Hong Kong Media: The name of China's "Bicycle Kingdom" returns

Hong Kong's "South China Morning Post" July 30 article, original title: rising oil prices and the epidemic of new crown pneumonia made this two rounds of transportation popular again. First, the bicycle dominates the streets of Chinese cities in the 1980s. Since the 1990s, China's economic prosperity and urbanization process has led hundreds of millions of people to use motor vehicles as their main transportation. However, in view of soaring fuel prices, strict epidemic prevention measures, and even increase in government policy support, the interest in cycling has gradually become popular.

Huixing (Yin), a 27 -year -old teacher in Guangzhou, intends to spend 5,000 yuan to buy a bicycle as a transportation of her daily. "When I went to college, I often rode a bicycle outing with my friends." Hui recalled, "Now I am ready to return to this sport." The China Bicycle Association said recently that with the improvement of Beijing bicycle -related infrastructure, in the past 5, 5 in the past 5 The number of people who chose to ride a bicycle in Beijing have been increasing. Last year, the proportion of traveling for slow transportation (bicycles and walking) in the central urban area of ​​Beijing hit a new high in nearly 10 years, reaching 47.8%.

The 27 -year -old Zhong Shiyi (Yin) is an employee of a technology company in Shenzhen. This year he spent 2,000 yuan to buy his first bicycle. He had been riding a bicycle in the past few years. "Professional bicycles can give me something that I can't give me shared bicycles. There is a difference between speed and comfort. I always need to exercise after work, but I start to get tired of the weight training of the gym. In addition, the bicycle can take me away farther away. Let me feel the wind. "

According to the "2021 China Sports Bicycle Survey Report" released by the Internet company "Meiqi", in 2021, the budget of cycling enthusiasts accounted for the highest proportion of 8001-15,000 yuan -3,000 yuan. Nandi Huang (Yin) from Beijing said that when she started riding a bicycle in 2015, the society had a low acceptance of spending a lot of money to buy bicycles. "But now, riding has become a popular choice for everyone."

South Korea's "Korean National Daily" Japanese version on July 31st, original title: Beijing once again became the world of bicycles, because the reason is only cheap bike sharing? In recent years, bicycles have become popular in Beijing. Low -cost, convenient and durable shared bicycles played an important role in it. According to data from the Beijing Institute of Transportation Development, the number of bicycles in Beijing in 2017 was 50 million times, which increased to 950 million times in 2021.

But Beijing has become a bicycle city, not just because of shared bicycles. There are many bicycle lanes in Beijing, and a considerable part of the motor lanes are separated by flower beds, which are highly safe. The new coronary pneumonia's epidemic has also promoted the recovery of bicycles in Beijing. In order to reduce contact, people can minimize the use of public transport as much as possible. In this context, bicycles become the best choice for travel. In the past spring and summer, the dust and particles in the air were very serious, and people were far away from riding. But now because of the improvement of atmospheric quality, people have begun to enjoy the fun of cycling. (Author Han Xiaozhen [Sound], strictly translated)

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