The Tangshan-Caofeidian Railway, with a design speed of 160 kilometers per hour, is required by the Hebei Provincial Government to start construction in 2014. According to the Hebei Provincial Development and Reform Commission’s "About Approval of the Tangshan-Caofeidian Railway Engineering Project, the survey, design, and bidding agency selection will be carried out first." and Bidding Work" (Hebei Development and Reform Bidding Special No. 201444) document approved the preliminary survey and design bidding. On April 21, 2014, Tangshan Tangcao Railway Co., Ltd. launched a public bidding for the survey and design of the project. Other reliable news is that the feasibility study report is being prepared, and financing, investment and other matters are being negotiated and implemented. Construction will commence at the end of June 2015.