[Ten years of Chinese style] Why is it difficult to replicate the "infrastructure madman" that amazed Musk

　　China News Service, Beijing, October 4th, title:

　　Reporter Zuo Yukun

　　"Complete the renovation of a railway station in 9 hours", "The 589-meter-long four-lane overpass was demolished in 8 hours at night", "The 30,000-ton station was moved 288 meters, and there was a 90-degree turn"...

　　In the past ten years, such a variety of efficient China's construction speed has been called "infrastructure madman" by foreign netizens on overseas social platforms, and has been frequently watched and returned to China.

Even American entrepreneur Elon Musk has reposted the video of "Renovation of Railway Stations in 9 Hours" on social media, and praised the development speed of China's advanced infrastructure.

　　The "infrastructure maniac" circle of fans in the world is intuitively the surprise and admiration of the overseas public opinion field for China's infrastructure capabilities, and behind it is the West's emotion that it is difficult to replicate the Chinese spirit and Chinese power.

The history of China's infrastructure construction is a history of counterattack

　　"Mountains and seas can't stop China's road construction." A famous British car program once focused on China's highway network, and the host praised repeatedly in the program, "It's not because of how simple the terrain is, it's because of China People have powerful beliefs."

　　Before 1988, China did not have a highway.

By the end of 2021, the national highway mileage has reached 169,000 kilometers, an increase of 8,090 kilometers from the end of the previous year, ranking first in the world.

　　In the past, the first train from Guangxi to Beijing took 60-70 hours, but now the fastest high-speed train from Nanning to Beijing takes only 10.5 hours, achieving "half-day delivery".

At present, the operating mileage of China's high-speed rail has exceeded 40,000 kilometers, ranking first in the world; the total length of China's bridges is the world's largest; the total number of highway bridges and railway bridges exceeds 1 million, ranking first in the world; the high-speed maglev transportation system with a speed of 600 kilometers per hour , so that the 2000 km range can be reached in 4 hours.

Behind this, it is the "infrastructure maniac" that concentrates its efforts on major events and completes the counterattack all the way forward.

　　Today, China's infrastructure is also going international, sharing China's speed with the world.

A large number of infrastructure projects built according to Chinese standards, such as the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway, the China-Laos railway, and the Peljesac Bridge, have been accelerated overseas, becoming the landmark projects of high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road".

　　"Even the most resolute critics of China are amazed at the country's ability to build bridges, railways and other infrastructure." The Wall Street Journal published an article on April 5, 2021, "The U.S. envys China's infrastructure, but wants to imitate it." It's not easy," said the two countries with different needs and systems, and the U.S. may have limited Chinese experience in improving infrastructure that the U.S. can directly apply.

Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Zhang Wei

The history of China's infrastructure is a history of struggle

　　In the past and present, from myths and legends such as Dayu's control of floods and the Foolish Old Man moving mountains, to super projects such as the Great Wall of China and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, Chinese people have never lacked the "soul of infrastructure construction" and the spirit of the Foolish Old Man moving mountains.

　　The birth of "China Speed" is inseparable from the perseverance of Chinese modernization builders to overcome difficulties, the determination to dare to bite the "hard bones", and the unity of the people.

　　For the last "puzzle" of the world's first railway line around the desert, "Taklimakan Desert Railway Line", the Heruo Railway was opened to traffic as soon as possible. During the peak construction period, the builders gave up the opportunity to reunite with their families. It took only three years for the Heruo Railway to open to traffic.

　　In the power interconnection project across the Qiongzhou Strait, in order to transfer the submarine cable from the temporary pump station to the terminal station on time, more than 100 villagers united as one. All praised.

　　"From crossing large rivers to crossing valleys and karst caves, from stabilizing alpine frozen soil to resisting typhoons of magnitude 14, but also to protect the birds in the sky and the cultural relics underground... No country in the world is a builder who will encounter such a complex design challenge. But solving these world-class problems has created a world-class engineering and world-class construction team, making China a well-deserved infrastructure powerhouse.” said Wang Yuze, vice president of China Railway Fourth Survey and Design Institute.

　　A few days ago, the 2022 "Fiddick Engineering Project Award", known as the "Nobel Prize for International Engineering", was announced. China won three of the nine winning projects, becoming the country with the most awards.

　　Perseverance, gold and stone can be carved.

The Fuxing EMU is galloping, the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge is recumbent with blue waves, the Tianshan Third-Line Highway flows smoothly, and the Pingtan Strait Highway-Railway Bridge stands proudly in the stormy sea... From north to south, major infrastructure projects have landed with speed and passion. A new coordinate for China's development.

The history of Chinese infrastructure is a history of innovation

　　In the past, the main problems facing the "infrastructure madman" were the mountains, seas and lakes on the map and the technical difficulties in the equipment.

Today, with the rapid development of science and technology, "new infrastructure" represented by 5G, big data, and artificial intelligence has gradually become a new bright spot to promote high-quality economic growth.

　　In 2022, all provinces have proposed new infrastructure investment plans. Some places have proposed "moderately advanced layout", while others have clearly "accelerated". The national investment scale during the "14th Five-Year Plan" may exceed 15 trillion yuan.

　　The new infrastructure brings a brilliant "cloud" business format that operates "on the cloud" and writes "underfoot".

The integration of data and reality, and the surging traditional infrastructure and new infrastructure projects in various places carry the vision of solidly improving the well-being of the people.

　　Farmers from remote mountainous areas, with the help of smooth live broadcasts and accessible logistics, can sell specialty commodities across the country.

　　Relying on the 5G network, the main console where the doctor is located and the console where the patient is located can span mountains and seas and work in different places. People in remote areas can also enjoy remote guidance and diagnosis and treatment by experts from the top three hospitals. Patients run errands less.

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　　At present, my country has built the world's largest and technologically advanced network infrastructure, and is striving to build a new information infrastructure system based on a new generation of communication networks, with data and computing facilities as the core, and with converged infrastructure as the breakthrough point.

　　Reshape travel time and space to improve people's well-being.

All kinds of new technologies and new experiences brought by various infrastructure projects integrating data and reality are the "infrastructure madman" who is writing a record of people's livelihood with determination and hard work, and circles the world.

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