ABOUT US
ABOUT US
Beijing Urban Construction Design & Development Group Co., Limited (01599.HK) is a technology-based engineering company engaged in providing a variety of professional services for urban construction. Our business covers the fields of urban rail transit, comprehensive transportation hubs, underground space development, industrial and civil construction, municipal building and urban planning. In possession of a complete industry chain integrating design consultation, engineering construction, investment promotion and financing, scientific and technological industrialization, TOD, cultural tourism and operation management, we provide customers with professional services in the whole process.
Formerly known as Beijing Urban Engineering Design & Research Institute Co., Ltd., the company was established in 1958 to provide design and survey services for the construction of the Subway Line 1 of Beijing, the first-ever subway line of China. In October 2013, Beijing Urban Engineering Design & Research Institute Co., Ltd. was renamed Beijing Urban Construction Design & Development Group Co., Limited (UCD), and was listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Ltd. in July 2014. As one of the first survey and design units established in China, UCD owns the highest qualification in China's survey and design industry---- Comprehensive A-class Qualification.
We are the main formulator of the design codes for China’s urban rail transit industry. As of the end of June 2025, we had edited 23 national standards as well as industrial standards and codes such as Code for Metro Design, and had participated in the compilation of more than 60 national standards and industrial standards and codes. UCD, an impeller of technological innovation in the urban rail transit industry in China, possesses 14 government-granted innovation platform like National Engineering Research Center for Green and Safe Construction Technology of Urban Rail Transit. We own nearly 800 provincial and ministerial scientific and technological achievements, more than 700 patents and more than 400 software copyrights, with a number of innovative technologies reaching international leading levels.
We have a lineup of top experts in the domestic urban rail transit industry, and a professional team led by academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, three national engineering survey and design masters and hundreds of professor-level senior engineers to serve the whole process and professional fields of urban rail transit engineering.
We have business operations in nearly 70 cities in China, with branches set up in more than 50 cities. We have extended our business to such overseas markets as Russia, Vietnam, Kazakhstan, Colombia and Angola.
For more than 67 years, we have always taken "Design the City and Build the Future" as our corporate mission, completed many projects that draw worldwide attention, won numerous honors such as the State Technological Invention Award, Luban Prize, FIDIC Awards, etc., and won unanimous recognition from the government, customers and society. We are dedicated to becoming an integrated service provider for urban construction guided by design to promote the organic integration and sustainable development of people, cities and the environment.
Design, Survey and Consulting
With the largest share of market and the utmost comprehensive strength, we are one of the urban rail transit overall design companies in China.As of the end of June 2025, we had undertaken the overall design of 210 urban rail transit lines for 41 cities across the country, with the mileage opened to traffic totaling 2567 kilometers. We are competent in offering integrated services in a number of fields in terms of surveying, architectural design, municipal design, TOD integrated design, city planning, engineering economy, BIM design and culture creativity, and competed the survey and design of such national key projects as the National Indoor Stadium, the Olympic Village, the International Horticultural Exhibition 2019 Beijing China, and China International Fair for Trade in Services, showcasing the outstanding design level of Chinese enterprises on the international arena.
Project General Contracting
As the constructor of China's first subway line, we have always concentrated on the urban rail transit field, providing customers with project management services in general contracting and EPC. As of June 30, 2023, we had undertaken the construction and management of a cumulative total of more than 40 urban rail transit lines for 16 cities across the country, covering major cities in China with more than 210 stations and sections set up.
Investment and Financing
We have high-end investment and financing think tanks, diversified investment and financing channels and rich investment and financing experience, with the focus being laid on infrastructure construction and high-tech industries. By virtue of government-enterprise cooperation mode (PPP ), we have given full play to the comprehensive advantages of our talents, technology and capital, carried out a number of PPP projects such as Metro Line 4 of Kunming, suburban railway Bishan-Tongliang Line of Chongqing, East Huangshan International Town, and the North Outer Ring Road of Anqing, and actively participated in infrastructure construction in various cities.
Scientific and Technological Industrialization
Guided by the needs for urban construction and development, we are dedicated to research and exploration in the field of rail transit scientific and technological innovation. Depending on the advantages of scientific research and innovation platforms and patented technology, we have facilitated the market-oriented application of achievements scored in scientific and technological innovation, and launched a wealth of scientific and technological product series in intelligent design, green construction, new energy, intelligent digital and more, which have been widely applied in a variety of fields such as urban rail transit, infrastructure, construction and energy storage to boost urban innovation-driven development.
TOD and Cultural Tourism
We actively explore the transit-oriented development (TOD) of urban rail transit in China and, by taking improving the utilization of urban land resources as the starting point, we endeavor to increase the land value-added benefits brought about by public transport. In terms of cultural tourism business, we activate the regional cultural tourism consumer market oriented towards diversified urban space development and fashionable consumption places of the cultural industry through regional industrial development brought along by investment.
Operation Management
Our business comprises rail transit, municipal roads, hotels, commercial blocks, parks, parking lots, and sewage treatment plants to provide customers with long-term, high-quality and professional operation services. In the field of rail transit, we have the 30-year franchise of Kunming Metro Line 4, and have the integrative competence in providing management and consulting services for rail transit operations, which are reviewed favorably by all walks of life.
Our Competitive Edges：
We grew out of the first subway in China and have developed into an outstanding firm for 67 years；
We are capable of providing business solutions for the whole industry chain of the urban rail transit engineering；
We are the leader in technological development of the urban rail transit industry in China and a major participant in the formulation of China’s domestic urban rail transit design standards；
We have comprehensive service capabilities in terms of survey, architectural design, municipal design, TOD integrated design, urban planning, engineering economy, BIM design, cultural creativity, etc.；
We have seasoned senior management teams and a good many top experts；
Broad prospects of China’s urban rail transit industry have provided huge space for the development of UCD；
Branches across China and abroad.