From January to August, national railway fixed asset investment reached 511.8 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 1.5%.

Since the beginning of this year, railway construction has been steadily advancing. From January to August, national railway fixed asset investment reached 511.8 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 1.5%. The modern railway infrastructure system is being accelerated, effectively driving the development of related industries and increasing employment and income, injecting new momentum into expanding domestic demand and stabilizing growth. Since the beginning of this year, China State Railway Group has thoroughly implemented the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, adhered to the general principle of seeking progress while maintaining stability, focused on serving and supporting major national strategies and regional economic and social development, solidly advanced the action of strengthening the network and industrial chain, fully leveraged the advantages of railway investment with its long industrial chain, wide radiation range, and obvious pulling effect, scientifically and orderly advanced railway planning and construction, and continuously improved the scale and quality of the railway network. Since August, China State Railway Group has strengthened construction organization, actively responded to adverse weather such as typhoons and heavy rainfall, strengthened safety and quality control, and promoted positive progress in a number of key projects. The Wenling to Yuhuan section of the Hangzhou-Shaoxing-Taizhou high-speed railway officially opened for operation, with the fastest high-speed direct journey from Hangzhou to Yuhuan taking 1 hour and 47 minutes; the main works of the Nanchang-Jiujiang high-speed railway and the Yinchuan-Bayanhot railway have been fully completed and entered the static acceptance stage; the Huaibei-Suzhou-Bengbu intercity railway has entered the joint commissioning and testing stage; the Xiongan New Area-Shangqiu high-speed railway, Harbin-Yichun high-speed railway, Yichang-Xingshan high-speed railway, and Xi'an-Ankang high-speed railway have entered the stage of trial operation according to the timetable, laying a solid foundation for opening to traffic. Next, China State Railway Group will thoroughly implement the deployment requirements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council on improving the modern comprehensive transportation system, fully implement the railway key project construction tasks determined by the National "15th Five-Year Plan" Outline, coordinate the planning and construction of new lines with the quality improvement and capacity expansion of conventional railways, accelerate the preliminary work of key projects, scientifically optimize the construction organization of projects under construction, continuously improve the quality and efficiency of railway investment, and help high-quality economic and social development. This article is reprinted from the "China Railway" official account. GMTEight editor: Chen Siyu.