Transportation is the foundation of a strong country. As China's development enters a new stage, in order to meet the growing demand for transportation, it also brings new strategic opportunities to the construction of a strong transportation country. On February 28, the Ministry of Transport held a press conference to introduce the situation of accelerating the construction of a strong transportation country, and announced specific measures and investment plans for transportation in 2022.

Further expand investment in transport infrastructure

According to data from the Ministry of Transport, about 3.6 trillion yuan in fixed asset investment in transportation will be completed in 2021, an increase of 4% over the same period of the previous year. A large number of major projects such as the Sichuan-Tibet Railway and its supporting highways are progressing in an orderly manner; 4,000 kilometers of new railway lines were opened throughout the year, the total mileage of high-speed rail operations exceeded 40,000 kilometers, and the newly added expressways exceeded 8,000 kilometers. 168,000 kilometers; about 1,000 kilometers of new and improved high-grade waterways, and the mileage of high-grade waterways reached 16,200 kilometers; a total of 7 newly-certified civil transport airports, with a total scale of 248; more than 1,000 new urban rail transits. kilometers, and the total operation of urban rail transit in the country exceeds 8,000 kilometers.

Talking about the 2022 plan, Minister of Transport Li Xiaopeng said that it is expected that more than 3,300 kilometers of new railway lines will be added throughout the year, more than 8,000 kilometers of expressways will be newly renovated and expanded, more than 700 kilometers of high-grade waterways will be added and improved, and new certificates will be issued. 8 civil transport airports. At the same time, it will 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.

It is worth mentioning that the Outline of the "14th Five-Year Plan" clearly proposes to accelerate the construction of a strong transportation country, and 8 key projects for the construction of a strong transportation country have been included in the list of 102 national key engineering projects to be promoted.

In this regard, Dai Dongchang, vice minister of the Ministry of Transport, said that in 2022, the Ministry of Transport will carry out infrastructure construction and investment moderately ahead of schedule, take the construction of key projects as an important starting point for expanding effective investment in transportation, and coordinate the promotion of 102 major national projects. The implementation of a number of major transportation projects of great significance, far-reaching influence, large volume, good benefits and leading technology. It is necessary to focus on the following aspects of work: that is, to focus on the implementation of plans, focus on key projects, and focus on preliminary work.

Song Jia, director of the Collaborative Innovation Center for the Integration of Industrialization and Industrialization, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, told reporters that increasing investment in transportation infrastructure has become a key force driving domestic consumer demand, and will also drive the development of machinery industry and other industries. and innovation, further promote the improvement of China's engineering construction efficiency, and provide effective assistance for domestic economic development.

Accelerate the Cultivation of Internationally Competitive Logistics Enterprises

In the past year, the freight rate in the international shipping market continued to be high, and the supply of transportation capacity was relatively tight. In order to stabilize the international logistics supply chain, the Ministry of Transport took various measures.

Li Xiaopeng said that a safe, stable, smooth and efficient international and domestic logistics service system is an important guarantee for ensuring economic operation, promoting high-quality development and building a new development pattern of services. The Ministry of Transport, together with relevant departments, has established an international logistics guarantee coordination mechanism. , to accelerate the construction of an international logistics supply chain system.

Data show that in 2021, China's port cargo throughput will be 15.55 billion tons, a year-on-year increase of 6.8% according to preliminary statistics. Among them, the port's foreign trade cargo throughput was about 4.7 billion tons, a year-on-year increase of 4.5%. The container throughput of the port was 280 million standard containers, a year-on-year increase of 7%. Among them, the port's foreign trade container throughput is about 160 million standard containers, a year-on-year increase of 7.5%.

In addition, about 15,000 China-Europe trains were operated throughout the year, and 1.46 million standard containers of goods were sent, an increase of 22% and 29% respectively year-on-year. 200,000 international cargo flights were launched, a year-on-year increase of 22%. The volume of cargo and mail completed on international routes was 2.667 million tons, and the international and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan express delivery was 2.1 billion, a year-on-year increase of 19.5% and 14.6% respectively. Completed international road transportation of 46 million tons, basically the same as the previous year.

Li Xiaopeng said that in the next step, the Ministry of Transport will give full play to the role of the international logistics guarantee coordination mechanism, speed up the construction of the international logistics supply system together with relevant departments, and strive to maintain the safety and stability of the industrial chain and supply chain, so as to ensure the smooth operation of the economy and the high level of the economy. Quality development provides strong support for the construction of a new development pattern for services.

One is to keep the focus. Strengthen the overall planning of different transportation methods, continuously expand the international logistics channel network, improve the ability of service guarantee, and ensure the efficient and smooth transportation of important materials such as energy, grain, and minerals.

The second is to adjust the structure. Efforts should be made to improve the carrying capacity and connection level of infrastructure, to innovate the organizational model of multimodal transport, to speed up the upgrading of technical equipment, and to continuously promote the adjustment of the transport structure to achieve new results.

The third is an excellent environment. Optimize the market business environment, clean up and standardize various unreasonable charges, accelerate the exchange and sharing of logistics information between governments, departments, and enterprises, and strive to reduce logistics costs and improve quality and efficiency.

The fourth is a strong enterprise. Solve the problems encountered in the development of enterprises in a timely manner, guide upstream and downstream enterprises in the supply chain to strengthen strategic cooperation, and accelerate the cultivation of logistics enterprises with international competitiveness.

The fifth is to build a system. Give full play to the coordination role of the working mechanism, and accelerate the construction of an international logistics supply chain system that is open and shared, covers the world, is safe, reliable, and has strong guarantees, so as to ensure that imported goods can come in and export goods can go out.

The construction of railway network is an important cornerstone to support economic development, and it will serve the coordinated development of all regions. After the new normal of China's economy in 2022, it is impossible for railway infrastructure investment to experience super-scale growth, and the investment level in 2022 will hardly exceed that in 2020. Liu Dacheng, deputy dean of the Internet Industry Research Institute of Tsinghua University and director of the Logistics Industry Research Center, told reporters that the reason for the continued high freight rates in the international shipping market is mainly due to the mismatch between the supply and demand of logistics resources. This situation has been well resolved in China. On the one hand, China's logistics and transportation system is perfect, and on the other hand, China's epidemic prevention and control measures are in place. At present, China is passing on its experience to overseas for the improvement of logistics management and energy efficiency under the influence of the epidemic, which provides new opportunities for strengthening the strongest Chinese logistics industry, and also provides new opportunities for Chinese logistics enterprises to go overseas. Editor / Xu Shengpeng