 During June 2005 and September 2005, The Chinese Ministry of Railways launched bidding for High speed trains with a top speed over .Along with Siemens's Velaro-based CRH3C, CSR Sifang bid 60 sets of CRH2C, includes 30 sets of CRH2C stage one with a top speed of , and 30 sets of CRH2C stage two with a top speed of .In development and research of the high speed train, The CRH2-300 project was launched by Chinese MOR and CSR.