When the Chinese president Hu Jintao arrives in Brazil next Friday for the second BRIC - Brazil, Russia, India and China – summit, scheduled from April 14 to 17, in Brasília, one of the main topics of his conversation with president Luis Inácio Lula da Silva will be China´s growing interest in taking part of the bidding to build a high speed rail system between São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. From the international summit on nuclear security, April 12/13, in Washington, President Hu Jintao will travel to Brazil. After the meeting, he will fly to Venezuela and Chile. Inspired by the Japanese model capable of running at 300km/h, Brazil wants to construct the bullet train rail connecting Rio to São Paulo. The bullet train speed will benefit the population of the two largest Brazilian metropolises. The bullet train project has a forecasted budget of US$ 9 billion.
