Chinese officials speed up the resumption of construction of key transportation projects

  China News Service, Beijing, February 24 (Reporter Zhou Yin) Chinese Ministry of Transport spokesperson Shu Chi revealed at a press conference held by the Ministry of Transport on the 24th that the Ministry of Transport instructed local transportation authorities to speed up transportation priorities Resumption of construction projects.

  Shu Chi said that the Ministry of Transport has issued a "Notice", requiring all localities to seize the resumption of work in the spring and accelerate the construction of key highways in 2022. Except for cold areas and individual key areas for epidemic prevention and control, highways and ordinary national and provincial highway projects must strive to At the end of February, construction will be fully resumed, and efforts will be made to achieve a good start for investment and major project construction in the first quarter.

  According to the Ministry of Transport, as of now, 443 highway projects and 670 ordinary national highway projects have been resumed nationwide.

All continued construction projects in Henan, Hubei, Guangdong, and Hainan have resumed work; and the continued construction of expressway projects in Anhui, Fujian, Jiangxi, Shandong, and Chongqing have also resumed, and the progress is generally better than expected.

  Shu Chi said that this year, China's economy will maintain stability and seek progress while maintaining stability, and stable investment will play a key role in this.

The Ministry of Transport is actively planning to do a good job in expanding effective investment in transportation.

The first is to plan and arrange early, and issue policy guidance documents.

The Ministry of Transport has issued the Notice on Expanding Effective Investment in Transportation Policy Measures and Task Division Plan and the Notice on Actively Expanding Effective Investment in Transportation.

These two documents put forward a series of targeted measures, requiring transportation authorities at all levels to strengthen organization and implementation, speed up project construction, and strive to achieve a "good start" and a "stable start".

The second is to maintain stability, seek progress while maintaining stability, and do a good job in the implementation of the "14th Five-Year Plan".

The third is to focus on key points, make up for shortcomings, and plan to promote the construction of a number of major transportation projects.

The fourth is to stabilize construction, promote new openings, and ensure policy elements such as land funds.

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