left picture Next to the expressway in Hongtiguan Township, Pingshun County, Changzhi City, Shanxi Province is the past " hanging road ". Photo by Cao Yang, Xinhua News Agency,
"The national municipal and prefecture-level administrative centers and county-level administrative centers with urban populations of more than 100,000 are on the national expressway for 30 minutes, and all county-level administrative centers are on the ordinary national highway in 15 minutes, and convenient services are basically covered by the whole country. "Handle 2, Deputy Director of the Infrastructure Development Department of the National Development and Reform Commission, , Zhou Xiaoqi, , said at a press conference on the " National Highway Network Planning " recently that the completed national highway network will further strengthen the development of urban agglomerations and metropolitan areas. Support to better serve regional development strategies and new urbanization.
days ago, the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Transport issued the "National Highway Network Plan" to make an overall layout of the construction of the national highway network by 2035. By then, the total scale of national highways is expected to be 461,000 kilometers, of which about 162,000 kilometers of national expressways (including about 8,000 kilometers of long-term prospects), and about 299,000 kilometers of ordinary national highways; basically completed, with extensive coverage, complete functions, intensive and efficient , a modern and high-quality national highway network that is green, intelligent, safe and reliable.
As of the end of 2021, 124,000 kilometers of national expressways in my country have been built, basically covering prefecture-level administrative centers; the mileage of ordinary national highways reaches 258,000 kilometers, basically covering county-level and above administrative regions and border ports opened all year round. Under scientific planning and guidance, the construction of the national highway network has effectively solved the fundamental problem of "going to go".
However, most of the plans previously issued focus on the highway network itself, focusing on solving the prominent phased contradictions of fair supply of highway infrastructure, and consider less in improving the coupling of national highway layout and regional economic and social development according to local conditions. Specifically, there are still insufficient main channel capabilities, insufficient network networks in urban agglomerations, insufficient road network coverage depth, road network resilience and safety emergency guarantee capabilities need to be improved, poor coordination and integration with other transportation modes, and resource conservation The level of intensive utilization and green and intelligent development is not high.
"In order to make up for the above shortcomings and weaknesses, we are required to start from the planning level, start from the long-term development needs of the country, optimize and improve the layout of the national highway network, and guide the high-quality construction of national highways." Spokesperson of the National Development and Reform Commission Meng Wei said. Compared with the 2013 edition, this round of "Plan" increased the total size of the road by about 60,000 kilometers. "Under the new layout, the overall coverage of the national expressway network has been further extended from medium-sized and above cities with urban populations of more than 200,000 to cities and counties with urban populations of more than 100,000. Ordinary national highways have further strengthened the inter-city channels and Connection to important scenic spots. " Zhou Xiaoqi pointed out that the "Plan" will further support the country's high-level opening up to the outside world, realize the comprehensive connection between national highways and land border ports, and form multiple places with Northeast Asia , Central Asia, South Asia, and ASEAN A convenient international transportation channel for highways.
Infrastructure is an important support for economic and social development, and national highway construction has achieved outstanding results. Since the 13th Five-Year Plan, my country's highway construction investment has accounted for about 2.4% of GDP, and the proportion of national highway construction investment in highway construction investment has basically stabilized at around 36%, which has a significant role in stabilizing investment and growing.
Zhou Xiaoqi introduced that from the perspective of the future construction needs of national highways, according to the estimate, there are still about 28,000 kilometers of roads to be built in national highways, and there are about 30,000 kilometers of busy roads that need to be expanded and renovated, and about 110,000 kilometers of ordinary national highways need to be expanded and renovated. Construction and transformation, "The construction tasks in the future will remain heavy, and national highway construction will continue to play a key role in driving effective investment and provide strong support for stabilizing the economic market."
Regarding how to play the role of road transportation in driving the development of the real economy, Wang Songbo, deputy director of the Comprehensive Planning Department of the Ministry of Transport, said that the completed highway network will be in-depth with related industries such as tourism, manufacturing, logistics, and e-commerce along the route. Integrated development, guide and optimize regional industrial layout, and promote the smooth operation of the industrial chain and supply chain.In addition, the construction of the highway network has brought about a "channel economy", which better meets people's leisure, tourism, and life needs by strengthening national highway culture, tourism, and leisure services.
Regarding the construction fund issue that pays great attention to, the "Plan" emphasizes the need to strictly control local government debt risks, reasonably determine the scale and rhythm of construction, establish and improve a highway debt risk monitoring mechanism, and strictly control the scale of newly started projects in areas with heavy debt burdens. . At the same time, multi-channel, multi-level and diversified investment and financing models are advocated.
Zhou Xiaoqi said, "On the basis of implementing the responsibilities of expenditure and strengthening financial fund guarantees, we should encourage social capital to participate in national highway construction, and steadily carry out pilot projects of real estate investment trust fund (REITs) in the field of infrastructure in the field of highways, so that stocks Asset has been fully activated”. (Reporter Ji Wenhui)
Source: Economic Daily
