Transportation is the vein of economy and the link of civilization.

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, my country's transportation sector has been focusing on serving the national development strategy and economic and social development, adhering to the principle of people first, service-oriented, and accelerating the transformation of the transportation service industry into a modern service industry.

　　In the past 10 years, my country's transportation industry has made historic achievements, has undergone historic changes, built a large number of key projects, ushered in a historic leap from a major transportation country to a powerful transportation country, and effectively guaranteed the first centenary goal. accomplish.

Three-dimensional transportation network accelerates the formation

　　In 2019, the world's highest super-long highway tunnel, the Mila Mountain Tunnel, will be completed, and the high-grade highway from Nyingchi to Lhasa will open to traffic; in 2021, the Lhasa-Nyingchi Railway will be completed and open to traffic, and the Fuxing will enter the snow-covered plateau; in 2021, Lhasa The T3 terminal of Gonggar International Airport has been put into operation, and the airport service guarantee level and transportation carrying capacity have been comprehensively improved...

　　Not only in Tibet, but in the past 10 years, from the snowy plateau to the coast of the East China Sea, from the northeastern border to the southwestern mountainous area, and the vast land of China, the transportation network has become increasingly dense, and various modes of transportation have been coordinated and promoted, and the travel experience of the people has been greatly improved.

　　Xu Chengguang, deputy minister of the Ministry of Transport, said that since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee has attached great importance to transportation work, especially the report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China proposed to build a strong transportation country, which pointed out the direction for the development of transportation in the new era.

The Party Central Committee and the State Council have successively issued the Outline for Building a Strong Transportation Country and the Outline of the National Comprehensive Three-dimensional Transportation Network Planning, drawing a strategic blueprint and a bright vision for the medium and long-term development of my country's transportation.

　　Following the direction of the Party Central Committee, all departments and units in the transportation field worked hard, and the construction of the transportation network achieved leapfrog development.

　　In terms of railways, the accumulated investment in fixed assets in the past 10 years has exceeded 7 trillion yuan, and the production mileage has increased by 52,000 kilometers.

By the end of 2021, the national railway operating mileage will reach 150,000 kilometers, including 40,000 kilometers of high-speed rail; the railway covers 81% of the country's counties, and the high-speed rail reaches 93% of the cities with a population of more than 500,000.

　　In terms of civil aviation, the accumulated fixed asset investment in the past 10 years has reached 800 billion yuan, especially in the past two years, which has exceeded 100 billion yuan, a record high.

In the past 10 years, civil aviation has built or relocated 82 transport airports, bringing the total number of airports to 250, adding more than 3,000 routes, and the total number of routes reaching 5,581.

For 18 consecutive years, my country's passenger traffic has ranked the top two in the world.

　　In terms of water transportation, by the end of 2021, the navigable mileage of my country's inland waterways will reach 128,000 kilometers, of which high-grade waterways exceed 16,000 kilometers, and there will be 20,867 berths for production and 2,659 berths of 10,000-ton and above, basically forming the Yangtze River Delta, Tianjin-Hebei, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao and other world-class port groups.

　　At present, the construction of a multi-level integrated comprehensive transportation hub in my country is accelerating, and the main skeleton space of the national comprehensive three-dimensional transportation network of "6 axes, 7 corridors and 8 channels" has been initially formed.

"From 2012 to the end of 2021, the mileage of railways and highways will increase by about 1.1 million kilometers, which is equivalent to circumnavigating the earth's equator 27 and a half times. The achievements in infrastructure construction in the past 10 years have laid a solid foundation for my country to achieve the first centenary goal and start a new journey of building a socialist modernized country in an all-round way." Xu Chengguang said.

The transportation service capacity has been greatly improved

　　The comprehensive transportation system with huge scale and smooth internal and external connections has effectively supported the operation of my country as the world's second largest economy and the world's largest goods trading country, profoundly changed the appearance of urban and rural areas, accelerated logistics and economic flow, not only powerful The support has ensured the smooth circulation of the domestic economy, and has also made important contributions to the development of the world economy.

　　Strong kinetic energy, comprehensive transportation service capacity has been greatly improved.

　　In the first half of this year, the national railway cargo delivery volume continued to maintain a high level, with a total of 1.946 billion tons sent, an increase of 102 million tons or 5.5% year-on-year, and a number of indicators such as the average daily cargo volume set a historical record.

　　In the past 10 years, my country's comprehensive transportation service capacity has been greatly improved.

Railways, highways, water transportation, civil aviation passenger and cargo turnover, port cargo throughput, postal express business and other major indicators have ranked among the top in the world for many years. my country has become one of the busiest countries in the world. The smooth flow of goods" has been initially realized, and transportation has become one of the areas where the people have the strongest sense of gain.

　　Take the postal industry as an example.

"In the past 10 years, the business income of the postal industry has increased from 198.09 billion yuan to 1,264.23 billion yuan, with an average annual growth rate of 22.9%. The express delivery business volume has increased from 5.7 billion to 108.3 billion, which is 19 times the original, and has been ranked for 8 consecutive years. No. 1 in the world. The postal express industry has played an important role in serving the country's major strategies, anti-epidemic and ensuring supply, and ensuring smooth access, and has made industry contributions to opening up major arteries and smoothing microcirculation." said Dai Yingjun, deputy director of the State Post Bureau.

　　Benefiting people's livelihood, the people's sense of gain has been significantly enhanced.

