Recently, the State Council formally approved the “12th Five-Year Plan for Western Development†(hereinafter referred to as the “Planningâ€), requiring that the growth rate of the economy and income in the western region be higher than that of the whole country, and nine key tasks and major projects should be explicitly proposed. Analysts believe that related industries such as infrastructure, resources, and energy in the western region are expected to receive policy support through the introduction of the “planâ€.
"Planning" proposes that during the "12th Five-Year Plan" period, the state will continue to highlight two key links of transportation and water conservancy in the field of infrastructure construction. After the approval of the "plan", with the introduction of local policies, the western development will be further accelerated, which will drive the prosperity of the passenger and freight markets, and the commercial vehicle industry closely related to it will also benefit.
Passenger traffic increased significantly
Xinjiang Siyun Group Co., Ltd. is located in Xinjiang Bayinge Mongolia Autonomous Prefecture. According to the company’s deputy general manager Zhao Yabei, the Group’s passenger flow in recent years has been increasing at a rate of over 40%, and its operating income has increased from RMB 47 million in 2008. From 2009 to more than 90 million yuan, to 127 million yuan in 2010, in 2011 exceeded 150 million yuan.
This is due to the economic growth brought about by the development of the western region. Despite the overall slowdown of the domestic economy last year and the conspicuous contradictions in inflation, the development of the western region and the country’s preferential policies for the frontier regions, coupled with Xinjiang’s vast territory, abundant mineral resources and many projects to be developed, have brought information flow and funds. The flow has also led to an increase in passenger flow.
“In recent years, Xinjiang has maintained a relatively rapid development, driving most industries to go upwards, including the passenger transport industry. For example, the mainland is restricting purchases and suppressing real estate, and Xinjiang has not yet reached that level. It is still at the peak of construction.†Zhao Asia North told reporters that economic development has led to an increase in people’s income, which has increased passenger traffic. "This year, the passenger flow in the Bavarian region continues to maintain rapid growth." In his view, the development of the western region will enable the company's passenger transportation business to continue to maintain a good momentum of development during the "12th Five-Year Plan" period.
In the first 10 years of the development of the western region, the construction of large-scale transportation infrastructure changed the status of western closure, making logistics more smooth and people traveling more convenient. Before the western development, the mileage of highways in the western region was only 533,000 kilometers, and in 2009 it reached 1.477 million kilometers. During the “Eleventh Five-Year Plan†period, the skeleton of the comprehensive transportation network in the western region was initially formed, and new road opening mileage and new railway operating mileage reached 365,000 km and 8,000 km respectively.
The first of the key tasks and major projects proposed by the "Planning" is to continue to prioritize infrastructure construction and accelerate the construction of a modern infrastructure system that is moderately advanced, functionally supported, and safe and efficient with a focus on transportation and water conservancy. At the same time, efforts to increase the income of farmers in the western region are also one of their priorities. This will stimulate passenger traffic growth to a greater extent.
According to reports, during the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan†period, the planned investment for rural roads in Qinghai is approximately 11.5 billion yuan. According to related plans, these investments will prioritize the construction of Tongcun Cement Road and the Rural Convenience Bridge, and will focus on the ecological settlement area. Road construction through natural villages and rural road connectivity projects. By the end of the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan†period, Qinghai Expressway will reach 3,000 kilometers, and will open up freeway access to Sichuan, Tibet, and Xinjiang, and will basically realize high-speed Tongzhou.
In 2012, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region will focus on implementing 50 major projects, and the total investment in fixed assets will exceed 200 billion yuan, many of which are people's livelihood projects. According to the Ningxia Development and Reform Commission, Ningxia will implement a number of major transportation and logistics projects in order to further improve the current traffic conditions and provide convenience to the people.
“The current development of the western region’s transportation infrastructure is to satisfy the freight transportation on the one hand, but it is more to satisfy the passenger transportation. Like the “village-village†highway, the infrastructure construction is not for profit, but for the right to life. With the consideration of the right to travel, infrastructure construction will be implemented to narrow the gap between urban and rural areas and between the eastern and western regions, said Dai Dingyi, vice chairman of the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing and executive vice president of the China Logistics Institute, told Commercial Auto News.
Tan Xiuqing, deputy general manager of Shandong Heavy Industry Group Co., Ltd., also stated that the implementation of the strategy for the development of the western region and the development orientation at the current stage are more favorable to the passenger transport market. With the increasingly convenient transportation in the western region, the development of tourism resources and the improvement of people’s income, the tourism market will also develop very well. (Editor: Gong Lei)
Rapid development of freight
More than 10 years ago, the concept of logistics in the head of Liu Jinfu, chairman of Sichuan Jinqiao Logistics, was only to “chain†the freight drivers and earn intermediary fees by selling information. In 2000, the implementation of the development of the western region began. Sichuan's logistics industry has experienced rapid development and maintained an average annual growth rate of 21% over the past 10 years. Once the "string" Liu Xianfu also took this opportunity to make Jinqiao logistics company Sichuan Sichuan leading logistics company with annual sales income of more than 200 million yuan.
