China's Mega Projects: Transportation

China is the world's second largest economy, along with a history of rapid growth, it has had one of the most developed

transportation

networks in the world. It has the largest road network in the world, transporting 80 million tons of cargo every day. It has the largest high-speed network in the world. Railway network that connects hundreds of cities, as well as a huge air transport system with 227 airports. Seven out of ten of the world's largest ports are located on the coast of China. This massive

transportation

system is the backbone of the Chinese economy, but progress never sleeps. The network continues.

They develop day and night quantitatively and qualitatively facing the challenge of bringing people and goods to the entire nation. Duggar County in one of those provinces is home to the world's largest printing press of Tibetan scriptures. They have 320,000 printing blocks accumulated over the last three centuries. reproduces 70% of the world's Tibetan classics covering the history and culture of Tibetan medicine and today delivered to all parts of China. Our teacher Doug sends several of these classics to Cundy, so he looks almonds. No, I don't see a release. Above is Amanda's Oh, totally true, because almost 600 kilometers from Kangding, a 24-hour drive, the biggest obstacle on the route are the Chola Mountains, which have risen to 6,168 meters above sea level for centuries and have been an important barrier between the Tibetan region and the rest. of China, the narrow dirt road that connects this part of the North with Tibet was built more than 60 years ago.

It snowed almost every month of the year except two. A breakdown can cause a traffic jam that lasts for days and is noticeable to drivers as the road China's most dangerous Oh, this fight will soon end for five years. A big project has been going on under the mountains. The Tola Mountain Tunnel will be the longest and highest road tunnel in the world. Heart of the concurrence of her in quia he will be young she is super Ventress forgive Chi, so he is not a Tony, my son Bannister, that sweet and gentle Alicia tells you yes.

Simon told me I guess not really. He's afraid of another champion, Oliver Donovan said, yes, without the Tigers at home. Biden says you can. Jana was going to say that about me, didn't you obey Newton's law? The harsh environment puts every worker under enormous pressure. The project is entering the final stage. The tunnel will be completed in a month thanks to the efforts of thousands of people over the last five years. Then it will take just ten minutes to cross the mountains and do it safely and protected from the weather, so see you today. Teenager Huang Qi will be the first non-engineer to drive through the tunnel.

His car is equipped with a 360-grade laser radar, continuous image capture camera and a positioning data acquisition system that allows him to collect road information in real time while he drives with a computer. Jian also has to deal with altitude sickness as he drives through the world's longest high altitude tunnel in less than 20 minutes all the tunnel's mapping information has been collected. Kuang's teaching will continue mapping along highways collecting data that has never been recorded before 2,700 kilometers away in Beijing. Huang's data from the Chola Mountains was received an hour later and the electronic map describes the new When the road opens to traffic, this new map will be sent to all mobile phone users via the Internet in less than a second .

China has the largest heavy-duty network on the planet, more than 200 million vehicles transporting 15 billion passengers and thirty-three point six billion tons of cargo. a year and the network continues to expand, other bold

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like the Chola Mountain Tunnel will open to traffic. China's roads now extend to every corner of the country for Lu Shoed, but the roads are key to his family's livelihood. You nuns, Wanyan County has a uniquely mild climate. climate that allows it to produce the earliest citrus crop in China, yet the fruit only remains in optimal condition for a week before the roads open.

The fruit could only be sold in the surrounding cities within a few hundred kilometers. Now with the National Highway Network Liu Shu Jia can travel across the country in a couple of days bringing the fresh flavors of Yunnan to the north and northeast of China. how the final is okay what I'm half Japanese showed you taiga don't lose son-in-law is his co-pilot using satellite positioning can choose the fastest route to his destination it's early someone makes a demure bolo laughing what you know dear poet said what evolution we hope to deliver his load a fresh fruit to Beijing 2,700 kilometers away and sell it at good prices Lu Shu Jia has to drive at night the roads at night are rarely quiet many items, whether fresh fruits and vegetables or courier packages, must arrive to the city before it wakes up in the morning every 24 hours more than 20 million trucks as loose vehicles Through this huge road network they transport almost 85 million tons of cargo day and night, which represents almost 80 percent of China's total cargo volume.

The network now extends four point 69 million kilometers of the 130 thousand kilometers of our highway, the longest in the world. The road network has become an enormous engine to promote its social development, but it can be seen that too many vehicles circulate empty on the roads and that they destroy the advantages of road transport. About 40% of trucks in China circulate without load, which increases the cost of transporting goods. and causes enormous waste of energy the city of Chengdu is a major transportation hub in southwestern China in the north of the city a small gas station can boast of being the most profitable gas station in China serving more than 2,000 trucks every day more than 300 tons of fuel oil to meet daily demand Oh shows your agency the brave reporter from Aria Celia selena quintanilla the engine uses a giant chicken Oreo kumite suomen BNL d'italia and a normal Google the building on the other side of the wall is the That's why the trucks gather here.

