On August 27th, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Transport Sun Wenjian introduced at the regular press conference held by the Ministry of Transport in August that as of the end of July, the Ministry of Transport has focused on tracking 232 major projects of "10 billion yuan or more". The resumption rate reached 100%, and the overall construction progress was better than expected.
According to reports, from January to July this year, the country completed a total of 1,795.7 billion yuan in transportation investment, an increase of 9.4% over the same period last year. Among them, highway and waterway investment completed 1353.7 billion yuan, completing 75.2% of the annual 1.8 trillion yuan investment target. An increase of 12.1%.
"Major engineering construction has also played an important supporting role in economic and social development. For example, Hubei Qipanzhou, Wuxue, Baiyang Yangtze River Bridge and Wuhan Qingshan Yangtze River Bridge quickly resumed construction after the epidemic, and played an important role in the economic development of Hubei Province. Another example is the construction of Guangzhou Port's'top project' for the construction of an international shipping hub-the last 8.2 kilometers of the Guangzhou Port Deepwater Channel Widening Project successfully completed the infrastructure dredging task. After the completion of the dredging task, the large container from the Pearl River Estuary to Nansha Port will be completely completed. The history of one-way navigation of ships. In the past, it could only be one-way navigation. After the completion of dredging, the effect will be obvious, including a major improvement in transportation volume. Major project construction is also a first move to decisively defeat poverty. Currently, under construction The key external corridor projects in deeply impoverished areas such as Yunnan Baoshan to Lushui Expressway, Gansu Pingliang to Tianshui Expressway, Sichuan Yanjiang Expressway, including Pingli to Zhenping, Yanchang to Huanglong, Xunyi to Fengxiang Expressway, etc., After these projects are completed, they will further help the deeply impoverished areas to overcome poverty and improve the efficiency of the national expressway network." Sun Wenjian said.
In this regard, Tao Jin, a senior researcher at the Suning Financial Research Institute, said in an interview with a reporter from the Securities Daily that on the one hand, it shows that the funding rate of the previous fiscal policy is relatively high, and the continuous recovery of infrastructure investment in the second half of the year can be effectively guaranteed; on the other hand, On the one hand, it reflects the recovery of other industrial sectors except infrastructure.
Just one day ago, on August 26, the Minister of Transport Li Xiaopeng presided over a ministerial meeting. The meeting emphasized the need to do a good job in the preparation of the "National Comprehensive Three-dimensional Transportation Network Planning Outline", and prepare the "14th Five-Year Plan". Pilot work on building a strong transportation country, build a number of innovative and exemplary pilot brands, plan to promote the implementation of a number of major projects, and strive to accelerate the construction of a strong transportation country.
Regarding the Ministry of Transport’s mention of “major projects” for two consecutive days, Zhang Haibing, vice president of Wanbo New Economic Research Institute, said in an interview with a reporter from Securities Daily that in the short term, major projects can expand domestic demand, increase raw materials, The income of construction companies and construction personnel contributes to economic recovery; in the medium and long term, major projects, especially major transportation projects, will shorten the travel time between regions, change the network structure of land and space, and reduce consumption and investment costs. To a certain extent, it is to transform regions that were previously unsuitable for investment and consumption to be more suitable, which will further expand the space for investment and consumption, and have an obvious and stable support for economic growth.
Talking about the focus of major construction projects in the transportation sector in the second half of the year, Tao Jin predicted that, on the one hand, as the population continues to gather in large cities and metropolitan areas, the demand for public services and infrastructure in urban areas will further increase. On the other hand, the construction of the national comprehensive three-dimensional transportation network system still requires the continuous laying of high-speed railways in weak areas, so railway construction funds will continue to increase investment.
"It is expected to continue to invest in the infrastructure of the central and western regions, the construction of underground comprehensive pipe corridors and sponge cities in large and medium cities. In addition, efforts will be made in cold chain transportation and rural express infrastructure." Zhang Haibing thinks.
