Section 22 Jing'an High-speed Railway

An important task for Ling Zhengyue and Zhao Guodong to come to Beijing is to promote the construction of the Jing'an High-speed Railway.

In fact, the large-scale construction of domestic high-speed railways has been put on the agenda and put into implementation. In addition to the earliest Zhengxi Passenger Dedicated Line and Wuhan-Guangzhou High-speed Railway, the most important high-speed railway project in China, the Beijing-Shanghai High-speed Railway, will also be built soon. The Jing'an High-speed Railway is actually another trunk line extending from the capital to the south. It only turns to the southwest and enter Hubei in Zhengzhou, through Xiangfan, Yichang, and Enshi, and directly enter the northern part of Anyuan, and connects to the Anyu line in Mianzhou.

The construction of the Jing'an High-speed Railway has also been proposed, at least as early as the Ministry of Railways' "Medium- and Long-term Plan" in 2004, and preliminary work was carried out. However, this does not mean that the Jing'an High-speed Railway can enter the implementation stage smoothly. There are many factors that restrict the construction of this high-speed railway. The main factors are funds and technology. After the construction of the Wuhan-Guangzhou High-speed Railway, technical problems are actually no longer a problem. The restriction on the construction of the Jing'an High-speed Railway is more of a problem of capital, especially when the construction of the Beijing-Shanghai High-speed Railway is in real time. If huge investment is needed to build the Jing'an High-speed Railway, the country also needs to consider the investment scale issue.

Since the Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed ​​Railway has been confirmed, it is still unknown whether the Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed ​​Railway, which is obviously less important than the Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed ​​Railway, can successfully apply for approval. This is the first time that Ling Zhengyue and Zhao Guodong have officially launched the project to operate the project.

The dynamic investment of the Jing'an high-speed railway may exceed 200 billion yuan, which is a very shocking amount, but it will play an unpredictable role in driving the economic development of Hebei, Henan, Hubei and Anhui provinces. Especially in the strategy of opening up the east, developing the west, and rising the central region, the significance of this high-speed railway construction is even more extraordinary. Cai Zhengyang is said to be actively lobbying the central government, hoping to implement this high-speed railway that may drive the development of central Henan and southwestern Henan as soon as possible.

Due to the severe saturation of the existing Jing'an Line, especially the phenomenon of passenger and freight competition, although the completion of the Xiliu Railway has slightly alleviated the transportation conditions in the Andong area, the entire Jing'an Line is still in a state of overload for a long time. Especially during the Spring Festival, trucks have been compressed to the extreme, and a large amount of goods cannot be transported in and out, all of which have been used to ensure passenger and freight diverts, so there is a high call for passenger and freight diverts.

"The planning of the Jing'an High-speed Railway basically continues the route of the Jing'an Line. From Andu to Jianyang, Mianzhou to go north, enter Hubei and cross Enshi and Xiliu Line and continues to the northeast. From Yichang to Xiangfan and enter Henan, pass Dengzhou, Nanyang, Pingdingshan to Zhengzhou, the northern section overlaps with the Jing'an Line." Zhao Guodong looked at the map while smacking his lips. "In fact, this high-speed railway is the most benefited by Hubei and Henan provinces. After all, for Hubei Province, it crosses their most backward western Hubei region. For Henan Province, adding a passenger dedicated line across the north and south can greatly enhance Zhengzhou's status as a transportation hub. Our Anyuan has the advantage of a terminal. Of course, the completion of the passenger dedicated line can free up the Jing'an Line, which will be of great help to our province's northbound logistics, and will also help Andu further consolidate the position of the regional logistics center."

"Governor Zhao, you're a little disgusted. What does it mean that our Yuzhou Province benefit the most?" The middle-aged man sitting opposite him had a squid head, slightly dark skin, bright eyes, and his body language was rich and imposing. This is the new Henan Province governor Song Maolin, with a strong western Henan accent: "The Jing'an High-speed Railway is the common wish of the four provinces along the route. Don't say who has benefited a lot. Now we must think together and work together, and find ways to implement the construction plan of this road."

"Haha, Governor Song, this is not a matter of being alone, but a realistic analysis. I did not deny the benefit of Anyuan." Zhao Guodong thought that Governor Song was very interesting and spoke straightforwardly, but it made people not feel uncomfortable. Instead, he felt that this person was very straightforward and frank, "It's just that the Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed ​​Railway has been confirmed to start construction next year. Will the central government approve the Beijing-An High-Speed ​​Railway? This is not a project that can be built for 30 to 50 billion yuan. The central government is afraid that it has also considered this regard?"

"Hehe, if there is no difficulty, why do we do it? It's said that we go to Beijing to the Ministry, so we will only run for a while. We have to make this happen before the National People's Congress meeting next year. The deputies of the People's Congress of Henan Province are all excited. I hope the central government will seriously consider the feelings of the people along the route. Governor Zhao, you can do this in Anyuan, right?" Song Maolin said carelessly.

