13 Regions Have Become The First Batch Of Pilot Areas For Building a Strong Transportation Country

On the morning of December 9th, the Ministry of Transport held a press conference on "Accelerating the Construction of a Strong Transportation Country". Hebei Xiong'an New Area, Zhejiang Province, Chongqing City, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and other 13 regions have become the first batch of pilot areas for building a strong transportation country. At present, the Ministry of Transport is carrying out the second batch of pilot applications for the construction of a strong transportation country, and has initiated the preparation of a comprehensive transportation development plan for the 14th Five Year Plan.

On August 30th this year, at the construction site of Xiong'an Station in Xiong'an New Area, there were towering tower cranes and roaring machinery. Thousands of builders were gradually constructing, creating a bustling scene of construction. Image/Visual China

Pilot areas plan to achieve phased results in 1-2 years

The Outline of Building a Strong Transportation Country (hereinafter referred to as the "Outline") proposes to encourage localities and enterprises with conditions to take the lead in the construction of a strong transportation country. It is understood that in order to explore effective models and paths for building a strong transportation country, and mobilize the enthusiasm of all parties to participate in the construction of a strong transportation country, the Ministry of Transport has identified 13 regions in Hebei Xiong'an New Area, Liaoning Province, Jiangsu Province, Zhejiang Province, Shandong Province, Henan Province, Hubei Province, Hunan Province, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Chongqing City, Guizhou Province, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Shenzhen City as the first batch of pilot projects for building a strong transportation country, and is currently carrying out the application work for the second batch of pilot projects for building a strong transportation country.

Wei Dong, spokesperson for the Ministry of Transport and Director of the Legal Department, introduced that the pilot work of building a strong transportation country will focus on facilities, technology, management, and services, and will carry out 22 pilot tasks in different regions, themes, and batches.

Pilot provinces will take the lead in high-quality development of transportation infrastructure, integrated transportation hubs, intelligent transportation, technological development, modern market system construction of transportation, innovation of transportation system, green transportation, modern logistics, and other aspects.

According to the plan, each pilot province plans to achieve phased results in the pilot task within 1-2 years, and achieve relatively complete systematic results within 3-5 years. They will cultivate several pilot projects that have a leading and demonstrative role in the construction of a strong transportation country, form a batch of replicable and promotable advanced experiences and typical achievements, introduce a batch of policy plans, standards and specifications, further improve the institutional mechanism, cultivate a group of high-quality and professional transportation talents, and achieve breakthroughs in the pilot field of building a strong transportation country.

The preparation of the comprehensive transportation development plan for the 14th Five Year Plan period has been launched

Wei Dong introduced that after the approval and issuance of the "Construction Outline" by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council, the Ministry of Transport attaches great importance to and actively deploys to accelerate the construction of a strong transportation country.

Wei Dong introduced that after the issuance of the "Construction Outline", the Ministry of Transport formulated a work plan for learning, understanding, promoting, and implementing the "Construction Outline", held a video conference to launch the pilot work of building a strong transportation country, and mobilized and deployed the entire industry to accelerate the construction of a strong transportation country. In addition to comprehensively organizing learning and understanding, and conducting extensive publicity and implementation, the Ministry of Transport has also issued supporting plans such as the Task Division Plan for the Construction of a Strong Transportation Country.

At present, the Ministry of Transport has launched the preparation of the National Comprehensive Vertical Transportation Network Planning Outline (2021-2050) and simultaneously launched the preparation of the Comprehensive Transportation Development Plan for the 14th Five Year Plan period; The Joint Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Finance and other seven departments jointly issued the Guiding Opinions on Building world-class ports.

Focus 1

Shenzhen explores supporting green transportation through economic leverage

At the press conference, Xu Zhongping, spokesperson and deputy director of the Shenzhen Transportation Bureau, revealed that in order to solve the problems of "big city diseases" such as traffic congestion, Shenzhen will explore using economic leverage to reduce the intensity of car use.

"Shenzhen is a very young city, but its area is small, less than 2000 square kilometers. The construction land area is less than 1000 square kilometers, and 23 million people live here. 3.6 million cars travel here every day. Data shows that the density of motor vehicles in Shenzhen is relatively high globally per square kilometer of land." When answering a question, Xu Zhongping first introduced the current transportation situation and challenges faced by Shenzhen.

