Guangzhou Metro Design Research Institute Co., Ltd., (hereinafter referred to as GMDI), founded in 1993, is the first rail transit design enterprise listed on the A-share market in China and is also a national high-tech enterprise. It possesses the highest industry qualifications such as national comprehensive Class- A engineering design, comprehensive Class- A engineering investigation, Class- A urban and rural planning, and Class- A civil air defense design. Its business scope covers areas including urban rail transit, municipal, architectural, and other engineering fields, such as planning consultation, survey and design, general contracting of projects, mechanical and electrical integration, smart energy management, and software digitalization. With leading engineering performance and design experience in the industry, it is one of the strongest comprehensive design companies for urban rail transit in China.
After 30 years of development, GMDI has more than 2000 professional and technical personnel, including a large number of industry leaders such as National Engineering Survey and Design Masters and special allowance experts of The State Council.
Our presence spans across 50 cities domestically, including Guangzhou, Beijing, Tianjin, Nanjing, Xi"an, Chengdu, Wuhan, Shenzhen, and Xiamen, as well as international locations.
We have cumulatively undertaken general design projects for more than 133 urban rail transit lines in China, including metro, light rail, intercity rail transit, modern tram, automatic guide system, as well as, middle and low speed magnetic suspension train, etc, with the total operating mileage exceeding 1000 km; designed more than 600 stations and more than 600km tunnels of different construction methods; take the lead to complete the projects such as traffic line planning, underground space development, aboveground property development and transportation hub for several cities. GMDI is capable of providing complete and systematic comprehensive solutions for urban traffic.
GMDI has always been led by Innovation, and has created a number of "China firsts" : the first metro line with maximum speed of 120 km/h, the first metro line of linear induction motor, the first intercity metro line, the first unmanned urban passenger transport line, the first modern tram line with super capacitor power supply and the first project of building urban complex above the ultra-high-rise metro.
We have also organized or participated in the drafting of many national and industrial technical standards includling the Code for Design of Metro, etc.,and have won many national and provincial awards, including more than 1,200 awards such as National Science and Technology Progress Award, National Excellent Engineering Survey and Design Award, National Environmental Friendly Engineering Environmental Protection Design Excellence Award, and China Civil Engineering Zhan Tianyou Award, and has more than 700 patented technologies,being the high-tech enterprise with highest innovatively, greatest design activity and best value-adding service.

