The land area of the western region is 68 1 10,000 square kilometers, accounting for 71%of the total area of the country; The population is about 350 million, accounting for 28% of the country's total population. The western region is vast, most of which are underdeveloped areas in China, and needs to be strengthened.
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Western region project
In 2000, substantial steps were taken in the development of the western region, and "Ten Major Projects" were newly started, namely, Ningxi Railway, Huai Yu Railway, Western Highway Construction, Western Airport Construction, Chongqing Light Rail, Sebei-Xining-Lanzhou Gas Pipeline, 300,000-ton Potash Fertilizer Project in Qinghai, Returning Farmland to Forests and Grassland in the West, Infrastructure Construction of Western Universities and Zipingpu Water Control Project in Sichuan.
At the same time, a number of supporting projects were started in 1999. At the beginning of 2 1 century, these projects were under construction smoothly. On June 29th, 20001year, the whole line of Qinghai-Tibet Railway, the strategic landmark project of the western development, was officially started.
The total length of the railway is1118km, and it is expected to be completed in 2007. The Qinghai-Tibet Railway will run through Qinghai and Tibet provinces, become a strategic channel connecting Tibet, Qinghai and the mainland, and become an important part of the road network skeleton in the hinterland of the west.
Power transmission from the west to the east
With the approval of the State Council, the expansion projects of Hongjiadu Hydropower Station, Yinzidu Hydropower Station and Wujiangdu Hydropower Station in Guizhou, the third 500 kV AC transmission line project from Tianshengqiao to Guangdong, and the 500 kV AC transmission line project from Baofeng to Luoping in Yunnan started simultaneously in Guizhou, Yunnan and Guangxi provinces on June 8, 2000.
Previously, the 500 kV AC transmission line project from Wanxian County in Chongqing to the Three Gorges Power Station and the Xuanwei Thermal Power Plant in Yunnan, which played an important role in the "West-to-East Power Transmission", have also started construction. During the Tenth Five-Year Plan period,100000 kilowatts of electricity will be transmitted from Guizhou, Yunnan, Guangxi and the Three Gorges to Guangdong.
Transport natural gas from the west to the east.
At the beginning of the 20th century, preparations for the West-to-East Gas Transmission Project progressed smoothly. China Petroleum Group Co., Ltd. and China International Engineering Consulting Co., Ltd. re-surveyed the pipeline direction, and relevant departments and downstream provinces are actively implementing the market.
According to the planning scheme of 265438+ in the early 20th century, the initial annual gas supply is about1200 million cubic meters. With the deepening of resource exploration and the development of downstream natural gas market, the gas supply will gradually increase. By then, it can replace tens of millions of tons of coal every year, and the proportion of natural gas in the energy consumption structure will increase by 1 ~ 2 percentage points.
In addition, the state will start a number of major projects. 5 million mu of pilot project of returning farmland to forest and grassland, Baise water control project in Guangxi and Nierji water control project in Inner Mongolia, important western section of "five vertical and seven horizontal" national trunk line, Lanzhou-Chongqing oil pipeline project, agriculture and characteristic economy, infrastructure construction in central cities, western education, high-tech industrialization and medical and health projects will be added.
In addition, it is necessary to speed up the preliminary work of a number of major western projects such as the comprehensive improvement project of Tarim River and Heihe River and Xiaowan Hydropower Station.
References:
Baidu encyclopedia-western regions