In 2011, China added 71,400 kilometers of highways

From the National Conference on Transportation Work held recently, it was learned that: In 2011, the country's newly added highway mileage was 71,400 kilometers, including 11,000 kilometers of expressways, and 190,000 kilometers of rural highways were newly reconstructed. The development of transportation has achieved a good start.

According to briefings, in 2011, national highway maintenance inspections were carried out throughout the country, and a three-year rural road maintenance and maintenance activity was launched. The use of agent-based systems has increased efforts to aid Tibet and aid Xinjiang, and the construction of highways in Tibet, Xinjiang, and other ethnic regions has accelerated noticeably.

Water transport construction has accelerated. The overall thinking of the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan” water transport structure adjustment was clarified, and the national inland river high-grade channel construction and water transport structure adjustment demonstration projects were launched. The Yangtze River estuary deepwater channel regulation III project was completed and accepted. The 12.5m deep water channel below the Nanjing River and the middle reaches of the Jingjiang reach channel, the reconstruction and upgrading of the Jinghang Canal waterway, and the construction of the Xikou Laokou navigation hub are proceeding in an orderly manner. In the year, 642 new berths were newly expanded, including 99 berths with 10,000-ton berths, and the mileage of inland waterways was improved by 1,091 kilometers.

The construction of civil aviation infrastructure was also accelerated. The investment in fixed assets was completed by 69 billion yuan, and 5 new airports were added. The construction of postal infrastructure was solidly promoted, and 2,536 post offices for blank townships were built in the year.

Minister of Transport Li Shenglin stated at the meeting that in the future, China will strengthen the public service function of the government transportation department and provide the basic public service dominance, and gradually and orderly promote the equalization of basic public transportation services.

Li Shenglin said that it is necessary to actively promote the construction of "two systems for highways", that is, the development of non-toll highway system based on ordinary highways and a toll highway system mainly based on expressways, which is conducive to fully embodying the public service functions of the government and making public More financial funds are invested in the basic public service areas of transport, which is also conducive to giving full play to the positive role of market mechanisms. Ordinary roads are transport infrastructure with a wide coverage and a large population of people. We must continue to implement the requirements of the State Council, and gradually increase the investment in ordinary road construction in the budgetary arrangements, earnestly guarantee the funds for ordinary highway maintenance, and constantly improve the ordinary highway network.

Li Shenglin emphasized that we must continue to implement and improve the green channel policy for the transport of live agricultural products; do a good job in the service guarantee for passenger transport and key material transportation; accelerate the development of rural logistics; provide convenient distribution services for goods going to the countryside and agricultural products entering the city; reduce the transport of agricultural products Cost, research to solve the problem of express delivery vehicles into the city. We will continue to do a special clean-up of toll highways, effectively solve outstanding problems such as overcharging of toll roads, illegal establishment of stations (points), and promote the healthy and sustainable development of toll highways.