The two super projects are exposed, and another Bay Area is here?

On July 25, the news of the in -depth interpretation of the "National Highway Network Plan" was conveyed by the Ministry of Transport.

These are two cross -sea channels for many years in Zhejiang.

According to the plan, the Shanghai -Pairing Channel will directly shorten the time and space from Ningbo to Shanghai. The Shanghai -Boat Channel will transform the two major ports of China Unicom and the Hangzhou Bay from "type C" to "O -type" to increase the new regional economy to coastal cities to increase the new regional economy to coastal cities. lifeline.

Picture source: Published by Zhejiang

However, if the map is spread out, you can find that there are two channels built and designed for Unicom Ningbo and Shanghai on the small Hangzhou Bay. It is also planned to plan two super projects, and the cross -sea channel between Shanghai and Shanghai in Hangzhou Bay will reach four. is this necessary?

Super engineering

Ningbo and Shanghai, separated by Hangzhou Bay. There are water and water in the Shanghai and Nagatos, with a water -oriented water and a straight line distance of only 200 kilometers, but each time it takes 120 kilometers to reach the other side.

In 2008, the Hangzhou Bay Cross -sea Bridge was opened to traffic, ending the history of Ningbo to Shanghai to bypass Hangzhou. The driving time between the two places was shortened from the past four or five hours to more than 2 hours.

Hangzhou Bay Cross -sea Bridge Picture Source: Ningbo Posted

However, the Hangzhou Bay Cross -sea Bridge is a highway passage, and the railway still needs to take Hangzhou. Therefore, in 2020, the Tongsujiayan Railway launched a survey design. In the future, with the help of this "eight vertical" high -speed railway network, Ningbo can reach Jiaxing in 40 minutes.

However, for Ningbo who wants to integrate into the Yangtze River Delta and integrate in Shanghai, whether it is the Hangzhou Bay cross -sea bridge that has been built and used, or the Tong Sujia -ying railway, the links are Jiaxing, which is still not "direct".

Picture source: Nantong Radio and TV Station

The idea of ​​building a passage on Hangzhou Bay was born.

The Shanghai -Nagao Cross -sea Channel strives to achieve direct connection between Ningbo and Shanghai. When the "Transportation Plan for Transportation in the Yangtze River Delta region" was released, it was first labeled in the planning diagram of the Shanghai -River Delta region of the Yangtze River Delta region for the first time. This channel is a cross -sea bridge in the public railway, with a total investment of about 100 billion yuan.

Picture source: Zhejiang Daily

The Shanghai -boat cross -sea channel, from Shanghai Lingang via Great Ocean Mountain, Zhoushan to Ningbo, connects the world's largest container Hong Kong, Shanghai Dalong Port and the world's first freight port Ningbo Zhoushan Port. The total mileage is 160 kilometers. About 100 billion yuan. This channel has been planning and launching research work since September 2016, and wrote it into the 2019 "Outline of the Integrated Development Plan for the Integrated Development Development of the Yangtze River Delta Region", and was selected as the "Top Ten billion" project in Zhejiang Province.

Picture source: Zhejiang Daily

The two major cross -sea "super projects" are all 100 billion -level investment. What is this concept? In contrast, the main body of the Hangzhou Bay Cross -Sea Bridge and the connection line investment is about 16 billion yuan, while another world -renowned "Super Engineering" Hong Kong -Zhuhai -Macao Bridge has a total investment of about 120 billion yuan.

On July 25, the Ministry of Transport held a special conference on the in -depth interpretation of the "National Highway Network Plan". At the meeting, it was specifically mentioned that the two major cross -sea channels of Shanghai -N, Naruto, and Shanghai -boats were included in the national plan.

In line with Shanghai

Some people may be doubtful: Since there are two cross -sea channels on Hangzhou Bay, why should we build a public railway channel?

Right now, the Nanjing Metropolitan Circle, Hangzhou Metropolis, Hefei Metropolitan District, and Su Xichang's urban circle have all been connected directly with Shanghai. In the five major metropolitan cities in the Yangtze River Delta, only the Ningbo Metropolitan Circle. Regardless of the public iron, it is "close and far away."

Image source: "Development Plan for more quality integrated transportation in the Yangtze River Delta region"

By detouring is one aspect, and congestion is the other. Zeng Gang, the dean of the City Development Research Institute of East China Normal University, told Uncle Cheng that before the epidemic, the Hangzhou Bay Cross -sea Bridge was "traffic jams" and it was eased after the epidemic. "This kind of congestion has pushed up the cost of time, especially brought uncertainty to freight, which is not conducive to economic and trade exchanges between the two places."

Traffic cannot be in line, and people flow, logistics, information flow, and capital flow have been hindered. What affects the direct economic and trade exchanges between the two places. This is what Ningbo is anxious.

During the "Two Sessions" of Zhejiang Province last year, Xu Yuning, a member of the Zhejiang Provincial Political Consultative Conference and chairman of the Ningbo CPPCC, talked about the competition of members of the Yangtze River Delta "trillions of clubs".

