[4] Following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine the company continued doing business in Russia, including discussing building a tunnel to Crimea.

The performance was poorer than expected because of poor investment atmosphere from United States subprime mortgage crisis and China's economic macro-control.

[citation needed] In November 2020, Donald Trump issued an executive order prohibiting any American company or individual from owning shares in companies that the United States Department of Defense has listed as having links to the People's Liberation Army, which included China Railway Construction Corporation.

[7][8][9] CRCC has built much of the transportation infrastructure in China including high speed rail, subways, and expressways.

The main business activity of the company is in construction and engineering but it is also engaged in real estate development and copper mining.