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Original title: The development of sustainable transportation is imperative, China contributes smart solutions

◎Reporter Hua Ling

From October 14th to 16th, at the 2nd United Nations Global Sustainable Transport Conference held in Beijing, the data was announced: So far, more than 1 billion people in the world still have no access to all-weather roads, especially in special situations countries and other developments. China. In Africa, more than 70% of the rural population, or 450 million people, still do not have access to transportation infrastructure and systems. Traffic exhaust emissions have been linked to the deaths of nearly 400,000 people. In addition to personal injuries and suffering, road traffic accidents have caused billions of dollars in property damage, which in many countries is equivalent to 3% of GDP.

In order to respond to the global climate crisis, ensure the rapid development and implementation of innovative transportation solutions, and take the lead in taking action to provide safe, accessible, green, and resilient sustainable transportation for all, this conference welcomed the leaders of governments from all over the world, Industry experts and social organizations come together to discuss the road to the future of sustainable transportation.

Develop sustainable transportation and strive to “leave no one behind”

On October 15th, at the first theme meeting of the conference, it emphasized the importance of transportation in the development of people’s livelihood, which was proposed at the first United Nations Global Sustainable Transport Conference, and called on all countries to pay more attention to the development of sustainable transportation, and strive to “do not allow No one is left behind”. However, the current transportation has not yet achieved this goal on a global scale. With the continuous increase of new and emerging technologies related to transportation, countries in special situations, remote rural communities, and vulnerable groups are at risk of being left behind.

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International Road Federation President Bill Chalkias pointed out that the transportation project of this goal is indispensable for the development of global sustainable transportation. It is recommended that governments of various countries formulate specific development measures according to their national conditions and improve the transportation foundation in accordance with actual needs. Facilities, expand the transportation network, and provide affordable and feasible transportation solutions.

“Many studies have proved that rural transportation infrastructure plays a very important role in promoting agricultural development. A sound transportation infrastructure can realize the connection between agricultural production areas and the market, thereby improving the income level and living conditions of farmers. It is hoped that the transportation industry will cooperate with each other. Agricultural cooperation forms a hand-in-hand initiative that combines the strengths of all parties to truly realize the sustainable development of rural areas around the world, improve the living conditions of the poor, and help reduce poverty.” said Ismahan Eloafy, Chief Scientist of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

China’s contribution to global poverty reduction exceeds 70%, and transportation plays a key role in it. “The Chinese government regards transportation poverty alleviation as an important support for serving the building of a well-off society in an all-round way and for the people to share the fruits of reform and development.” Ma Junsheng, the Chinese co-chairman and director of the State Post Bureau, introduced the first theme meeting of the conference. The Chinese government approved all qualified townships and organic villages Access to passenger cars, access to hardened roads, and direct postal services, strengthen the construction of rural postal facilities and universal services, assist in poverty alleviation and rural revitalization; through continuous promotion of the high-quality development of transportation, realize that no place will be left behind due to traffic on the well-off road.

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“By 2040, we will need more than US$2 trillion in transportation infrastructure investment every year to promote economic development. We also need stronger road safety measures and new and used car import regulations.” On October 16, the United Nations was in charge of the economy. And Liu Zhenmin, Deputy Secretary-General of Social Affairs and Secretary-General of the Sustainable Transport Conference, emphasized at the closing ceremony.

Accelerate high-quality development, China is striding forward to become a powerful country in transportation

“In the past 25 years, China has vigorously promoted the construction of transportation infrastructure network, which has played a key role in promoting China’s economic and social development. In addition, we have seen that China attaches great importance to the development of electric new energy vehicles, and the number of electric vehicles is increasing. The more. These are important manifestations of the sustainable development of China’s transportation sector.” said Danish Ambassador to China Ma Lei.

The “China Sustainable Transportation Development Report” released during the conference pointed out that since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, China has been committed to solving the problem of “good” transportation, speeding up the promotion of high-quality development of transportation, and building a veritable transportation country. We are striding forward to a powerful country in transportation. By 2035, China will basically become a powerful country in transportation.

The report shows that China’s comprehensive transportation infrastructure network is becoming more and more perfect, basically forming a comprehensive three-dimensional network with “ten vertical and ten horizontal” comprehensive transportation corridors as the main framework and smooth inside and outside. High-speed railway mileage, expressway mileage, navigable mileage of inland waterways, and urban rail transit operating mileage are among the top in the world.

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“I am deeply grateful for China’s transformative “Belt and Road” initiative. This visionary initiative is pushing Africa to achieve the goal of connectivity and integration through infrastructure construction.” Zimbabwe President Mnangagwa highly praised road.

Li Xiaopeng, Minister of Transport of China, pointed out that “sustainable transportation plays an important role in global solidarity in fighting the epidemic, restoring economic growth, enhancing human well-being, and achieving sustainable development. Adhering to the new development concept of innovation, coordination, greenness, openness, and sharing, China attaches great importance to sustainable transportation development, actively participates in global transportation governance, and contributes Chinese wisdom and Chinese solutions to promote global sustainable development and build a community with a shared future for mankind.”Return to Sohu to see more

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