The transportation industry is developing by leaps and bounds, and the comprehensive three-dimensional transportation network is improving day by day.
Road networks are criss-crossed, routes reach the whole world, goods flow smoothly, and travel is comfortable and convenient … … A mobile China is full of vitality for prosperity and development.
General Secretary of the Supreme Leader stressed: "It is necessary to build more and more advanced aviation hubs, improve the comprehensive transportation system, and accelerate the construction of a transportation power."
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core, China’s transportation industry has made historic achievements and undergone historic changes, and the modernization level of transportation in some areas has ranked among the world’s advanced ranks and is striding towards a transportation power.
Adhere to the traffic first, and the comprehensive three-dimensional traffic network is improving day by day.
Since the beginning of this year, the construction of major transportation projects in various places has been non-stop, and the "progress bar" has been constantly refreshed — —
In the North China Plain, expressways have been speeded up to form a network. The construction site of Zunqin section of Beijing-Qinhuangdao Expressway is in full swing, construction machinery is working intensively, and heavy trucks are shuttling back and forth, striving to complete it before the end of this year. Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei coordinated development, and the traffic integration of the three places ran out of acceleration.
On the coast of the South China Sea, the construction of cross-sea passages is busy. The immersed tunnel has completed the sinking and docking of 24 pipe joints, the construction of artificial islands in the east and west has been promoted in an orderly manner, and the superstructure construction of Lingdingyang Bridge has been carried out … … After the Shenzhen-China Passage is opened to traffic, it will add a fast new passage to Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area’s "one-hour life circle".
The snowy plateau, sichuan-tibet railway continues to extend. This project with the most complicated topographic and geological conditions in the history of railway construction in the world started at the end of last year, and reached its climax in the first quarter of this year. After the completion of the project, it will inject strong kinetic energy into the economic and social development of the western region, especially Sichuan and Tibet provinces.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the national comprehensive three-dimensional transportation network, which is based on railways and highways, and gives full play to the comparative advantages of civil aviation and water transport, has been accelerated and improved, and has stood up as the development skeleton of a big country.
The highway is getting denser and denser. By the end of 2021, the total mileage of national highways was about 5.28 million kilometers, and the highway density was about 55 kilometers/100 square kilometers. Among them, the total mileage of expressways is nearly 170,000 kilometers, ranking first in the world, accounting for about 3.2% of the total mileage of highways.
Railways extend in all directions. By the end of 2021, China’s railway operating mileage exceeded 150,000 kilometers, of which the high-speed rail operating mileage exceeded 40,000 kilometers, accounting for more than two-thirds of the world’s high-speed rail operating mileage. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, 134 counties have ended the history of being closed to railways, and 204 counties have entered the era of high-speed rail.
Extensive coverage by air. By the end of 2021, there were 248 transportation airports in China. Aviation services have covered 83% of the population in poverty-stricken areas, and the airports in poverty-stricken areas have at least one flight every day to connect with the regional hub airports in the provincial capitals, and they can reach the international hub airports at most once.
Water transport is more developed. By the end of 2021, the ports in China had more than 20,000 berths for production terminals, including more than 2,600 berths of 10,000 tons and above, accounting for 12.7% of the total berths, ranking first in the world. The navigable mileage of inland waterways has reached 128,000 kilometers, and the Yangtze River has become the busiest golden waterway in inland waterway transportation in the world.
"At present, ‘ 6 axes, 7 corridors and 8 channels ’ The main skeleton space of the national comprehensive three-dimensional transportation network has been initially formed, and various modes of transportation have gradually changed from relatively independent development to more emphasis on integrated development, realizing the transition from ‘ Bottleneck restriction ’ To ‘ Basic adaptation ’ Go to ‘ Moderately ahead ’ The transformation has provided a solid guarantee for building a well-off society in an all-round way and building a modern economic system. " Li Xiaopeng, Minister of Transport, said.
Adhere to innovation and lead, and steadily improve the scientific and technological strength of transportation.
"I feel very happy!" During the Beijing Winter Olympics, the Beijing-Zhangjia high-speed railway won praise from foreign athletes. The Beijing-Zhangjia high-speed railway, which was put into operation on December 30, 2019, is the first intelligent high-speed railway in the world to adopt Beidou satellite navigation system and realize automatic driving and other functions. After years of development, the technology of high-speed EMU in China has been fully autonomous, standardized and serialized.
Innovation is the first driving force for development. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, China’s transportation innovation capability has been continuously improved, and its strength level has reached a new level.
— — Major projects show extraordinary strength.
On October 23, 2018, the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, the world’s longest sea-crossing bridge, was completed and opened to traffic. Faced with the engineering technical problem of immersed tube tunnel construction, the builders started from scratch and overcame difficulties, independently developed and manufactured submarine immersed tubes, and successfully placed 33 immersed tubes one by one.
On June 25th, 2021, Lalin Railway, the first electrified railway in Xizang, was put into operation, which historically realized the coverage of Fuxing EMU to 31 provinces. More than 90% of the lines run above 3000 meters above sea level, and the whole line crosses the Yarlung Zangbo River 16 times, with a bridge-tunnel ratio as high as 75%… … Builders have successively overcome a series of difficult problems and created a miracle of plateau railway construction.
Over rivers, lakes and seas, canyons and mountains, in the past 10 years, a number of super-large transportation projects, such as Beijing-Xinjiang Expressway, Beijing-Zhangjia High-speed Railway, Beijing Daxing International Airport and Shanghai Yangshan Port Automation Terminal, have been completed and put into operation one after another, and China’s transportation infrastructure has won world attention.
