2000 kilometers of high-speed rail will be put into operation in 2020

On January 2, the working conference of China National Railway Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "China Railway Group") was held in Beijing. Lu Dongfu, chairman and Secretary of the Party leadership group of China Railway Group, said at the meeting that in 2020, China Railway Group will ensure that more than 4000 kilometers of new lines will be put into production, including 2000 kilometers of high-speed rail.

according to Lu Dongfu, in 2019, China's fixed assets investment in railways reached 802.9 billion yuan, including 751.1 billion yuan in national railways; 8489 kilometers of new lines were put into operation, including 5474 kilometers of high-speed railways. By the end of 2019, the national railway business mileage has reached over 139000 kilometers, including 35000 kilometers of high-speed rail. In terms of passenger transport and freight transport, in 2019, the national railway completed 3.57 billion passengers, a year-on-year increase of 7.7%, including 2.29 billion passengers of EMU, a year-on-year increase of 14.1%. The national railway delivered 3.44 billion tons of goods, up 7.8% year on year.

"railway construction serving poor areas is also an important part of China Railway Group's work in 2019. According to statistics, in China's 14 concentrated and contiguous poverty-stricken areas, old revolutionary areas, ethnic minority areas and border areas, China Railway Group has completed a total investment of 417.58 billion yuan in railway infrastructure, and built 154 trackless stations in poverty-stricken and non railway areas. " According to Lu Dongfu, in 2019, 663 million tons of goods were delivered by railways in poor areas, an increase of 11.4% year on year, and 1.75 billion yuan of fees were exempted.

in addition, in order to further improve the travel experience of passengers, in 2019, the National Railway Group launched a total of 17 super long Fuxing vehicles with an operating speed of 350 km / h and a power centralized Fuxing vehicle with a speed of 160 km / h. The number of Fuxing vehicles reached 712, accounting for 19.4% of the number of EMUs. Since its opening on June 26, 2017, Fuxing has sent a total of 500 million passengers, with an average occupancy rate of 74.4%, 0.8 percentage points higher than the average occupancy rate of high-speed rail.

2020 is the year when the well-off society will be built in an all-round way and the 13th five year plan will come to an end. In order to better serve the national strategy, China Railway Group is expected to complete 3.85 billion passengers and 3.65 billion tons of goods; ensure that more than 4000 kilometers of new lines will be put into operation, including 2000 kilometers of high-speed rail; accelerate the construction of Sichuan Tibet railway and other major projects to make positive progress; consolidate railway construction , transportation and targeted poverty alleviation achievements, making more contributions to the realization of the national poverty alleviation goal; deeply implementing the passenger transport quality improvement plan and the Renaissance brand strategy, and constantly improving the people's sense of travel and happiness.