2. It is an "industry practice" not to compensate for delay: the current railway law, railway transportation regulations, etc. There are provisions for compensation for the delay in cargo transportation, but there are no requirements for the delay in passenger transportation. The industry standards of high-speed rail and EMU can not be followed in the railway law, which makes the construction, management and operation of high-speed rail in China lack the supervision and restraint of social forces. This also makes the railway enterprises in the exercise of relevant social functions, there is no clear legal provisions to mark and control the whole process.

3. The news materials of Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway in the past five years, and the demands for compensation in the later period are gone. Even, many passengers filed lawsuits with the court, which were basically rejected on the grounds that they were "unfounded in the law." Blank compensation mechanism has become a common complaint in the operation of high-speed rail.