Chinanews.com, November 11 (Reporter Ge Cheng) "By the end of 23, the total mileage of highways in China will reach 2022.535 million kilometers, an increase of 112.17 million kilometers in ten years, of which 7,23 kilometers of expressways will be opened to traffic, ranking first in the world." At the regular press conference of the Ministry of Transport in November held on the 11rd, Guo Sheng, deputy director of the Highway Bureau of the Ministry of Transport, said.
On November 11, the Ministry of Transport held a regular press conference for November. Photo by China News Financial Reporter Ge Cheng
According to Guo Sheng, the specific and important achievements made in the development of China's highway construction are reflected in the following aspects:
First, the network of highway facilities has been continuously improved. By the end of 2022, the total mileage of highways in China has reached 535.112 million kilometers, an increase of 17.7 million kilometers in ten years, of which 1,84 kilometers of expressways have been opened to traffic, ranking first in the world. Beijing-Shanghai, Beijing-Hong Kong-Macao, Shenhai, Shanghai-Kunming and other national expressways have been expanded and upgraded in sections, and the sections of national expressways with more than six lanes have increased by 80,99 kilometers. The proportion of ordinary national highways of grade II and above, and the proportion of paved pavement reached 10% and 13%, an increase of about <>% and <>% respectively compared with ten years ago, and the road network structure was further optimized.
Second, the construction of major projects has attracted worldwide attention. Over the past ten years, highway construction has adhered to the national strategy of serving the country and implemented a number of landmark major projects. The "four vertical and four horizontal" external backbone road network of Xiong'an New Area, with Beijing-Xiong'an Expressway and Jinshi Expressway as the main framework, has been basically formed. The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, which was jointly built by Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao for the first time, has been put into operation, more than ten passages across the Yangtze River, such as the Nanjing Fifth Bridge, the Wuhu Second Bridge and the Wuhan Qingshan Bridge, have been completed and opened to traffic, and the Beijing-Singapore Expressway, which is more than 2500,<> kilometers long, has been continuously created a new benchmark for major highway projects.
Third, new ideas lead to new results. Over the past ten years, the Ministry of Transport has fully implemented the new development concept, organized and implemented the construction of green highways, and built more than 30 pilot demonstration projects to promote the sustainable development of highways. With the promotion of the application of BIM technology as the starting point, we will explore smart transformation, formulate and issue a series of policy documents, and promote the new reconstruction of more than 3500,<> kilometers of smart highways. Expand the scope of standardized design, factory production, and assembly construction, promote industrialized construction, strengthen the promotion and application of highway steel structure bridges, and improve construction efficiency and quality level.
Fourth, construction technology has reached a new level. Over the past ten years, highway construction has continuously overcome difficulties and broken through a series of engineering and technical bottlenecks. For example, projects such as the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge and the Shenzhen-Zhongshan Corridor have overcome key technologies such as the construction, transportation and sinking of large-size immersed tunnels; The Qinling Tiantai Mountain Tunnel and the Tianshan Shengli Tunnel have maintained a world leader in the design and construction of ultra-long mountain tunnels; Domestic iconic materials and equipment such as large-scale TBM and ultra-high-strength steel wire have withstood the test of practice. In the past ten years, the number of technical standards for highway engineering has increased from 88 to 158, forming a complete index system and standard system.
Fifth, the construction business environment continues to be optimized. Over the past decade, transportation departments at all levels have deepened the reform of "delegating power, delegating power, delegating power, and improving services", simplified approvals, helped enterprises to bail out, improved credit evaluation, improved comprehensive efficiency, combined decentralization, and optimized services, creating a good market environment. The Ministry of Transport has actively introduced policies to support the development of small and medium-sized enterprises to ensure that small and medium-sized enterprises participate in market competition fairly. Efforts should be made to clean up and standardize all kinds of deposits, reduce the burden on enterprises, and actively create a fair and honest market environment.
Sixth, the quality level of the project has been comprehensively improved. Over the past ten years, the Ministry of Transport has insisted on paying close attention to the quality and safety of the project, constantly improving the institutional system, strengthening supervision and inspection, standardizing the market order, strictly reviewing the design, strengthening the completion and acceptance work, and vigorously carrying out the demonstration and construction of safe construction sites for a hundred years.
Guo Sheng said that in the next step, the Ministry of Transport will focus on networking, network replenishment, and chain strengthening, highlighting safety, convenience, cost-effectiveness, integration and innovation, smart green, inclusive and resilient, and strive to build a modern highway infrastructure system to help realize the beautiful vision of "people enjoy their travel, and things flow smoothly". (ENDS)