As one of the most developed areas in the Yangtze River Valley and one of the country’s high-density economic corridors, the Yangtze River Economic Belt is like a dragon and is trying to dance.
Economic development, traffic first. In the process of constructing the Yangtze River Economic Belt, with the important ports along the Yangtze River as the nodes and hubs, the overall promotion of the construction of water transport, railway, highway, aviation, oil and gas pipeline networks, and the building of a comprehensive three-dimensional traffic corridor will become an important driving force.
Let the Yangtze River have more blood supply capacity
In 2013, the cargo volume of the Yangtze River reached 1.92 billion tons, a year-on-year increase of 6.7%, ranking first in the world's inland freight traffic. In the future, the shipping of the Yangtze River will be even heavier. Many experts believe that in order to quickly improve the shipping capacity of the Yangtze River, it is necessary to build a three-dimensional traffic corridor to allow the Yangtze River to have more blood supply capacity.
Xu Changle, executive deputy director of the Yangtze River Basin Development Research Institute, pointed out that if there are corresponding high-level land passages on the north bank and south bank of the Yangtze River, water transport and land transport can effectively cooperate and greatly increase the transport capacity of the Yangtze River valley.
The importance of building a three-dimensional transportation system has reached consensus in 11 provinces along the Yangtze River, especially in the central and western provinces.
On May 5th, Xu Shousheng, secretary of the Hunan Provincial Party Committee and director of the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Congress, presided over the meeting of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee. He said that it is necessary to step up the construction of the inland water, iron, and air port systems in Hunan Province and strengthen the dredging of the "one lake and four waterways."
The Chongqing Municipal Communications Commission proposed to speed up the construction of a modern comprehensive transportation system, focus on improving the collection and distribution channels of key ports, speed up the construction of the Orchard Port Railway special line, and pay close attention to the advancement and advancement of railroad entry to ports such as Wanzhou Xintian and Fuling Longtoushan. To ensure the timely formation of an integrated port transportation and distribution system to promote the development of the iron and water joint transport. At the same time, we must step up the research and demonstration work of starting the freight railroad along the Yangtze River.
In the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" of the Yangtze River Economic Belt of Hubei Province, the goal is proposed: The navigation capacity of the Yangtze River Route has been greatly improved, and the water transport network directly accessible by the dry and dry branches has been continuously improved. The modern port system in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, led by Wuhan Xingang, has basically taken shape, and the position of the shipping center in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River in Wuhan has further strengthened. Speed ​​up the construction of high-grade highways and railways along the river, build a number of river-crossing channels, and initially construct an integrated transportation network in the hinterland of the Jianghan Plain. To improve the layout of the channels along the river, the north-south penetration capacity will continue to increase. The pace of the construction of the port collection and transportation system has been accelerated, and the ability of the port to promote radiation has further improved.
Jiangxi Province has recently issued the "Opinions on Expanding the Opening Up and Accelerating the Development of an Open Economy," and proposes to rely on the Shanghai-Kunming, Xiangyu, Beijing-Kowloon, and Haolong railway lines to speed up the formation of the Tiehai Intermodal 5 to Shanghai, Ningbo, Xiamen, and Shenzhen. It will set up a transportation network for classes; vigorously promote the construction of water transportation port platforms, speed up the construction of ports around Poyang Lake, and revitalize the “Golden Waterway of the Millenniumâ€.
Promote the process of new urbanization
Due to administrative barriers, traffic bottlenecks and other reasons, the current tight economic clusters and economic plates of the Yangtze River Economic Belt are poor, and the overall coordination degree is not sufficient and efficiency is difficult to exert.
The construction of the Yangtze River Economic Belt is to build a new chessboard with mutual support and benign interaction between the coast and the central and western regions. Through the reform and opening up and the implementation of a number of major projects, the Yangtze River Delta, the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and the Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Zone will be the industries in The infrastructure is connected, the elements flow, the market is unified, the industry is transferred in an orderly manner, optimized and upgraded, and the development of new cities and towns gathers to form a powerful new driving force that directly drives more than one-fifth of the country’s land and about 600 million people. Three-dimensional traffic is playing a role in promoting regional integration of the Yangtze River Economic Belt.
In December 2013, the Shanghai-Chengdu high-speed railway opened, changing the situation in the Yangtze River Economic Belt that did not “close to†the high-grade railways of the Yangtze River. After the Shanghai-Huncheon high-speed railway opened, the time from Shanghai to Chongqing saved more than 20 hours, and the time from Shanghai to Wuhan saved more than 10 hours, becoming the most important and most convenient for communication between Sichuan and Chongqing and Central and South China and East China. The transport corridors link the economically developed Yangtze River Delta region with the fast-growing Central China region and the densely populated Chuanyu region, facilitating the rapid flow of capital, technology, and human resources across the East, Central, and West regions, and strengthening the East, Central, and Western regions. Inter-regional resources complement each other and promote the coordinated development of regional economies.
In addition to the Shanghai-Hangzhou-Kowloon high-speed railway, the high-speed railway with the longest mileage on the east-westbound line and the largest number of provinces in China, the Shanghai-Kunming high-speed rail line, is also under construction. After the opening, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Nanchang, Changsha, Guiyang, and Kunming will be connected to promote the flow of resources, promote the integration of industrial layout, and improve the quality of regional new urbanization.
Traffic construction in areas such as highways and civil aviation is also proceeding in tandem with the distance between the eastern and western regions.
Relevant guidance is expected to be introduced during the year
In September 2013, the National Development and Reform Commission, together with the Ministry of Transport, initiated the drafting of the Guidance Opinions on Relying on the Construction of the Yangtze River to Support the New Economy in China (referred to as the "Guiding Opinions"). It is understood that the "Guiding Opinion" is currently in the discussion stage and is expected to be introduced within the year.
In addition to the Shanghai-Kunming high-speed railway, the railway is planned to build high-speed railways along the Yangtze River from Hefei, Wuhan, and Chongqing to Chengdu, and connect the north-south to high-speed railways and rapid railways to form a rapid rail network covering more than 500,000 people. At the same time, it will renovate and expand the ordinary railways along the river to build the Hangzhou-Lijiang Railway, upgrade the existing capacity of the Shanghai-Kunming Railway, and form an ordinary railway network covering more than 200,000 people and cities and passengers and freight.
On the highway side, preliminary plans are to focus on the four national highways connecting Shanghai to Chengdu, Shanghai to Chongqing, Shanghai to Kunming, Hangzhou to Ruili, and 15 national highways that link the north and the south. The key economic zones, central cities, major ports, and important connections will be established. Highway network at border crossings. Vigorously improve the technical level and service level of the provincial highways, and the proportion of secondary roads and above will reach 75%.
In terms of civil aviation, we plan to form an international aviation hub—Shanghai, three regional hubs—Chengdu, Chongqing, and Kunming; at the same time, we will give full play to the airports of Nanjing, Hangzhou, Wuhan, Changsha, Hefei, Nanchang and Guiyang. Role, improve the route network, increase the density of flights between major cities, and increase national shipping routes.