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Modernized Railway Network Supports the Opening and Development of Ethnic Minority Areas in SW China

 Published:2024-03-15  【字体:

      Beijing, March 10 (Reported by special correspondent Guo Yingxiao) - "I have a deep affection for railways and I also enjoy studying them because my father was a railway soldier. Railways serve as essential infrastructure and a strong engine for Guizhou's efforts to construct a new highland for an inland open economy and better integration into the high-quality joint construction of the 'Belt and Road' Initiative (BRI). Guizhou was born because of railways and will prosper because of railways." said Meng Aijun, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and Deputy Curator of the Guizhou Provincial Museum of Culture and History.

  Chinese modernization is the modernization that brings common prosperity to all Chinese people. In recent years, the railway authority has accelerated the construction of railways in western regions. High-speed railways have successively opened for operation, including the Guiyang-Guangzhou High Speed Railway, Shanghai-Kunming Railway, Chengdu-Guiyang High Speed Railway, and Anshun-Liupanshui High Speed Railway, connecting eight prefectures and cities in Guizhou Province with high-speed railways.

  "Guizhou is an important transportation hub, bordered by Hunan to the east, Guangxi to the south, Yunnan to the west, and Sichuan and Chongqing to the north." Meng Aijun said, adding that thanks to the modernized railway network and the intensive operation of CRE trains, the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor, and international freight trains on the China-Laos Railway, Guizhou has efficiently connected with the Yangtze River Economic Belt, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, the Chengdu-Chongqing Urban Agglomeration, and the BRI, gradually transforming from an inland hinterland to an open highland.

  In August 2023, the Guiyang-Nanning High Speed Railway was fully opened, effectively enhancing the freight capacity of the railway trunk line of the mid-line channel of the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor, promoting domestic and international dual cycles, and bringing more development opportunities and cooperation space for ethnic minority areas in Southwest China.

  "We must make good use of the advantages of a well-connected railway network, actively promote industrial agglomeration, and effectively integrate into the international industrial division of labor. It is necessary to promote the effective circulation of people, goods, information, and capital domestically and internationally, build the Guizhou hub economic circle of the BRI, and empower the high-quality development and modernization construction of ethnic minority areas," said Meng Aijun.

  The Guiyang-Nanning High Speed Railway has built six new stations in Guangxi. "After the opening of the Guiyang-Nanning High Speed Railway, Guangxi has achieved high-speed railway connectivity between all cities, facilitating the export of agricultural products from ethnic minority areas along the route and the introduction of resource projects from other places. The old revolutionary base area of Hechi City in Guangxi is accelerating the construction of the high-speed railway new area," said Wei Zhenling, a member of the National Committee of the CPPCC and Director of the Seventh Procuratorial Department of the People's Procuratorate of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. According to Wei, now is the time for spring plowing and preparing for planting, and the railway promptly transports fertilizers, seeds, and other agricultural materials to the fields, contributing to rural revitalization and common prosperity.

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