Recently, Denisov, the Russian Ambassador to China who attended National Two Sessions in Beijing, accepted an exclusive interview with a reporter. When talking about the high-speed rail to Taipei project that netizens have hotly discussed, he said, "I believe China has this ability, and I am also looking forward to taking the high-speed rail to Taiwan Province to take a look."
Speaking of which, since the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council issued the "National Comprehensive Three-dimensional Transportation Network Planning Outline" (hereinafter referred to as the "Planning Outline"), netizens on both sides of the Taiwan Strait have never stopped discussing the appearance of Taipei City in Taiwan Province in the main transportation axis of "Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei-Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao", and even the "Taipei High-speed Railway". Mainland netizens excitedly said that I came for the "road of unity"! On the other side, there are green camp members who jumped, believing that building high-speed rail to Taipei is a "fairy tale" and "happy painting".
It is obvious that some people on the other side not only underestimated the mainland's determination and strength to promote the reunification of the motherland, but also did not dare to face reality at all. In the eyes of the authentic "China Communications" and Russian Ambassador to China Denisov, this is nothing new.
Denisov told reporters: "China can build a bridge, just as we have seen in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area in Guangdong Province. So from a technical perspective, China has this ability. And the two sides of the Taiwan Strait are the same place. I have never been to Taiwan Province. If I have the opportunity to go to Taiwan Province in the future, of course I would rather take the high-speed rail."
Please note that the ambassador is talking about Taiwan Province, and he also said he would rather take the high-speed rail. This not only expressed his expectations for China's high-speed rail to extend across the Taiwan Strait , but also expressed his blessing for China's complete unification.
In fact, the mainland has been planning for the construction of high-speed rail to Taiwan for more than ten years. This "Planning Outline" is the first time that the national medium- and long-term transportation network planning and construction requirements have been determined at the central level, with the planning period from 2021 to 2035. Previously, the Pingtan section of the Beijing-Taiwan High-speed Railway was completed and opened to traffic in October 2020. Fuping Railway Pingtan Station project manager Zhu Jian once told reporters that in order to connect to Taipei in the future, Pingtan Railway Station has also reserved one platform and two roads, and the maximum number of people gathered in the station building can reach 1,500.
During this year's National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Wu Zhengyan, President of Pingtan Platform Association, also expressed great concern for the recently released "Planning Outline". He said that it is exciting to plan to open a high-speed railway from Beijing to Taipei by 2035, because if the railway can extend through Pingtan to Taiwan, Pingtan will also become a hub for cross-strait transportation, and Pingtan's geographical location advantages will become increasingly prominent.
Wu Zhengyan said that deepening cross-strait exchanges, for example, in terms of railways, if you want to build a high-speed railway from Beijing to Taipei in 2035, you must pass Pingtan. I believe that Pingtan will be a very important key point in cross-strait exchanges in the future.
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