This time, the governors of the two provinces met in Beijing to coordinate the joint actions of the two provinces on the Beijing-An High-speed Railway, and strive to make a concerted effort when the 10th National People's Congress is held next year. Of course, there must be many details to solve them one by one. However, as two provinces with large population and economic provinces in Anyu, as dazzling double stars rising in the central region, if Anyu and Anyu can work together, their impact cannot be underestimated.

If the National People's Congress jointly proposes a certain role, it is more important to use the influence of the National People's Congress representatives to launch public opinion offensives through the media. I am afraid that this is Song Maolin's true intention. However, Zhao Guodong also knows that the country is now a little vigilant about using investment to drive economic growth, and will not easily obey these "public opinion" and public opinion threats.

Fixed asset investment has become an inherent model of China's development, especially once the economic growth rate shows a downward trend, the country will subconsciously use stimulating investment to drive it. However, in Zhao Guodong's view, this method is indeed very effective in the early stage of reform and opening up, but as the market economic system is gradually established and improved, using this method at will will easily trigger a rise.

Moreover, since local governments are not as continuous as central government policies, there are not so many concerns in issuing additional local bonds and expanding the scale of financing, which is more likely to trigger a snowball effect of local debts. Once banks fall into this, the probability of bad debts and bad debts will increase much higher, and the risk to the financial system will also double. This issue is also very debated in China.

It has been a long time since the social security system has been boosting domestic demand to drive economic development. However, when the social security system is not yet sound, domestic demand cannot be achieved by just a few shouts from newspapers and media. It is very realistic for the people. Before the problems of housing, health care, children's education, and elderly care have been fundamentally solved, it is not so simple to stimulate domestic demand.

Therefore, on this issue, Zhao Guodong also insists that Ningling can take the lead in pilot projects in some aspects, such as the reform of household registration and education system, how to solve the household registration of migrant workers and their children enjoy the same treatment as ordinary citizens. Zhao Guodong hopes to start pilot projects from household registration and education, and gradually cover aspects such as medical care, pension insurance and social security.

This will also be a difficult and risky attempt process, so Zhao Guodong will try his best to encourage Zhong Yuejun to enter the Changchang at all costs, because only after Zhong Yuejun enters the Changchang, can he have more resources and firm confidence to promote Ningling's current social and economic development model.

However, in terms of the development of Anyuan Province, Zhao Guodong did not refuse to use fixed asset investment to drive economic growth, especially the support of the central government to promote the construction of Anyuan infrastructure. He was not in his position and did not do anything. Zhao Guodong could express different views in some theoretical discussions, but it did not mean that as the governor, he refused to take advantage of the development of Anyuan Province.

"Governor Song, please rest assured. The deputies of our province's NPC are also eagerly looking forward to the Jing'an High-speed Railway. However, I feel that it is difficult to achieve the goal just by appealing to the NPC deputies. After all, the central government also has a comprehensive plan, and we hope that the Jing'an High-speed Railway can be established and started construction as soon as possible. If the central government agrees, it will take some time to board the Jing'an High-speed Railway. I think this is also something we don't want to see. We hope to achieve our goals in terms of timeliness. So I think all provinces along the Jing'an High-speed Railway probably need to have an idea about the Jing'an High-speed Railway, which is what we use to promote the construction of the Jing'an High-speed Railway."

Song Maolin was very smart and immediately heard the meaning of Zhao Guodong's words, "Governor Zhao, do you mean that the central government is currently rare to pass such a large-scale investment project as the Jing'an High-speed Railway?"

"Well, the construction of the Beijing-Shanghai High-speed Railway is about to start, and the investment is huge. I have exchanged opinions with Minister Xu of the Ministry of Railways. He also feels that it is unlikely that the central government will make such a big deal in the near future." Zhao Guodong smiled, "Unless..."

"Unless we have to pay for it in the local area?" Song Maolin laughed.

"Haha, Governor Song, this is nothing new, right?" Zhao Guodong asked, "How can you not show any sincerity to prove it? What's more, it's a shared responsibility of responsibilities, right?"

Song Maolin packed up the smile on his face and thought seriously, nodded: "I also have such concerns. Once the Beijing-Shanghai High-speed Railway is started, the space for the Beijing-An High-speed Railway will be small, but the investment is too large, so it will be difficult for our four provinces along the route."

"It is precisely because the investment is too large that we need to consider that the central government will temporarily shelve. If we want to start as we wish, I consider that several provinces may need to hold a joint meeting to negotiate and connect with relevant ministries and commissions to put forward our ideas. Otherwise, once it is shelved, it will be more difficult to restart." Zhao Guodong suggested: "It is necessary to coordinate before the National People's Congress is held."
Chapter completed!