Global EditionASIA 中文雙語Fran?ais
    China
    Home / China / Society

    Nation to build over 4,000 km of new rail lines

    By Wang Keju | China Daily | Updated: 2020-01-03 04:06
    Share
    Share - WeChat
    Passengers at Beijing North Railway Station get on the high-speed train G8811 heading to Taizicheng Railway Station at Chongli Olympic Village, on Dec 30, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua]

    China plans to build at least 4,000 kilometers of new railway lines this year, including 2,000 km of high-speed lines, the country's top rail operator said on Thursday.

    The planned development of new railways this year is part of the nation's effort to maintain large-scale fixed-asset investment, Lu Dongfu, general manager of China State Railway Group, said at its annual work conference.

    The Ministry of Transport said in December that China would spend at least 2.7 trillion yuan ($386 billion) on transport infrastructure projects this year, with 800 billion yuan going to railways.

    In 2019, 802.9 billion yuan was spent on railways in China and 8,489 km of new track became operational, surpassing the annual targets of 800 billion yuan for investment and 6,800 km of new lines.

    As a result, the nation's fast-expanding railway network reached a total length of 139,000 km by the end of last year, while the high-speed rail network exceeded 35,000 km, a year ahead of China's plan to build a total of 30,000 km of high-speed railway lines by 2020.

    Among the 51 new railway lines last year, the opening on Monday of the high-speed route linking Beijing and Zhangjiakou, co-host city of the 2022 Winter Olympics, marks significant progress in the autopilot system of China's high-speed trains. Equipped with the system, trains can run automatically at a maximum designed speed of 350 km per hour.

    As for this year, measures will continue to be taken to bolster areas of weakness in the nation's railway infrastructure, Lu said.

    Construction of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway, the second railway into the Tibet autonomous region after the Qinghai-Tibet line, will be a major project this year, he said.

    The company called for preparatory work to take place on the project's official launch, including optimizing a plan for organizing early construction of certain sections, pushing forward the railway's initial design, and drawing up its specified technical and management standards.

    Lu also told the conference that the total revenue of the rail transport sector increased 6.1 percent year-on-year in 2019 to 818 billion yuan, and it is expected to reach 868 billion yuan by the end of 2020.

    In a bid to make the company more market-oriented and capable of providing better cargo and passenger transport services, it will establish a mechanism for evaluating the profits of train operations and thus better organize rail services.

    It will also explore more flexible pricing mechanisms for high-speed trains and offer deeper discounts on a growing number of railway lines, as well as start piloting the application of digital ticketing throughout the network.

    Zhang Xiaodong, a professor of rail transportation economics at Beijing Jiaotong University, said, "Since the opening of China's first high-speed railway, the Beijing-Tianjin line, in 2008, the country has constructed more high-speed rail lines than Japan and Europe did in 40 years."

    The construction of high-speed railways in China saves passengers travel time and has assisted regional economic development, he said, adding that it also played an important role in boosting the flow of talent and information and reshaping China's economic map.

    Top
    BACK TO THE TOP
    English
    Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
    License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

    Registration Number: 130349
    FOLLOW US
     
    无码夫の前で人妻を侵犯| 人妻AV中文字幕一区二区三区| 亚洲一区二区三区无码中文字幕 | 精品亚洲成A人无码成A在线观看| 国产成人无码免费网站| 成人无码网WWW在线观看| 香蕉伊蕉伊中文视频在线| V一区无码内射国产| 亚洲成av人片在线观看无码不卡| 日本久久久久久中文字幕| 亚洲Aⅴ无码一区二区二三区软件 亚洲?V无码乱码国产精品 | 日本久久中文字幕| 中文亚洲欧美日韩无线码| 国产亚洲AV无码AV男人的天堂| 亚洲色偷拍另类无码专区| 亚洲精品欧美二区三区中文字幕| 中文字幕无码不卡免费视频| 国产AV无码专区亚洲AV男同| 亚洲av无码无在线观看红杏| 日日摸夜夜添无码AVA片| 最近中文国语字幕在线播放| A最近中文在线| 久久久精品人妻无码专区不卡| 日韩精品久久无码中文字幕| 亚洲AV无码乱码国产麻豆| 国模无码人体一区二区| 无码毛片AAA在线| 无码精品A∨在线观看免费| 中文无码一区二区不卡αv| 人妻精品久久久久中文字幕| 中文字幕一区二区三区在线观看 | 亚洲精品97久久中文字幕无码| A∨变态另类天堂无码专区| 国产AV无码专区亚洲AV男同| 国产精品va在线观看无码| 成人无码视频97免费| 久99久无码精品视频免费播放| 国产强伦姧在线观看无码| 精品无码国产自产拍在线观看蜜| 国产成人精品无码播放| 日韩美无码五月天|