In the past 10 years, Liu Xianfu and his team have basically completed the construction of a nationwide logistics network. They have logistics outlets in more than 120 large and medium-sized cities. Compared with 10 years ago, sales revenue has more than doubled. In his view, he has become the chairman of Sichuan's leading logistics company from laid-off workers, and is inseparable from the opportunities for the development of the western region.
The "planning" proposed that Chengdu be built into an open strategic economic highland inland. According to the highway network plan of Sichuan Province, Chengdu plans to build a "three-ring, twelve-shot" high-speed road network, and strive to achieve 776 kilometers of highways in the city in 2013, forming a two-hour road traffic circle to Chongqing, to Kunming, Guiyang and Xi'an. The 8-hour road traffic circle has formed a highway network that radiates Sichuan, connects the west and reaches the whole country. Liu Xianfu believes that in the new round of opportunities for the development of the western region, Jinqiao Logistics will achieve a leap with Sichuan's logistics industry.
"After the approval of the "planning," some logistics hubs in the central and western regions will speed up the construction. The shift of industries to the west will also promote the development of the freight market. At the same time, foreign investors have also increased their investment. Recently, foreign investors in the central and western regions have The growth rate of investment has exceeded the eastern region. This will affect the distribution of the logistics market." Dai Dingyi analyzed.
The further improvement and planning of the western transport network has also brought about changes in the layout of the national trunk transportation. Exchanges between the central and western regions and exports from the western region have brought new growth points to the long-distance trunk transportation. With the adjustment and upgrading of the western industrial structure and the improvement of people’s living standards, it will also bring about the development of regional distribution and short-distance distribution markets.
At the same time, the logistics characteristics of the western region are also changing. Most provinces in the western region are rich in resources and their output is dominated by bulk materials. Some processed products and household items are shipped back. "Generally speaking, this type of transportation is characterized by a large number of exits and fewer returns. The return rate is higher," Dai Dingyi said.
This will gradually change with the further development of the western development. “In the past, in the national logistics market, the western region played a role as a primary product. With the development of local industries, raw material resources are deep-processed locally, and finished products are transported outside. This asymmetric transport structure is expected to be improved.†Dai Dingyi Indicated.
The "planning" also put forward the goal of the railway construction during the "12th Five-Year Plan" period of the Western Development. “China’s transportation backbone network is mainly supported by railways and supplemented by highway networks. Railway construction must accelerate during the 12th Five-Year Plan period, and railway trunk lines will serve as a link for Xinjiang, Gansu, Sichuan, and other transportation hubs. The layout can promote the concentration and integration of resources in the surrounding areas into these hub cities.†Dai Dingyi believes that the acceleration of railway construction will also drive the road transportation assisted by it.
Or become the main force of commercial vehicle growth
“The large-scale development of the western region has led to frequent economic activities. The increase in consumption and the accelerated flow of goods, coupled with the accelerating pace of urbanization, have driven the development of the entire passenger and freight market,†said industry analyst Yang Zaijun. The main carrier of the passenger and freight market is commercial vehicles. The prosperity of the transportation market will surely drive the increase in vehicle demand.
Du Ying, deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission, said earlier that in the new round of western development, the National Development and Reform Commission will further implement differentiated land policies. “At the moment when the land policies have been tightened across the country, the implementation of a differentiated land policy in the western region is undoubtedly a great support,†said Chen Xiushan, president of the National Economic Geography Research Association.
During the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan†period, the central government will continue to tilt toward the west on major infrastructure projects, as will transfer payments and investment arrangements. Such large investment growth will inevitably have a big pull on commercial vehicles, especially the truck market.
“From the GDP data of last year and this year, the gap between the eastern and western regions has narrowed, indicating that the western economy is developing at a rapid rate. On the other hand, the return of employment in the past two years shows that the western region has already established a certain foundation through the development of the first phase. Due to the increasing labor costs in the east, labor-intensive industries have shifted to the central and western regions more clearly. "Planning" is equivalent to providing greater thrust for the development of the western region." Tan Xiuqing analyzed that "Planning" is for commercial vehicles. The impact of the market is positive.
Tan Xiuqing believes that during the "12th Five-Year Plan" period, the amount of ownership and market development in the eastern region will be relatively stable and there will not be much ups and downs. While the western region faces better development opportunities, economic growth may exceed that of the east. Therefore, the growth rate of the commercial vehicle market in the western region will also be higher than that of the eastern part. It is not difficult to become the highlight of the commercial vehicle market and it is likely to become the main force of growth. (Editor: Gong Lei)
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