Anhui Transport Consulting & Design Institute

What Anhui Transport Consulting & Design Institute does

Anhui Transport Consulting & Design Institute (设计总院, SSE: 603357) is a state-controlled, publicly listed engineering consulting and design firm headquartered in Hefei, Anhui Province, China. Founded in 1953 and listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange in 2017, the firm is a majority-owned subsidiary of Anhui Transportation Holdings Group and operates under a '三综一甲' qualification stack — comprehensive Class-A in engineering consulting, engineering survey, and engineering design, plus Class-A in urban-rural planning — together with top-tier highway/waterway testing and Class-A general contracting. Its core service portfolio covers the full lifecycle of transportation infrastructure: highways, bridges, rail transit and tunnels, hydraulic/waterway engineering (including the award-winning Feihe River Canal Aqueduct), municipal and architectural engineering, transportation planning, and civil aviation engineering.

The company earns revenue through B2G professional services contracts won via competitive public tendering, with the parent Anhui Transportation Holdings Group functioning simultaneously as controlling shareholder and primary repeat customer. Customers are predominantly provincial and municipal transportation authorities, state-owned transportation investment and operating companies, and water-resources SOEs; end-clients named in the record include Anhui Provincial Department of Transportation, Hefei Shushan District Municipal Administration, and Anhui Yangtze-to-Huaihe Water Diversion Group. Geographic footprint spans the home Anhui market plus branches and projects in Xinjiang, Yunnan, Gansu, Guangxi, Shandong, and a national digital deployment covering 24 provinces and 3,000+ km of highways.

Underlying technology centers on a Digital Design Institute (数字设计院) running an internal cloud platform and a Digital Intelligence Business Division that has produced proprietary AI-powered systems, including a Knowledge Graph and AI-based Bridge Intelligent Maintenance Platform, a 3D Geological and AI-powered Road Soft Soil Foundation BIM Intelligent Design Platform, multi-source point cloud bridge inspection technology, and a Highway Infrastructure Full-cycle Digital Delivery Platform. The firm holds 900+ patents and software copyrights, maintains a national postdoctoral research workstation (upgraded to national level in May 2023) and a national enterprise technology center, and has accumulated 600+ national/provincial/ministerial awards plus international recognition from IABSE, FIDIC, IRF, and the International Bridge Conference.

Name

Anhui Transport Consulting & Design Institute

Legal name

安徽省交通规划设计研究总院股份有限公司

Website

https://atcdi.com.cn

Company type

Public

Founded year

1953

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Anhui Transport Consulting & Design Institute (SSE: 603357) is a state-controlled, Class-A-qualified engineering consulting and design firm serving Chinese government and SOE clients across highways, bridges, rail, waterway, and municipal infrastructure, with a growing AI and digital-platform practice.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Transportation Infrastructure Engineering Consulting & Design

NAICS

Engineering Services (54133), Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413), Engineering Services (541330)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711), Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700), Transportation Services (4700)

akta.pro primary industry

Transportation & Traffic Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Transportation & Infrastructure Planning (BPAHAKAF), Traffic Management & Intelligent Transportation Systems (Signals, TMCs, Congestion) (BPAIALAC)

Keywords

• Transportation engineering consulting
• Highway and bridge design
• Rail transit engineering
• Municipal infrastructure design
• Transportation planning services

Headquarters

HQ city

Hefei

HQ country

China

HQ region

Asia

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Engineering Consulting and Design Services: Revenue from providing comprehensive engineering survey, design, and consulting services for transportation infrastructure projects including highways, bridges, rail transit, tunnels, ports, and municipal engineering. Projects are sourced through government tendering and strategic relationships with state-owned transportation enterprises.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Anhui Transport Consulting & Design Institute provides full-lifecycle engineering consulting, survey, design, and inspection/testing services for transportation infrastructure. Core service lines cover highways, bridges, rail transit, tunnels, waterway and hydraulic engineering, municipal engineering, architectural engineering, civil aviation, and transportation planning. The firm also operates a Digital Design Institute offering AI, BIM, GIS, and cloud-based intelligent transportation solutions.

