Mammoth News・Oriental Today Reporter Wang Lin/Wentu
Since October 26, the Zhengbeijiao Intercity Railway has opened a high-density "bus" operation mode, and the train interval time has been greatly shortened, and the fastest time from Zhengzhou to Kaifeng, Xinzheng Airport and Jiaozuo has been compressed to about 30 minutes, which also means that the half-hour commuting circle in Zhengzhou has been further expanded. In this regard, some experts have analyzed that it not only greatly facilitates tourists in Kaifeng, Jiaozuo and other places, but also further amplifies the radiation and driving effect of the Zhengzhou metropolitan area in the development of the central and western regions, which is conducive to the first uplift of the Central Plains urban agglomeration in the process of the rise of the Central Plains.
As early as March 27 this year, the Henan Provincial Development and Reform Commission issued the "Zhengzhou Metropolitan Area Transportation Integration Development Plan (2020-2035)", the construction of the metropolitan area on the track should be fully started, Zhengkai, Zhengjiao, Zhengji 3 intercity railways opened for operation, Zhengji intercity to achieve half an hour of bus operation, Zhengjiao intercity train encryption to 40 minutes. After 7 months, the plan has been realized and completed with high quality.
Song Xiangqing, a well-known economist and vice president of the China Business Economics Association, believes that as an important part of the rail transit of the Central Plains Urban Agglomeration, the opening of the Zhengbeijiao Intercity Railway is an important part of the integration, facilitation and normalization of transportation integration, facilitation and normalization in the construction of the Central Plains Urban Agglomeration, an important measure for the interconnection and integration of the three cities of Zhengbeijiao, and also a better use of technology, talents and infrastructure in the Zhengzhou metropolis for Kaifeng, Jiaozuo and other places Resources such as the market have improved the convenience conditions.
In Song Xiangqing's view, the Zhengbeijiao intercity railway can not only promote the residents of the three cities and the surrounding cities along the line, but also promote the deepening of economic cooperation among the three cities, help the three cities to build an industrial chain, share the big market, help further enlarge the radiation and driving effect of the Zhengzhou metropolitan circle in the development of the central and western regions, help the Central Plains urban agglomeration to take the lead in the rise of the Central Plains, and drive the high-quality development of Henan and even the Central Plains economic zones such as Jinnan, Ji'nan, Ludong and Northern Anhui.
Transportation is a strong support for promoting urbanization and the development and growth of urban agglomerations, and it is also an important starting point for optimizing and shaping the spatial layout of cities and towns. The development of the Zhengzhou metropolitan area and the rise of the Central Plains urban agglomeration are all closely related to the development of railway transportation. In the next step, how can the railway better help the urban economic development?
Song Xiangqing also gave his own suggestions. He believes that Henan should strive to build a spider-web railway transportation system with Zhengzhou as the core, the Central Plains urban agglomeration as the focus, other cities and counties in Henan Province as nodes, and Beijing-Guangzhou, Longhai, Beijing-Kowloon, Taijiao, Jiaoliu, Ningxi, Houyue, Xinyue, Xinhe, Jiaojiluo, and Zhengbeijiao as the skeleton, so as to realize a railway transportation network with direct access between provinces and cities, and between county-level cities and county-level cities. From the perspective of economic development, key enterprises, especially the source of raw materials or product markets in foreign ports, need to set up special container hub stations for freight in industrial parks or clusters with large inflows and outflows, so that the railway can empower enterprise operations and help Henan's economy take off.