The picture shows the Sichuan-Tibet Railway
Now China enjoys the title of infrastructure demon in the world, because China has built a large number of difficult infrastructure projects in recent years, not long ago China built another heavenly road in Tibet, the first section of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway, which cost 319.8 billion yuan to build, was completed and opened to traffic, which is the second railway into Tibet after the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, so how difficult is the construction process of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway? Western experts lamented that the West had previously thought it impossible for humans to complete this project, but now China has punched the West in the face with its infrastructure capabilities. The Sichuan-Tibet Railway is built by building new lines and merging old lines, and is built and operated in stages and sections.
The Sichuan-Tibet Railway is the second railway into Tibet built by China, connecting the two cities of Chengdu in Sichuan and Lhasa in Tibet, at the beginning, when China said that it would build this project, many Western experts thought it was incredible, because the construction difficulty of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway was even much higher than that of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, which directly connected Sichuan and Tibet, and between these two provinces there were Hengduan Mountains and several other majestic mountains, which meant that the Sichuan-Tibet Railway had to open mountains and bridges along the way to cross these mountains to reach its destination. The Hengduan Mountains are one of the most geologically complex areas in the world, and the construction of infrastructure projects in the local area requires a lot of difficulties, and Western experts have previously said that even if all mankind is gathered, this railway cannot be completed.
But Western countries did not expect that China with great perseverance to start this project, and invested up to 310 billion yuan in this project, in order to shorten the construction time, sichuan-Tibet railway adopted a segmented construction mode, not long ago located on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, connecting Lhasa and Nyingchi two cities of the Sichuan-Tibet railway Lalin section was completed and opened to traffic, located in Sichuan connecting Chengdu and Ya'an section of the Chengya section has also been opened, and the most critical project in the entire project, connecting Ya'an and Nyingchi Yalin section has officially begun construction, Construction is expected to be completed within 10 years. The West is surprised by China's behavior in fact, there is another reason, that is, to think that China's move is a loss, to know that subject to terrain and transportation, Tibet's economy has been underdeveloped, basically no decent industry and agriculture, the demand for foreign transportation is also very small, the previously completed Qinghai-Tibet Railway is actually enough to meet the external transportation needs of Tibet today, and at this time China wants to build the Sichuan-Tibet Railway, on the surface it is completely overworked, so why does China have to build this railway? In fact, the significance of this railway to Tibet is much more important than the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, if the Qinghai-Tibet Railway has brought Tibet hope of communication with the outside world, then the Sichuan-Tibet Railway has brought Tibet hope of prosperity.
The reason why Tibet is economically underdeveloped all year round, in addition to topographic reasons, the lack of communication channels with economically developed areas is also an important reason, geographically Tibet is thousands of kilometers away from China's southeast coastal areas, and the long distance makes it difficult for capital and other development resources to flow into Tibet. The Sichuan-Tibet Railway is different, after the completion of this railway will directly connect Tibet with the Sichuan Basin, the economic center of central and western China, the economy of the Sichuan Basin is very developed, after the completion of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau will be within the economic radiation range of Sichuan, capital and other development resources can flow into Tibet more conveniently, bringing hope for the local people to get rich, and the Sichuan-Tibet Railway adopts electrified design, operating at a speed of 150 kilometers per hour, much faster than the Qinghai-Tibet Railway. The completion of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway will also further strengthen Tibet's ties with the outside world.