| In recent years according to the
development strategy “upgrade industrialization, accelerate
urbanization and promote integration of urban and rural
areas” through hard efforts of several years the traffic
infrastructure of Jin Hua has been greatly improved and
the intense “bottleneck” of traffic has been basically
relieved. Currently a complete transportation network
composed of highway, railway, waterway and aviation has
been formed. Highway: until end of 2003 the total mileage
of highway in Jin Hua is 6783 kilometers which is top
1 in Zhe Jiang Province. The Hang Jin Qu Highway, Jin
Li Wen Highway have been constructed and are open to traffic.
The Yong Jin Highway under construction will be open to
traffic in 2005. The Tai Jin Highway and Hang Xin Jin
Highway will be launched all. The 330 national highways,
17 provincial highways and other important county highways
closely connect Jin Hua to its surrounding cities and
nine counties (cities and districts) in the same province.
99.8% of the administrative villages are connected by
roads or simple highways. In 2000 all towns and counties
in Jin Hua were covered by highways and sub-highways,
which is in leading position of Province. Railway: Zhe
Gan Railway, Jin Wen Railway, Jin Lin Railway have been
important parts of the land transportation in Jin Hua.
Waterway: Lan Xi Port is a deep water port for 300 ton
vessels in Jin Hua. Jin Hua River and Lan River are main
waterways. Down the Lan River Fu Chun River and Qian Tang
River are connected. Aviation: flights are available to
Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Xiamen and Shantou
in Yi Wu Airport.
With the construction and utilization of Hang
Jin Qu Highway and Jin Li Wen Highway the “one hour
highway circle” (one hour drive from Jin Hua to other
counties and cities) of Jin Hua has been basically
set up. The traffic junction function of land transportation
of Jin Hua has become more prominent. The Hang Jin
Qu Highway now is the “green passage” from Jin Hua
to Shanghai and is the “golden passage” which connects
Jin Hua and other south west provinces. It makes Jin
Hua merged into the “Yangtze River Delta” economic
circle in which Shanghai serves as the centre and
into the Hang Hu, Hang Ning and Hang Yong highway
economic area; It also connects Qu Zhou and the Huang
Qu Nan Highway which will be constructed to put Jin
Hua in the leading position of the four provinces
and nine cities; After the Hang Jin Qu Highway is
open there are five airports which are from 30 minutes’
to 180 minutes’ drive from Jin Hua: Yi Wu Airport,
Wen Zhou Airport, Hangzhou Airport, Ningbo Airport
and Shanghai Airport. Jin Li Wen Highway opens the
entry from Jin Hua to Wen Zhou. At the same time it
brings Jin Hua into the highway network of Tong Tai
Wen and the highway from Wenzhou to Fuzhou. In this
way an sea port exit is formed for Jin Hua. The Yong
Jin Highway under construction will be completed at
the end of 2005. It is an important massage which
connects the central and western part of Zhe Jiang
Province, inland parts to the deep sea ports in eastern
parts. After it is constructed the three highways
“Hang Jin Qu”, “Shang San” and “Yong Tai Wen” are
connected together to form an convenient and quick
highway network to link Jin Hua, Shao Xin and Ningbo,
and cross the middle and eastern part of Zhe Jiang
Province. Jin Hua, the junction of land transportation
in China and Ningbo, the second largest port of throughput
in China now are working hand-in-hand to realize the
mutual advantage complement and resource share of
the two cities.
The Tai Jin Highway which is a project approved
by the Ministry of Communication for construction
soon will shorten the distance between Jin Hua and
the most dynamic city of Zhe Jiang Province-Tai Zhou.
Zhu Yong Highway is part of the main provincial highway
network “eighteen connections”. The basic route is
Zhu Ji-Dong Yang-Pan An-Xian Ju-Yong Jia; the highway
is connected to other highways such as Hang Ji Qu,
Yong Jin, Jin Li Wen and Wen Zhou Urban Circle. It
is a grand passage which links the five counties with
sea. The total distance is 250 kilometers. It is decided
by the provincial government that before 2007 the
part Zhu Ji-Xian Ju will be completed. At that time
all counties (cities and districts) will be connected
by highways and the highway network will be better.
The Lin Jin Highway under planning is also one part
of the main provincial highway network “eighteen connections”.
Starting from Qian Qiu Guan (boundary with An Hui
Province) and ending Jin Hua City the route links
Hang Hui, Hang Xin Jin, Hang Jin Qu and Jin Li Wen
highways. It has become an important principle highway
which crosses the western part of Zhe Jiang Province.
It is also in conformity with the future layout of
highways in An Hui Province. After the Lin Jin Highway
extends to the north into An Hui Province it will
connect the extended part of Zhe Wan Highway in An
Hui Province via Yi Zhou City. In this way it will
not only promote the economic growth of the western
north part of Zhe Jiang Province and north part of
An Hui Province but also further improve the road
structure of this area. As part of Hang Qu Jin Highway
serving as one of the “two lengthways” Jin Hua Circle
Highway will a 80 km circle highway in the downtown.
The complete highway network will greatly improve
the traffic capacity with better service in the network.
The highway from Yong Kang to Dong Yang is also being
planned. After it is completed it will further strengthen
the internal connection among the cities in the middle
of Zhe Jiang Province.
The convenient, quick and comfortable transportation
conditions will bring new opportunities for the social
and economic development of Jin Hua.
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