Xu Zhongping revealed that Shenzhen will explore transportation demand management policies with economic leverage as the main means to promote the tilt of road resources towards green transportation.

In the future, Shenzhen will build a public transportation service system with rail transit as the main body. At present, Shenzhen has built 8 urban tracks with an operating mileage of about 300 kilometers and a maximum daily passenger flow of over 6.5 million people, accounting for 60% of the 11 million daily public transportation trips.

Xu Zhongping stated that the integration of residential and business between Shenzhen, Dongguan, and Huizhou has become increasingly significant. In the future, it will build an urban agglomeration on the rail, achieving the development goal of 1-hour commuting and 2-hour accessibility to neighboring cities.

Focus 2

Promoting transportation construction in the Yangtze River Delta integrated demonstration zone

"At present, 'Yangtze River Delta Integration' has become a national strategy. Last Friday, leaders of one city and three provinces also held the Second Yangtze River Delta Comprehensive Transportation Development Conference in Hangzhou, working together to promote integrated development. At the same time, the Second Zhejiang International Smart Transportation Industry Expo was also held, attracting more than 200 well-known domestic and foreign enterprises to participate, and the total investment of signed projects was nearly 40 billion. At yesterday's press conference, Wang Yinzhong, spokesperson and deputy director of the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Transportation, emphasized the achievements and plans of Zhejiang Province in promoting the construction of transportation in the Yangtze River Delta Integration Demonstration Zone.". It is understood that Zhejiang Province will cooperate with the national Yangtze River Delta integration planning research, plan strategic channels such as Shanghai Ningbo and Shanghai Zhoukou, and jointly promote the transportation construction of the Yangtze River Delta integration demonstration zone.

"Zhejiang will fully leverage the advantages of complete transportation modes, promote high-quality development of infrastructure, accelerate the construction of" three one hour transportation circles "in provincial, municipal, and urban areas, build a high-quality and efficient fast network, convenient and fast trunk network, inclusive and fair basic network, and an integrated comprehensive transportation hub system, and form a modern comprehensive three-dimensional transportation network." Wang Yinzhong said that currently, Zhejiang Province is making every effort to open up inter provincial dead end roads, among which projects such as the northern extension of the Hangzhou Changsha Expressway and the second phase of the northern connection of the Hangzhou Bay Cross Sea Bridge have been fully completed, and other "dead end road" projects are also being orderly promoted.

Wang Yinzhong revealed that Zhejiang will also leverage the advantages of the "digital economy" to promote the development of intelligent transportation. In promoting the integration of management and services, the transportation departments of "one city, three provinces" have closely cooperated and carried out multiple rounds of joint law enforcement actions to combat overloading. At the same time, 11 inter provincial adjacent public transportation routes have been opened, actively promoting the "one card" and "scan code payment" of public transportation. By taking public transportation and subway, Shanghai, Nanjing, and Hangzhou can scan code payment through the one card, providing convenience for cross regional travel in the Yangtze River Delta region.

Background

The construction of a strong transportation country will be promoted in two stages, and it will be basically completed by 2035

In September this year, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council issued the Outline for Building a Strong Transportation Country. It is explicitly stated that from 2021 to the middle of this century, the construction of a strong transportation country will be promoted in two stages. By 2035, we will basically build a strong transportation country. The basic formation of a modern comprehensive transportation system has significantly improved people's satisfaction, and the ability to support the country's modernization construction has been significantly enhanced; Having a developed rapid network, a complete trunk network, and a wide basic network, the coordinated development of urban and rural regional transportation has reached a new height; The basic formation of the "National 123 Travel Transportation Circle" (1-hour commuting in urban areas, 2-hour accessibility in urban clusters, and 3-hour coverage in major cities nationwide) and the "Global 123 Express Logistics Circle" (1-day delivery in China, 2-day delivery in neighboring countries, and 3-day delivery in major cities worldwide), with convenient and smooth intermodal passenger transportation and efficient and economical multimodal cargo transportation; The development level of intelligent, safe, green, and shared transportation has significantly improved, urban traffic congestion has been basically alleviated, and the barrier free travel service system has been basically improved.

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