　　On June 16, the last "puzzle" of the Taklimakan railway line, the Heruo Railway, opened for operation, marking the formation of the world's first desert railway loop, shortening the distance from southern Xinjiang by more than 1,000 kilometers, benefiting tens of millions of people.

　　Over the past 10 years, transportation development has always focused on the supremacy of the people, and the fruits of development have been shared by the masses.

Passenger travel is more convenient and comfortable. EMU trains account for about 70% of railway passenger traffic. "Seeing China by high-speed rail" has become a true portrayal of passengers enjoying a better travel life.

By the end of 2021, 51 cities have opened and operated urban rail transit, and the total operating mileage has increased by 4.2 times compared with 2012.

The online car-hailing service has covered more than 300 cities above the prefecture level in my country, with an average daily order volume of about 21 million.

Twenty-seven provinces have carried out customized passenger transportation services, and the "door-to-door" travel services of the people have been effectively satisfied, and the people's sense of gain, happiness and security have been significantly enhanced.

　　Seeking long-term, traffic development is full of stamina.

　　On August 9, the world's first permanent magnet maglev rail transit project test line "Red Rail" held a completion ceremony in Xingguo, Jiangxi Province, marking the world's first permanent magnet maglev sky rail test line was put into use.

This is an active attempt to build a multi-level, integrated and more convenient transportation network for different transportation needs.

　　In the past 10 years, the modernization level of transportation technology has been greatly improved.

Adhering to innovation and leadership, the "Fuxing" high-speed rail has reached the world-class level, and major breakthroughs have been made in the development of equipment such as the C919 large aircraft and the high-speed maglev test vehicle with a speed of 600 kilometers per hour.

A number of super-large transportation projects, such as the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, Beijing Daxing International Airport, Beijing-Zhangjiakou High-speed Railway, and the 12.5-meter deep-water channel below the Yangtze River in Nanjing, were completed and put into operation, marking a new height of Chinese construction.

New energy vehicles account for more than half of the global total, and new energy buses account for more than 66% of urban public transport.

The application of the Beidou system in the field of transportation has continued to deepen, and the development of smart ships, intelligent connected vehicles, unmanned distribution, and automated terminals has accelerated. China's transportation modernization road is getting wider and wider.

Leading strategic role highlighted

　　Open the shopping platform, flowers and trees in Suqian, Jiangsu, dried seafood in Rizhao, Shandong, rock candy oranges in Huaihua, Hunan, apples in Yan'an, Shaanxi... High-quality agricultural and sideline products from all over the country can be clicked and purchased online, thanks to the progress in transportation. Revitalize support for major strategies.

　　"Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the central government has invested a total of 743.3 billion yuan in vehicle purchase tax funds in the field of rural roads, of which 506.8 billion yuan has been invested in poverty-stricken areas. A total of 2.53 million kilometers of rural roads have been newly built and renovated, and 1,040 problems have been solved. The difficulty of connecting 105,000 organic villages in townships to hardened roads.” Gu Zhifeng, deputy director of the Highway Bureau of the Ministry of Transport, said that the total mileage of rural roads has increased from 3.564 million kilometers at the end of 2011 to 4.466 million kilometers by the end of 2021, a 10-year net increase It has traveled more than 900,000 kilometers, bringing popularity and wealth to the countryside, and making the wishes of farmers to "go out on hardened roads and put their feet on the bus" gradually become a reality.

More than 50,000 organic villages have been connected to buses, and the postal network has accelerated to sink, realizing the "township and township establishment, and village-to-village postal service", effectively serving the strategy of poverty alleviation and rural revitalization.

　　Fully support regional coordinated development.

The construction of "Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei on Track" has been accelerated, the comprehensive three-dimensional transportation corridor of the Yangtze River Economic Belt has been initially formed, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area has basically achieved one-hour access between the mainland and Hong Kong and Macao, the construction of shipping hubs in the Yangtze River Delta region has accelerated, and the Yellow River Basin has The regional major passages are basically connected, and the level of transportation integration in the Chengdu-Chongqing economic circle has been significantly improved.

　　Actively serve the "Belt and Road" construction.

The signing of 22 intergovernmental agreements on the facilitation of international road transport, 72 bilateral and regional maritime transport agreements, and 131 bilateral air transport agreements. In terms of transportation, the interconnection structure of "six corridors and six roads with multiple countries and ports" has basically been formed.

The scope of international road transport cooperation has expanded to 19 countries, the international waterway transport routes cover more than 100 countries, and domestic airlines operate international scheduled flights to 75 cities in 44 countries.

　　"We have successively opened the Mombasa-Nairobi, Yaji, and China-Laos railways, continued to promote cooperation in overseas railway projects, and advanced the construction of the new western land-sea corridor with high quality." An Lusheng, deputy director of the State Railway Administration, said that the China-Europe trains reach 23 European countries. 185 cities have become important achievements and highlights of the "Belt and Road" construction.

　　While serving economic and social development, transportation has played a positive role in driving investment and consumption, and new business forms and models are flourishing.

At present, nearly 80 airport economic zones have been planned and constructed nationwide, including 17 national-level airport economic demonstration zones.

The general aviation business has maintained rapid growth and diversified business formats. The average annual flight hour growth rate is 12.5%. The number of general aviation airports has reached 339, and the number of general aviation aircraft has reached 3,045. of the order of millions of hours.

"General aviation has become a new growth point for my country's economic development," said Dong Zhiyi, deputy director of the Civil Aviation Administration of China.

　　Qi Hui