On March 4 and 5, the Fifth Session of the 13th National Committee of the 中文 People's Political Consultative Conference and the Fifth Session of the 13th National People's Congress will be held in Beijing. In the past five years, deputies to the National People's Congress and members of the CPPCC have paid close attention to the development of the transportation industry. They have focused on the concerns of the masses, conducted field investigations and research, and made suggestions for building transportation that satisfies the people. At the same time, they have also witnessed the implementation of various proposals. They are the promoters, witnesses and participants of the construction of transportation that satisfies the people.

Yellow bikes connect the countryside

"A small yellow car connects the countryside." When talking about the most fulfilling things for Luo Jiaming in the past two years, the "Golden Transportation Project" must be one of them.

"In March 2020, Sichuan Province took the lead in the country to implement the 'Golden Transportation Project' for rural transportation, focusing on solving the 'chronic problem' of illegal operations and the problem of people's safe travel. In the following year, the number of rural passenger transport safety accidents in the province decreased by 33% year-on-year, and the operating income of most rural passenger transport routes increased by more than 20%, which was praised by the people!" Luo Jiaming is a member of the National People's Congress and Director of the Sichuan Provincial Department of Transportation. Rural transportation has always been his focus, and he has also witnessed the development of rural transportation in Sichuan Province.

According to him, with the joint efforts of relevant units, in June 2021, this project achieved "four unifications" (unified vehicle appearance, unified driver license plates and work clothes, unified rural passenger transport signs, and unified supervision and complaint platform) in all 21 cities (prefectures) and 183 counties in the province, and explored and established a new model of rural transportation development with "one network for multiple uses" (passenger transport network, postal express network, logistics network, tourism network), "one station for multiple functions" (passenger station, mail distribution center, tourist distribution center), and "one person for multiple positions" (passenger driver, mail courier, policy propagandist, public security information officer), providing a good example for the development of rural transportation across the country.

Regarding the next development plan, Luo Jiaming said that Sichuan Province will seize the opportunity of incorporating the "Golden Transportation Project" into the pilot program for building a strong transportation country, and focus on building a new pattern of high-quality development of rural transportation from five dimensions: sustainable service, sustainable development, sustainable safety, sustainable supervision, and sustainable policies, and strive to build transportation that satisfies the people.

With the development of logistics, you can sell whatever you grow.

When roads are open, businesses flourish and happiness comes. In Xiangyangzhuang Village, Tangyin County, Anyang City, Henan Province, the well-connected rural roads have enabled villagers to embark on the "happy road" of a better life.

"Wherever the road goes, there is the happiness of the villagers." During the interview, Ge Shuqin, secretary of the Party branch of Xiangyangzhuang Village, repeatedly mentioned this sentence.

In 2016, under the leadership of Ge Shuqin, every lane in Xiangyangzhuang Village was renovated, and the village has a brand new look. Just having roads is not enough, the key is to lead the villagers on the road to prosperity. As a representative of the National People's Congress, Ge Shuqin's suggestions every year are related to rural revitalization, and when it comes to rural revitalization, transportation is mentioned. She said: "Rural revitalization, rural road improvement and rural logistics development are the top priorities."

Under the leadership of Ge Shuqin, Xiangyangzhuang Village has achieved new development. In the past, the village mainly produced single crops such as corn and wheat, but now it has peanuts, sunflowers, fruits and seasonal vegetables. Ge Shuqin told reporters: "The roads are unblocked, the logistics are developed, and we don't have to worry about selling whatever we grow!"

Convenient transportation also makes Xiangyangzhuang Village a famous tourist destination in the vicinity. Villagers have opened fishing parks, picking gardens and farmhouses according to local conditions. Villagers working outside the area have gradually returned to their hometown to start businesses and find jobs. The dilapidated houses in the village have been renovated, and the village has taken on new vitality.

The integration of transportation, culture and tourism is worth looking forward to

In the past two years, Henan TV has innovated the way of disseminating excellent traditional culture, and has frequently "gone viral" with several large-scale evening parties, which has aroused people's thinking. The Silk Road, the Grand Canal, post stations, ports, sea routes... Over the past thousands of years, the changes in these modes of transportation have accumulated a rich cultural heritage of transportation. How to tap their value and achieve the integrated development of "transportation, culture and tourism"?

"In 2019, I submitted a proposal on establishing a national list of transportation heritage and cultural routes, hoping that all sectors of society would pay more attention to exploring the cultural value of transportation," said He Yunao, a member of the National Committee of the 中文 People's Political Consultative Conference and a well-known expert in the field of cultural heritage. "In the same year, the Outline for Building a Powerful Transportation Nation was issued, proposing to cultivate transportation civilization and promote the inheritance and innovation of excellent transportation culture, which has brought new opportunities for the construction of my country's transportation cultural heritage."

At the beginning of this year, the Ministry of Transport clarified the work of creating a pilot project for domestic waterway tourist passenger transport boutique routes, providing passengers with an in-depth cultural journey and cultivating a unique waterway cultural tourism brand. "The country is paying more and more attention to the integrated development of 'transportation, culture and tourism', which is what we have been looking forward to," said He Yunao.

In this year's proposal, He Yunao still paid great attention to the application for World Heritage status of the Maritime Silk Road, transportation heritage and cultural routes, and the construction of the Yangtze River National Cultural Park. "Carrying out research and protection and utilization of transportation heritage and cultural routes can improve our understanding of the status of transportation civilization and the significance of the survival of transportation culture, and better continue development and create the future," said He Yunao.

Free delivery to remote areas

Some time ago, a video titled "Hello, China Post" went viral on major short video platforms. In the video, the staff member's domineering response that "China Post can deliver anywhere within the territory of the People's Republic of China" made everyone take a new look at China Post, which is the result of the continuous efforts of several generations of postal workers.

In September 2014, the Central Nationalities Work Conference clearly proposed that all villages in ethnic minority areas should have postal service by 2020. "This is a difficult battle. The 36,000 villages without postal service are mainly concentrated in remote border areas, which are the most difficult 'hard bones' to chew," said Ma Xulin, member of the National Committee of the 中文 People's Political Consultative Conference and director of the General Services Department of the State Post Bureau.

In order to implement the decisions and arrangements of the CPC Central Committee, the postal system has listed it as a key task of "serving the people and doing practical things" for many years. From 2018 to 2019, the central government allocated 450 million yuan, and the governments of Tibet, Qinghai, Ningxia and other provinces (regions) provided financial and policy support, which provided a strong guarantee for achieving the goal of direct postal service. At the same time, postal enterprises increased investment, coordinated and optimized the allocation of resources such as delivery networks, routes and personnel in rural areas, added 3,042 delivery routes, added 3,159 delivery vehicles, and added 5,697 rural postmen, with a total investment of about 950 million yuan.

In August 2019, the last village without postal service, Resikamu Village, Dabudar Township, Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County, Kashgar Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, officially opened to postal service. "The note 'except for certain places' when shopping online can finally be removed!" The villagers were very excited. China Post has opened up the "last ten kilometers" of express delivery and become an important link connecting remote mountainous areas with the outside world. This is the responsibility and significance of China Post's existence.