(The 100th Anniversary of the Communist Party of China) "Republic Super Project" Beijing Daxing International Airport: A new miracle on 27 square kilometers
China News Service, Beijing, April 30th, title: "Republic Super Project" Beijing Daxing International Airport: A new miracle on 27 square kilometers
Author Du Yan Xu Jing
Starting from Tiananmen Square in Beijing, 46 kilometers south along the central axis, it is a landmark building standing in the southern part of Beijing-Beijing Daxing International Airport (hereinafter referred to as "Daxing Airport").
On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, reporters from China News Service walked into this "Republic Super Project" known as a "world-class engineering miracle", revisited the birth of a miracle in the history of Chinese architecture, and felt Chinese technology, The appearance of China's speed and power.
Not long after the founding of New China, on November 2, 1949, the Politburo meeting of the CPC Central Committee decided to establish a Civil Aviation Bureau to manage civil aviation.
In 1958, Beijing Capital International Airport was completed and put into use as a civil airport constructed during China's first five-year plan.
With the development of China's society, the demand for civil aviation travel has greatly increased. The Capital Airport has undergone three large-scale expansions, but it still cannot meet the demand.
The construction of the new airport is imperative.
After more than ten years of repeated argumentation and site selection, four years of collaboration between Chinese and foreign designers, 54 months of construction period, the total number of people involved in the construction of more than 100,000 people, spanning Beijing and Hebei, covering an area of 27 square kilometers of the new airport ——Daxing Airport was officially put into operation on September 25, 2019.
"Every time I mention a new airport, my mind is full of golden colors." Du Xiaoming, deputy general manager of the Daxing Airport Planning and Development Department, said that Daxing Airport, which was put into operation for 19 months, was still passionate.
He came to the Beijing New Airport Construction Headquarters in 2011 to participate in the planning and design.
In his view, as a major landmark project in the capital, Daxing Airport has practiced the new development concept of "innovation, coordination, green, openness, and sharing" from beginning to end.
Walking into the terminal building, the biggest feeling is that it is spacious and bright.
"60% of the area in the building can achieve natural lighting." Du Xiaoming said that a total of 12,800 pieces of glass are used in the entire terminal building, of which more than 8,000 pieces of glass are used for the dome, and no two pieces are exactly the same. In particular, these glasses use advanced technology. And materials, to maximize the introduction of natural light and maximum isolation of ultraviolet rays, and strive to provide passengers with the best illuminance and comfort, even in the summer under direct sunlight, they will not feel the sun.
"Such a design reduces the energy consumption of the Daxing airport terminal by 20% compared to an airport terminal of the same size, reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 22,000 tons per year, which is equivalent to planting 1.19 million trees and saving 8,850 tons of standard coal." He says.
Full coverage of 5G signals, full-process self-service, paperless traffic, face-sweeping boarding, and smart security have become the new standard equipment of Daxing Airport.
The layout of the bathroom in the terminal building and the ratio of male and female squatting positions were determined after investigation and simulation.
A strong "Chinese style" permeated the airport.
The bamboo forest, the central axis landscape, and the five “sky gardens” at the end of the five corridors, the Chinese Garden, Porcelain Garden, Pastoral Garden, Silk Garden, and Tea Garden. Get a rest and experience Chinese culture.
Architecture provides a carrier for inheritance and innovation.
Du Xiaoming said that the passenger-centered concept innovation and management innovation run through the entire process of construction and operation. Daxing Airport has developed and applied 103 new patents, new technologies, 65 new processes and new construction methods.
"Daxing Airport represents the highest level of the existing airport." Du Xiaoming believes that it is not only the first breakthrough project for civil aviation, but also because it is located in the hinterland of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, it is a key project of "transportation first" in the coordinated development of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei. .
As he has seen in recent years, Daxing Airport has built a modern comprehensive three-dimensional transportation system, which not only realizes the three-dimensional transfer and seamless connection of different transportation modes such as highway, rail transit, high-speed railway, and intercity railway within the airport, but also A "five vertical and two horizontal" transportation network has been built externally, which extends to the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and even North China.
According to the plan, Daxing Airport is positioned as a large-scale international aviation hub. It is estimated that the annual passenger throughput of the airport will reach 45 million by 2022.
By 2025, the annual passenger throughput will reach 72 million, which can meet the demand for annual passenger throughput of more than 100 million in the long term.
So, can Daxing Airport, which has experienced the new crown pneumonia epidemic, achieve the set goals as scheduled?
"A sudden epidemic has impacted the past rhythm." Yang Yu, the business manager of the Daxing Airport Operation Management Department, said that the business volume in the first half of 2020 was much lower than expected, and the second half of 2020 achieved a contrarian rise.
In 2020, Daxing Airport achieved 16.0914 million passengers, ranking 17th among Chinese airports.
He introduced that Daxing Airport has undergone 4 flight season changes and 5 large-scale flight transfers since it was put into operation.
The number of flights has increased from 134 flights per day to the current 980 flights per day. It is expected that the number of floating scheduled flights for the next season (from October 31 this year) will reach 1,050 flights per day.
“With the gradual recovery of the aviation market, the passenger flow per day continues to create new highs.” Yang Yu said that the current average daily passenger transportation exceeds 110,000, and a detailed plan has been formulated to prepare for the large passenger flow during the May 1st holiday. "Akang travel"-safe, fast, smooth, and healthy travel has become a new feature under the normalization of epidemic prevention and control.
The reporter learned that the plan for the satellite building of Daxing Airport and the second phase of the airport is currently underway.
"Daxing Airport carries the original intention of civil aviation people to build a strong civil aviation country, the new power source mission of the national Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei coordinated development strategy, and the people's pursuit of safer, more convenient and green travel." Feng Zhenglin, Director of the Civil Aviation Administration of China, Zeng Said so.
The British "Guardian" listed Daxing Airport as the top of the "Seven Wonders of the New World".
In Du Xiaoming's view, new miracles are gradually unfolding.
In particular, the construction of the Airport Economic Zone jointly established by Beijing and Hebei Province has been accelerated. The Daxing Airport Area of China (Hebei) Pilot Free Trade Zone and the high-end industrial area of China (Beijing) Pilot Free Trade Zone have been listed one after another. Daxing Airport has become a driving force for regional economic development. The "new engine".
A five-star red flag hanging high in the center of the terminal building welcomes passengers sent to all directions. It will also witness the new miracle brought by the "Phoenix" wings to this land and witness China's new development in the new era.
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