2. Railway not only shows the country's manufacturing level and innovation ability, but also is the most important infrastructure to transport nutrients for modernization.
3. As an important national infrastructure, the artery of the national economy and a popular means of transportation, railway plays an increasingly important role in the modern transportation system and is the pillar of the transportation industry.
4. Railway connecting Eurasia provides favorable conditions for the trade of developing countries, the Near East and European countries. At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, China's international trade was mainly confined to Eastern European countries, and railway transportation accounted for about 50% of China's total import and export cargo transportation, which was the main mode of transportation for China's import and export trade at that time.
Railway transportation plays an important role in the distribution of import and export goods in ports and the circulation of goods between provinces and cities. China has a vast territory, most of the imported goods by sea are transported from the port to the inland consignee by railway, and most of the exported goods by sea are concentrated from the mainland to the port by railway. Therefore, railway transportation is an important distribution mode of international cargo transportation in China.
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By the end of 20 18, the operating mileage of China's railways has reached more than 13 10000 km. Since the founding of New China 70 years ago, China Railway has grown from small to large, from weak to strong, and China High-speed Railway has grown from scratch, from catching up to leading, which has become the epitome of the motherland's economic take-off.
Railways bear the "road to rejuvenation" of the development and progress of the Chinese nation. From "four verticals and four horizontals" to "eight verticals and eight horizontals", it is planned to build plateau railways, alpine railways, heavy-haul railways and high-speed railways. China has continuously expanded its railway infrastructure network, supporting economic and social upgrading and development with increasingly rich traffic trunk lines.
Railways connect the "Great Harmony Road" and build a community of human destiny. Communication changes the world, science and technology lead the future, and the trend of openness, integration and peaceful cooperation in today's world is rolling forward. Promoting interconnection and accelerating integration and development is an inevitable choice to promote prosperity.
China has made great efforts in high-speed rail standards, China-Europe logistics brands and railway construction projects, and the railway network has also become the Silk Road connecting China with the world. A series of achievements have proved that China Railway has promoted the free circulation of population, commodities, capital and information, promoted the growth of wealth, national integration, world peace and development, and embarked on a broad road of building a community of human destiny.
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