Since 2021, with the effective efforts of epidemic prevention and control and transportation construction, the investment and construction of the industry has continued to improve. The State Council Information Office held a press conference on February 28 to introduce the situation of "speeding up the construction of a strong transportation country and striving to be a pioneer". Li Xiaopeng, Minister of Transportation, said that in 2021, the national transportation industry will achieve high-quality development, and the "14th Five-Year Plan" will start well.

Li Xiaopeng said that in 2021, the "National Comprehensive Three-dimensional Transportation Network Planning Outline" will be issued, drawing a grand blueprint for the future development of the country's transportation industry and pointing out the way forward. At the same time, China successfully organized the 2nd United Nations Global Conference on Sustainable Transportation. Representatives from 171 countries and 61 international organizations attended the conference, forming a consensus on global transportation cooperation.

In 2021, the transportation industry will also solve a number of difficult and hot issues that are concerned by the masses, grassroots needs, and social concerns. In 2021, the investment in fixed assets of transportation will be 3.6 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of about 4%. A large number of major projects such as the Sichuan-Tibet Railway and its supporting highways are progressing in an orderly manner. The newly opened railway lines exceed 4,000 kilometers throughout the year, and new expressways will be added. More than 8,000 kilometers, about 1,000 kilometers of new and improved high-level waterways, 7 newly-certified civil transport airports, and more than 1,000 kilometers of new urban rail transit operating mileage.

Economic recovery and transportation will take the lead, and China's economy will continue to recover. Li Xiaopeng pointed out that in order to speed up the construction of a strong transportation country, it is expected that more than 3,300 kilometers of new railway lines will be added in 2022, and more than 8,000 kilometers of newly renovated and expanded expressways will be added. Improve high-grade waterways for more than 700 kilometers, add 8 certified civil transport airports, continue to implement a series of policies such as the "green channel" for fresh agricultural products, and implement a series of policies to help enterprises in bailouts. Editor / Xu Shengpeng