— — Major breakthroughs have been made in equipment manufacturing.
Blue sea and blue sky, tower cranes are everywhere, automatic guided transport vehicles shuttle back and forth, and containers rise and fall. On March 12th, in the operation of "Venus by Japan Post", the single crane operation efficiency of Qingdao Port automatic wharf in Shandong Port reached 52.7 natural boxes/hour, setting a new world record. In recent years, the promotion of automated terminals in China has been accelerated, and the loading and unloading efficiency of specialized terminals in major coastal ports and the container throughput of 100-meter coastline are leading in the world.
The domestic large-scale amphibious aircraft AG600 successfully made its first flight on the water, and the 23,000 TEU dual-fuel container ship was successfully delivered. The first domestic large-scale cruise ship floated in the dock & HELIP; … In the past 10 years, technological innovation and broad traffic application scenarios have converged, which has promoted the manufacturing level of China’s transportation equipment significantly.
— — Transportation equipment is greener and lower carbon.
In 2021, it sold 3.521 million vehicles, up 1.6 times year-on-year, ranking first in the world for seven consecutive years … … After more than 10 years of development, the upstream and downstream of China’s new energy automobile industry chain have been effectively connected, and the level of industrial development is at the forefront of the world. In the fields of urban public transport, taxis and freight distribution, more than 1.2 million new energy vehicles are used.
In the past 10 years, China’s transportation structure has been continuously optimized, and its transportation equipment has become more "full of green": the coverage rate of shore power facilities of five types of key specialized berths has reached 75%; The national railway electrification rate is nearly 73%, and the annual consumption of national railway fuel has dropped by 60%; The elimination of operating diesel trucks was carried out in an orderly manner, and the level of vehicle cleanliness was gradually improved.
Adhere to the traffic world and provide strong support for high-quality development.
On February 28th, with the hoisting operation of the vessel "Venus Bright" berthed at the container terminal of Tianjin Port, the first direct shipping route between Tianjin and Australia was officially opened, shortening the shipping time between the two places from the original 35 days to 45 days to 21 days.
Maritime transportation, which bears about 95% of China’s foreign trade cargo transportation volume, is an important force in "traffic the world". In the past 10 years, China’s port service capacity and infrastructure level have been continuously improved, and the maritime service network has been continuously improved. At present, China is the economy with the highest maritime connectivity and the largest trade volume of goods in the world, and the waterway international transportation routes travel to and from more than 100 countries and regions. By the end of 2020, the shipping fleet will reach 314 million deadweight tons, ranking second in the world, and the international shipping volume will account for about one third of the global shipping volume.
On the vast sea, ocean-going ships shuttle back and forth; On the Eurasian continent, China-Europe trains are running endlessly. From 2016 to 2021, the annual transportation value of China-Europe trains increased from US$ 8 billion to US$ 74.9 billion, and its proportion in the total trade between China and Europe increased from about 1% to about 8%. Especially since the outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic, China-Europe trains reaching 180 cities in 23 European countries have made positive contributions to ensuring the stability of the global industrial chain supply chain and promoting the high-quality development of the "Belt and Road".
Today, China is the world’s busiest transportation city. At present, China’s railway passenger turnover and freight volume, road passenger and freight volume and turnover, waterway freight volume and turnover all rank first in the world, port cargo throughput and container throughput rank first in the world for more than 10 years, civil aviation transportation turnover, passenger turnover and cargo and mail turnover rank second in the world, and express delivery business ranks first in the world.
The developed transportation network with smooth internal and external communication has opened up the "aorta" and unblocked the "microcirculation", which has strongly supported the high-quality economic and social development.
Smooth circulation and promote openness. On December 3rd, 2021, after five years of construction, the whole line of China-Laos Railway was put into operation. By April 3, 2022, China-Laos Railway had sent 2.254 million passengers and 1.31 million tons of goods, showing a booming trend of passenger and cargo transportation. The "two major" highways in the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor have been successfully completed and opened to traffic, the ports such as Gwadar Port in Pakistan are operating well, and the position of Piraeus Port in Greece as the largest port in the Mediterranean is further consolidated … … In recent years, the "Belt and Road" transportation interconnection has been steadily promoted, and the structure of "six corridors, six roads, many countries and many ports" has basically taken shape.
Promote industry and benefit people’s livelihood. "The express delivery point directly drives to the edge of the fruit forest, and the transportation of navel oranges is becoming more and more convenient and the sales are getting wider and wider." Zhou Gongshou, a fruit farmer in Zigui County, Hubei Province, felt that the improvement of traffic conditions made the people more emboldened to increase their income and get rich. Today, 60,000 tons of navel oranges in Zigui County are sold all over the country by express delivery. In 2021, China’s rural areas received 37 billion express parcels, driving agricultural products out of the village and into the city and industrial products into the village to exceed 1.85 trillion yuan.
"In the new era and new journey, we will adhere to the principle of serving the overall situation, putting people first, pioneering and innovating, giving priority to ecology, and making the world accessible, focusing on building ‘ National 123 Travel Traffic Circle ’ ‘ Global 123 Fast Freight Flow Circle ’ , promote the fast and convenient travel service, ensure the stable and smooth logistics supply chain, and accelerate the realization of ‘ People enjoy their actions and things flow smoothly ’ Continue to get good grades on the new road to the exam. " Li Xiaopeng said.