Product overview

Anhui Transport Consulting & Design Institute (设计总院) operates as a comprehensive engineering consulting and design firm offering integrated services across multiple infrastructure domains. The company holds top-tier industry qualifications including '三综一甲' (three comprehensive plus Class-A) certifications covering engineering consulting, geotechnical investigation, engineering design, and urban-rural planning. Its service portfolio encompasses road engineering, bridge engineering, rail transit and tunnels, hydraulic/waterway engineering, municipal engineering, and architectural design. The company has developed digital transformation capabilities through its Digital Design Institute (数字设计院) operating a cloud platform, and provides intelligent transportation and digital engineering services leveraging technologies including BIM, GIS, AI, and cloud computing. The organization also conducts scientific research and has established multiple high-level research platforms including a national enterprise technology center and national postdoctoral research station.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Highway Engineering Design Services (道路工程) Highway and road engineering survey and design services for state-owned and government transportation clients, covering the full design lifecycle from planning to construction support.
• Bridge Engineering Design Services (桥梁工程) Bridge engineering design services including major river crossings and complex bridge structures, demonstrated by the Feihe River Canal Aqueduct, the world's largest span navigable aqueduct, and supported by proprietary AI-based bridge intelligent maintenance technology.
• Rail Transit and Tunnel Engineering Design Services (轨道隧道工程) Rail transit and tunnel engineering design services for urban metro, intercity rail, and highway/railway tunnel projects serving government transportation authorities and state-owned enterprises.
• Waterway and Hydraulic Engineering Design Services (水利水运工程) Hydraulic engineering and waterway transportation infrastructure design services, including landmark water diversion projects such as the Anhui Yangtze-to-Huaihe Water Diversion Feihe River Canal Aqueduct.
• Municipal Engineering Design Services (市政工程) Municipal infrastructure engineering design including urban roads, bridges, and public facilities for municipal governments and urban development authorities.
• Architectural Engineering Design Services (建筑工程) Architectural engineering design services for transportation-adjacent buildings and infrastructure facilities.
• Transportation and Infrastructure Development Planning Services (发展规划) Transportation and infrastructure planning and development consulting, including the Regional Comprehensive Transportation Planning Intelligent Decision-making scenario selected for Anhui provincial public data demonstration.
• Civil Aviation Engineering Design Services (民航工程) Civil aviation engineering design services for airport and aviation infrastructure projects.
• Engineering Inspection and Testing Services (工程检测服务) Engineering inspection and testing services including Class-A highway engineering testing, traffic engineering special testing, and waterway engineering structure/material testing, enabled by the firm's top-tier testing and monitoring qualifications.
• Digital and Intelligent Transportation Services (数智化业务) Digital transformation services including AI-powered solutions for transportation infrastructure spanning intelligent transportation systems, BIM, GIS, cloud computing, and blockchain applications. Achieved over RMB 200 million in digital technology contracts during the 14th Five-Year Plan period, with technology deployed across 24 provinces and 3,000+ km of highways.