From the perspective of the total amount of GDP, Suzhou entered the trillion -dollar city club in 2011. Ningbo exceeded trillion yuan in 2018, and Wuxi was also listed in 2019. By 2020, Suzhou GDP has reached 2 trillion yuan, and the gap between Wuxi and Ningbo will reduce to 3.87 billion yuan. Coupled with the two new members of Nantong and Hefei, there are 8 members of the Yangtze River Delta.

In addition to the competition between members of the "trillion club", Xu Yuning also noticed that Nantong, Jiaxing and other places have formed a half -hour commuting circle with Shanghai because of adjacent to Shanghai. Conditions, while cooperation between major cities in the Yangtze River Delta region is getting closer, the competition situation is becoming more intense. "

Shanghai is the core engine of the Yangtze River Delta. The most obvious change brought by the construction of a large -scale cross -sea channel in Shanghai and Narc: to allow Ningbo to officially join Shanghai's "one -hour commute circle", directly integrate Shanghai, undertake the radiation of Shanghai industry, technology, and talents "The same city effect". Photo source: Photo Network_501742015

Zhang Huifang, a professor at Ningbo University, previously mentioned that if Shanghai and Naga are less than 1 hour, the location relationship between Shanghai and Ningbo will change significantly. This will have a huge impact on Ningbo's regional positioning and industrial development positioning.

Xu Yuning is also a fan of the construction of the Shanghai -Graduate cross -sea channel. During the "Two Sessions" in the country in 2021, he mentioned that the project had obtained preliminary consensus from Shanghai and Zhejiang, and suggested that the preliminary research and construction in the "Fourteenth Five -Year Plan" were recommended. He pointed out that this is not only the first strategic support for Ningbo's deep integration of the Yangtze River Delta, and it is an inevitable choice for Ningbo in the high -speed rail era from the end of transportation to the transportation hub; it is also a "overflow" channel for Shanghai to alleviate the pressure of oversized cities and eliminate the non -core function of cities.

Bay area economy

The Shanghai -boat cross -sea channel is connected to the two ports, and the Shanghai and Zhejiang Free Trade Zone is also connected to the exterior economy of the development of the Hangzhou Bay Area.

Compared with the landforms of other mountains and hills in Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou Bay is a rare foundation plain, and it is also a treasure land in urban areas. In such a space, the engine of Shanghai, two "twins" in Hangzhou and Ningbo, and also involved Jiaxing, Shaoxing and Zhoushan.

Zhouyu Bridge Picture Source: Xinhua News Agency

As an important form of coastal economy, the role of the "Bay Area Economy" is self -evident to the economic development of surrounding cities, which is suitable for making more articles.

On June 15, 2021, the official website of the Zhejiang Provincial Development and Reform Commission issued a regional development project procurement announcement, saying that "Zhejiang Province will continue to accelerate the development of the Yangtze River Delta integrated development, and plans to launch the construction of the Economic Innovation Zone of the Shanghai -Hangzhou -Nuning Bay Area Economic Innovation Zone. "".

According to the announcement, the "Research on the Economic Innovation Zone of the Shanghai -Hangzhou -Nuning Bay Area Economic Innovation Zone" has been included in the work points of the National Development and Reform Commission in 2021. The research on topics is to fight for the establishment of the National Development and Reform Commission to establish the Economic Innovation Zone of the Shanghai -Hangzhou -Nuning Bay Area.

Such a statement allowed the focus to focus on the topic of the "China Second Bay Area" after the Guangdong -Hong Kong -Macao Greater Bay Area.

If you want to build a world -class bay area, it is essential to borrow Shanghai. Therefore, in many expressions in Zhejiang Province documents, the Hangzhou Bay Area has an absolute core leading position. The development of the Bay Area in Zhejiang, as an important platform for integrating the integration of the Yangtze River Delta in the province, has become the only way to promote the high -quality development of Zhejiang Province.

Ningbo Zhoushan Port Picture Source: Xinhua News Agency

In some scholars, there are two ways to cooperate with Shanghai in the Bay Area.

One is the "Shanghai-Jiaxing-Hangzhou" line, with Hangzhou as the engine. Hangzhou (Hangzhou, Jiaxing, Huzhou), which is located in the economic hinterland of the Yangtze River Delta, is in line with Shanghai to launch cooperation.

Another path is the "Shanghai-Ningbo" line. The Zhejiang and Shanghai Cooperation Demonstration Zone also happens to be in the new district of Ningbo Bay. economy. The Huzhou -Yao Cross -sea Channel will become the "aorta" of this line.

According to the idea, through the integration of Hangzhou -Shahao, Hangzhou and Ningbo Shuangcheng, the triangle ring circulating in the south of the Yangtze River Delta can form a triangular ring of three points consisting of three points of Hangzhou, Ningbo, and Shanghai.

"Hangzhou has moved from the 'West Lake Age' to the 'Bay Area Age' and develops the river. Ningbo must also connect Shanghai as soon as possible, links the broad economic hinterland, meets the increasing market demand, and fully taps the development potential of the region." Zeng Gang pointed out.

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