On May 5, 2023, the press conference of the Information Office of the Sichuan Provincial People's Government was officially held in Chengdu. In order to build an integrated comprehensive transportation system in the Chengdu-Chongqing area, Sichuan accelerated the construction of the Chengdu-Chongqing High-speed Railway and the Tongliang-Zizhong Expressway, and started construction For expressways such as Chengdu-Chongqing expansion, there will be 22 expressway passages built or under construction between Sichuan and Chongqing in 2023, effectively supporting the dual-core linkage and the rise of the central region.

According to Kou Xiaobing, the chief planner of the Sichuan Provincial Department of Transportation, Sichuan will focus on building two national comprehensive transportation hubs, Luzhou-Yibin and Wanzhou-Dazhou-Kaizhou, and will work with Chongqing to speed up the construction of a shipping center on the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. Construction will start from Chongqing to Syria via Chishui Expressways such as Yong, Dazhu and Dianjiang will promote the integrated development of South Sichuan, West Chongqing, Northeast Sichuan, and Northeast Chongqing.

Promote high-level coordinated regional development

At the same time, Sichuan is speeding up the construction of the main framework of the two-ring and three-shoot rail transit in the Chengdu metropolitan area, the three-ring and 20-shoot expressway network, the implementation of the intercity dead end road project, the strengthening of the connection and transformation of different transportation modes, and the high-quality promotion of the same city and the same network; Tianfu International Airport and Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport have connection, transfer and distribution capabilities to improve global connectivity and radiation levels. Sichuan will speed up the construction of Chengdu-Dawan high-speed railway, Jiuzhaigou-Mianyang and other expressways, promote the expansion of Chengdu radial expressways such as Chengya and Chengwenqiong, and newly start the construction of Chengdu-Emei Expressway. It is estimated that by 2025, the expressway capacity will increase by 40% .

Sichuan will also speed up the construction of expressways from Nanchong to Tongnan, Chongqing, to strengthen the connection between southern Sichuan and northeast Sichuan; to speed up the construction of expressways from Xinshi to Jinyang, Guangyuan to Pingwu, and Luding to Shimian, to connect southern Sichuan and Panxi , The convenient passage between Northeast Sichuan and Northwest Sichuan, Panxi and Northwest Sichuan. In order to smooth the inter-regional microcirculation, Sichuan will pay more attention to the integration of adjacent areas, and strengthen the effective connection of transportation services by accelerating the construction of bottleneck sections of ordinary highways.

It is understood that in the past ten years, Sichuan's comprehensive transportation construction has completed an investment of 2.7 trillion yuan. The total mileage of Sichuan's comprehensive transportation network exceeds 420,000 kilometers, of which the total mileage of highways is 405,000 kilometers, ranking first in China; Ranked third in China.

In terms of differential development, the regional gap will be narrowed by giving full play to comparative advantages and making up for shortcomings. Northwest Sichuan Ecological Demonstration Zone, speed up the construction of Qinghai Jiuzhi-Maerkang Expressway, start the construction of Chuanzhusi-Wenchuan Expressway, take the integration of transportation and tourism as the starting point, speed up the construction of tourism traffic rings such as the Great Jiuzhai and the Great Shangri-La, and create important tourist destinations in the world land. In the Panxi Economic Zone, speed up the construction of expressways from Zhaotong to Xichang, start construction of expressways from Jinkouhe to Xichang, and from Panzhihua to Yanyuan, serve the construction of the National Strategic Resources Innovation and Development Experimental Zone, and the Panzhihua Common Prosperity Experimental Zone, and open up the southward land road new channel. In the Northeast Sichuan Economic Zone, give full play to the advantages of the Bazhong and Guangyuan Sichuan-Shaanxi-Gansu joints, speed up the construction of the Hanbanan Railway and the Zhenba-Guangan, Mianyang-Cangxi-Bazhong, Guangshan Expressway expansion projects, etc., to create a national comprehensive transportation in Guangyuan The hub serves the revitalization and development of the old revolutionary base areas. In the Southern Sichuan Economic Zone, speed up the construction of the Longhuang Railway, the Gulin-Jinsha Expressway, the new Luzhou-Gulin Expressway, and the construction of the Western Land-Sea Corridor to better connect the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road. Editor/He Yuting