Quantifiable outcome

• World's largest span navigable aqueduct (引江济淮淠河总干渠渡槽) achieving international bridge awards including Arthur Hayden Award and IABSE recognition
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• 安徽省交通运输厅 (Anhui Provincial Department of Transportation)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 March 2026Co-organizer of the 4th 'New Hui Dao Cup' Yangtze River Delta Intelligent Transportation Innovation Technology Application Competition (第四届'新徽道杯'长三角智能交通创新技术应用大赛). The competition focuses on digital transformation of transportation using AI, big data, cloud computing, and blockchain technologies.
• 安徽省人力资源和社会保障厅 (Anhui Provincial Human Resources and Social Security Department)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 March 2026Co-organizer of the 4th Yangtze River Delta Intelligent Transportation Innovation Technology Application Competition. The competition promotes talent development and innovation in intelligent transportation.
• 安徽省总工会 (Anhui Provincial Federation of Trade Unions)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 March 2026Co-organizer of the 4th Yangtze River Delta Intelligent Transportation Innovation Technology Application Competition, contributing to workforce innovation recognition.
• 共青团安徽省委 (Communist Youth League Anhui Provincial Committee)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 March 2026Co-organizer of the competition, promoting youth innovation in intelligent transportation across the Yangtze River Delta region.
• 安徽省妇女联合会 (Anhui Provincial Women's Federation)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 March 2026Co-organizer of the 4th Yangtze River Delta Intelligent Transportation Innovation Technology Application Competition.
• 安徽省交通控股集团有限公司 (Anhui Transportation Holdings Group)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 March 2026Co-organizer of the competition and the company's parent holding. Anhui Transportation Holdings Group is the controlling shareholder of Design Institute (603357) and jointly organizes major transportation innovation competitions in the Yangtze River Delta.
• 上海市交通委员会 (Shanghai Municipal Transportation Commission)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 March 2026Joint organizer of the Yangtze River Delta Intelligent Transportation Innovation Technology Application Competition, representing Shanghai in the multi-provincial initiative.
• 江苏省交通运输厅 (Jiangsu Provincial Department of Transportation)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 March 2026Joint organizer of the Yangtze River Delta Intelligent Transportation Innovation Technology Application Competition.
• 浙江省交通运输厅 (Zhejiang Provincial Department of Transportation)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 March 2026Joint organizer of the Yangtze River Delta Intelligent Transportation Innovation Technology Application Competition.
• 中国智能交通产业联盟 (China Intelligent Transportation Industry Alliance)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 March 2026Joint organizer of the competition, bringing together intelligent transportation industry players from across China to promote innovation and standardization.
• 安徽省交通规划设计研究总院股份有限公司 (Parent - Listed Entity)coreOthersDesign Institute is a subsidiary (国有控股上市企业) of Anhui Transportation Holdings Group, listed on Shanghai Stock Exchange under code 603357.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• WSP (China operations): International engineering consulting firm with transportation infrastructure expertise in China. Comparable in professional services model and transportation design capabilities, though ATCDI focuses more exclusively on the domestic Chinese SOE market.
• China Academy of Transportation Sciences (CATS): National-level transportation research and consulting institution under the Ministry of Transport. Comparable in transportation planning, policy consulting, and standards work, though operates more as a research institute than commercial design firm.
• AECOM (China operations): Global infrastructure consulting firm with significant China presence in transportation design and engineering. Comparable in transportation consulting service offerings and project types, though much larger scale and broader geographic reach.
• China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) Highway Consultants: One of China's largest transportation infrastructure design and construction groups, with a dedicated highway consulting arm. Directly comparable as a transportation-focused engineering consulting peer, though significantly larger in scale and offering integrated design-construction capabilities.

Direct peers

• Beijing Zhongjiao Qitong Engineering Consulting: Transportation engineering consulting firm focused on highway and bridge design, providing directly comparable services in transportation infrastructure consulting and design. Smaller in scale but operates in adjacent geographic markets.
• Shanghai Urban Construction Design & Research Institute (SUCDRI): Major municipal and transportation infrastructure design institute serving Shanghai and surrounding regions. Comparable as a provincial-level SOE design institute with overlapping qualifications in transportation, municipal engineering, and bridge design.
• China Highway Engineering Consulting Group (CHECC): National-level highway engineering consulting firm providing transportation infrastructure survey, design, and consulting services. Directly comparable in service offerings and target client base (highway authorities and transportation SOEs).
• China Railway Design Corporation: State-owned rail transit and transportation engineering design institute providing comprehensive survey, design, and consulting services. Directly comparable in service portfolio (rail transit, highways, bridges, municipal) and qualifications to ATCDI.

Regional players

• Guangdong Provincial Academy of Building Research: Provincial-level engineering consulting and research institute with transportation infrastructure capabilities. Comparable as a state-owned provincial design institute but focused on Guangdong market.
• Sichuan Highway and Bridge Construction Group: Regional transportation infrastructure design and construction group based in Sichuan. Comparable in transportation engineering capabilities but operates in a different geographic market (western China vs. ATCDI's Anhui/eastern China focus).

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance11 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

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M&A

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