On the commission of the State Reform and Development Commission, the China International Engineering Counseling Company reviewed the feasibility report on the Hangzhou-Ningbo Passenger Line. The experts gave their consent to the design scheme and would report it to the reform and development commission for approval. The construction is estimated to start by the end of the year. The passenger railway totals 156 kilometers, with designed speed limit of 200 kilometers per hour. The whole project is to be completed within four years. By then, it will only take one hour from Ningbo to Hangzhou.