“中原之星”电动车组是我国具有完全自主知识产权的交流传动动力分散型动车组,具有灵活、高速、起动加速快、制动速度快等特点,最高运行时速可达160公里。该电动车组首次采取了生产工厂、科研单位、铁路局联合开发的方式,开创了铁路机车车辆生产开发的新路子。自2001年11月18 “Central Plains Star” EMU is China’s AC power transmission with independent intellectual property rights of dispersed EMUs, with flexible, high-speed, fast start-up, braking speed and so on, the maximum operating speed of up to 160 km. The electric car group for the first time taken the production plant, research institutes, the joint development of the Railway Bureau way, creating a new way of railway rolling stock production and development. Since November 18, 2001