a chance to get their hand-on some thing (and also get up, and walk and chat around) Most can follow the exercise sheet provided, (though can hardly get the same result as the standard answer), seems understand it on spot But very few can relate this process to the actual part of work in real project

9 YB in China issues Culture difference? Regulation difference Different environment Practice difference Neck breaking growth

10 High Speed Rail 300Km/h New Construction Before 2008: 0Km End 2012: 5570Km Line Length Operation 京津城际铁路武广客运专线郑西客运专线沪宁高速铁路沪杭客运专线京沪高速铁路广深港高速铁路 ( 广州南站至深圳北站段 ) 石武客运专线 ( 郑州东站至武汉站段 ) 合蚌客运专线哈大客运专线京石客运专线石武客运专线 ( 石家庄至郑州东站段 ) total

11 Beijing Metro Beijing Metro before 2007 In five years time

12 Our Experience Application of SA and YB -Independent Safety Assessment 20 plus signalling projects ISA Metro CBTC system from ~10 cities High speed up to 300KM/H CTCS level 3 lines

13 Our Experience Application of SA and YB -Railway Product Certification 80 plus Signalling product safety certification: Conventional signalling product: CBI, TC, AC, Relay etc High speed mainline signalling product: RBC, TCC, BTS, LEU, onboard ATP, etc Moving block metro signalling product: ZC, onboard ATP, ATS, etc From ~20 suppliers

14 Our Experience Application of SA and YB -Training and Consultancy Lloyd s Register Transport Academy Revenue 2 million RMB in 2012 Developed 100 plus training modules, covering whole lifecycle of a signalling system: Safety management Railway safety standard RAMS analysis techniques Safety product development Software assurance etc

15 Way Forward Industry need some form of recognised training as unified entry requirement iesm Remove country specific practice/regulation Keep/add universally applicable SA components New SA technology/development? iesm role on competence management Impact of MOR split Regulation changes/de-regulation More commercial, competition

16 For more information, please contact: Simon Zhang Technical Director, Lloyd s Register Rail (Asia) Rm 709 CCS Mansion, 9 South Street, Dongzhimen, Beijing, PR China T +86 (010) E simon.zhang@lr.org w Services are provided by members of the Lloyd's Register Group. For further information visit

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