In 2021, my country will complete transportation fixed assets investment of about 3.6 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4% – Teller Report Teller Report

On February 28, at the press conference of the State Council Information Office, Minister of Transport Li Xiaopeng said that in 2021, the Ministry of Transport will formulate and implement the “14th Five-Year” transportation development plan, and complete the investment in transportation fixed assets throughout the year. About 3.6 trillion yuan, an increase of 4% over the same period of the previous year.

In 2021, a large number of major projects such as the Sichuan-Tibet Railway and its supporting highways will be advanced in an orderly manner; 4,000 kilometers of new railway lines will be opened throughout the year, the total mileage of high-speed rail operations will exceed 40,000 kilometers, and the new expressways will exceed 8,000 kilometers. The mileage exceeded 168,000 kilometers; about 1,000 kilometers of high-grade waterways were newly added and improved, and the mileage of high-grade waterways reached 16,200 kilometers; a total of 7 newly-certified civil transport airports, and a total of 248 nationally-certified civil transport airports; More than 1,000 kilometers of new urban rail transit have been added, and the total operation of urban rail transit nationwide has exceeded 8,000 kilometers.

Li Xiaopeng said that in 2022, it is expected that more than 3,300 kilometers of new railway lines will be added, more than 8,000 kilometers of highways will be newly renovated and expanded, more than 700 kilometers of high-grade waterways will be added and improved, and 8 new certified civil transport airports will be added. The Ministry will also continue to implement a series of policies such as the “green channel” for fresh agricultural products, and implement a series of policies such as helping enterprises to bail out.