[Commentary] On March 24, the State Council Information Office held a press conference in Beijing on the in-depth implementation of the "14th Five-Year Plan" and the acceleration of the construction of a powerful transportation country.
Regarding whether the Sichuan-Tibet Railway can be fully connected at the end of the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Transport introduced that the Sichuan-Tibet Railway is currently being constructed and operated in stages.
[Concurrent] Wang Yang, Chief Planner and Director of the Comprehensive Planning Department of the Ministry of Transport
The Sichuan-Tibet Railway, which is of great concern to everyone, is currently being promoted by segmented construction and operation. The Chengdu-Ya'an section has been opened for operation in December 2018; the Lhasa-Nyingchi section is expected to open and operate at the end of 2021; and the Ya'an-Nyingchi section is about 1,000 The construction of the "two tunnels and one bridge" in the early stage of about kilometers has started at the end of 2020.
[Explanation] Wang Yang pointed out that the Sichuan-Tibet Railway has complicated terrain, geological and climatic conditions, fragile ecological environment, long construction mileage, high proportion of bridges and tunnels, and extremely difficult projects. The construction period will exceed 10 years.
[Concurrent] Wang Yang, Chief Planner and Director of the Comprehensive Planning Department of the Ministry of Transport
Due to the complicated terrain, geology and climatic conditions along the Sichuan-Tibet Railway, the ecological environment is fragile, the construction mileage is very long, the proportion of bridges and tunnels is very high, the project is extremely difficult, and the construction period will exceed 10 years.
In order to support the construction of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway, our ministry vigorously promoted the planning and construction of supporting roads, studied construction plans and investment policies, and carried out the improvement and transformation of the Sichuan-Tibet highway.
Currently, related projects are progressing as planned.
[Explanation] At the press conference, Wang Yang also introduced the development and planning progress of China's high-speed maglev train.
He pointed out that relevant parties have built a platform for research and development, testing, and trial production of high-speed maglev trains, and test prototypes have also been successfully run.
[Concurrent] Wang Yang, Chief Planner and Director of the Comprehensive Planning Department of the Ministry of Transport
The high-speed maglev train has the advantages of frictionless, strong climbing ability, energy saving and environmental protection. At present, everyone is paying great attention. The relevant parties are also actively developing research and development work. R&D, testing, and trial production platforms have been built, and the test prototypes have also been successfully tested.
In the next stage, it is necessary to strengthen technical research, further improve technological maturity, strengthen economic comparison, operation feasibility analysis, and promote the planning and construction of the project when the conditions are met, and the relevant situation will be notified to everyone in time.
Reporter Liu Chao reports from Beijing
Editor in charge: [Li Yuxin]