Chinese railway scientist Li Heping, a senior researcher of China Academy of Railway Sciences, has recently revealed that China has mastered a high-end braking technology which can stop the world's fastest trains, traveling at speeds of 500 kmph.

According to Li, the eddy-current braking testing system for rail transportation has been completed as well as put into use by China; with the country having plans underway to make 18,000 km of high-speed railway lines operational by 2015.

Pointing out that the eddy-current braking technology is being developed in countries which have super-fast trains, Li said that the high-end technology is chiefly used to bring to halt trains that travel at speeds of 200 kmph or more.

Furthermore, about the eddy-current braking system, Li said that researchers in China have the potential to create dynamic simulation for braking high-speed trains - at a maximum speed of 500 kmph - as well as launch testing research of the braking technology for different speeds and in different situations.

Against the backdrop of the fact that China is fast-developing high-speed rail network, Li noted that high-speed railways in China are "safe;" and told state-run Xinhua news agency: "I, as a researcher, travel by high-speed trains whenever possible. I hope fellow countrymen have confidence in the safety of China's high-speed trains."