Employees inspect a bullet train at a high-speed railway maintenance station in Xi’an, Shaanxi Province in this file photo. China CNR Corp., one of the country’s top trainmakers, has recently signed 24.3 billion yuan (US$3.9 billion) in deals with both Chinese and foreign firms. The 30 contracts involve high-speed trains, urban subways and electric vehicles, and are equivalent to about 25 percent of CNR’s 2013 revenue, the firm said in a statement yesterday. CNR did not provide details on when the deals were signed. SD-Agencies