New railway embraced by Gansu agri sector(3)

Boosting rural vitalization

Chigyung Tashi is Party secretary of Lhamosi and believes the new railway — as a major national infrastructure project — will help Gannan bid farewell to its history of having "no railway", and bring more visitors, goods and information to Gannan.

"With the new railway, our town will witness faster rural vitalization, which is a comprehensive 'five-in-one' project covering industrial, talent, cultural, ecological and organizational vitalization," he said.

Actually, CREC4 workers are helping in many ways beyond their construction duties, Xing said.

"For example, by consuming local foodstuffs and buying hardware and specialty products, we are helping promote consumption amid an industrial vitalization," he said, adding that hiring local graduates of the Tibetan ethnic group and helping train engineering and technical personnel are ways to facilitate talent vitalization.

By building shared bookstores and health checkup stations, they are helping boost local cultural vitalization, while by actively participating in planting tree seedlings, they are bringing about ecological vitalization, he said.

Furthermore, by enhancing the standardization of leased machinery and equipment, they are helping speed up organizational vitalization of the town, Xing said.

Xing noted that the total length of the Xining-Chengdu railway is 183.47 km in Gansu, including 69.65 km in Luchu, 91.85 km in Xiahe and 21.97 km in Hezuo.

Once operational, the Gansu section can link with the Sichuan section in Zogye, which is part of the tourism-rich Aba of Sichuan, he said.

With the full completion of the Xining-Chengdu railway as well as the Lanzhou-Chengdu railway, travel conditions for locals will be largely improved, and access times to three capital cities in Northwest China and Southwest China will be shortened remarkably, he said.

At the same time, connections between the Silk Road Economic Belt and the Yangtze River Economic Belt will be greatly enhanced, while the national strategy of developing the western region in the new era will be significantly promoted, he said.