The cargo market opens at 8:00 in the morning. The trading hall of the Chengdu Logistics Port is packed with more than a thousand truck drivers, speaking a multitude of different dialects to the people before them. It was very difficult to find the best deal today the situation is already changing more and more people simply start with a search on their mobile phones new technology is revolutionizing the way the transportation system works Rondo Congo avi John Jantsch without another sharp see the hole with a polo well Inga opre Chittenden translated the most difficult opinion for Congolese The technology has quickly proven its appeal to drivers when a truck enters the highway port gate, vehicle information will be sent to the system Administratively, the system automatically matches truck requirements and details with delivery orders, so products are matched appropriately. qualified trucks and their drivers, which means that every day more than two thousand trucks no longer return empty from the logistics center.

Nowadays, more and more digital highway ports are being built throughout China. The efficiency of highway networks is continually optimized through the use of big data technology. In the future each delivery will be more efficient with lower energy consumption per unit delivered; However, although road transportation has great advantages, it also has some inherent disadvantages. Soo-jung is an inland city in western China with a modest population of about three million, one of its Its main attraction is that it produces diesel locomotives for 24 countries around the world for a city so far from the sea that it is a challenge It is important to be able to deliver your locomotives to customers who may well be on the other side of the world. 200 Kilometers away, in the city of Eben, the Gene Shah and Meand Young rivers converge into the Yangtze River as the longest river in China.

The Yangtze has been a key communications corridor for thousands of years. The great river runs all the way from the interior of China to the Pacific Ocean. The fact that the cost of transport by water is one-fifteenth of that of road transport is an advantage and for extremely heavy goods, transport by water is irreplaceable. A first batch of nine locomotives manufactured for Argentina has already been assembled that will travel downriver to the port. from Shanghai 2,800 kilometers within a couple of weeks will be transferred to a sea freighter and taken across the Pacific. These first nine locomotives are expected to lead to the opening of new markets in the Americas.

The road transport of these locomotives is very expensive and poses many problems with the height and weight limits in water transport these problems the zoo locomotives are dissolved the young people arrived at the port the workers rush to put them on the freighter after a night occupied all nine locomotives have been safely stowed the advantages of water transportation for large loads are very obvious, if not subject to the limitations of geography, the arid west of China has a large amount of coal in 2016, the production of China's coal reached three point 36 billion tons, accounting for more than half of the national energy supply, but most of this energy is needed.

In the East, thousands of kilometers from where it is extracted, to achieve it is the most intricate of Chinese puzzles, the 594-kilometer Schwa Quang railway is one of the busiest in China, every day 226 trains circulate on it in pairs , is like a man. The canal became a major artery for China's energy transportation. The shunting bridge in Shaanxi province is the starting point of this artery. Coal reserves from western China are gathered here before being transported east along this iron canal. 216 cars are grouped into a train three kilometers long, all 20,000 tons. deadweight load requires 9,600 kW electric locomotives to set it in motion, then comes the really complicated part: the railway east of Shun avoids elevation drops of more than 1,500 meters, heavily loaded cars travel downhill through tunnels and curves, the enormous momentum they gain poses a big problem. threat to the safety of the train if the 216 cars are not braked correctly and in sequence at a curve in the track the consequences will be catastrophic the secret to solving the problem is here every day the children the director of technology reviews the 4G transmitting stations to along the schwa Quang Railway is a world first in the application of this technology to heavy transport trains.

The two locomotives are 1.5 kilometers apart from each other, but must be precisely controlled to ensure their synchronization. A delay of even a tenth of a second could cause a serious accident. To ensure complete 4G coverage, there are 260 transmitters along the line sending a continuous stream of data 24/7. This advanced signaling technology is the key to ensuring the safe operation of these super-long coal trains. It allows synchronized control over the two electric trains. locomotives 1.5 kilometers apart, all in one day's work, a great performance to ensure there is no drama. Facial recognition technology is one of China's cutting-edge developments based on image recognition and big data that can quickly identify target people who are looking for engineers in the monitoring all young people guei, the public security bureau is commissioning a new facial recognition and monitoring system 800 kilometers away.

Sal Towel boards a train from Guangzhou to Kwai Young-hee. He needs to go to a young man this afternoon to lead a crucial part of the commissioning. work Sal says the company develops and provides facial recognition systems this year decided to move its headquarters to Quay Young due to the rapid development of communications in Gradu province. Jo is the only province in China that is completely mountainous, creating a spectacular environment. The province has also been known for its poor communications, which have seriously impeded economic development. Guangzhou is the capital of China's powerful manufacturing province, Guangdong, in the past it took 22 hours to reach Way Young by train, now the travel time is only four and a half hours thanks to a new high-speed line that connect the two cities to generalize the immense height Sauter arrives at his appointment in a young job really yes, even when you come, you know you have to take a walk, now they are pressing all the cities in China for their own connection to the national railway network High-speed rail, in addition to the convenience and economic and development opportunities this brings, is a compelling argument: in 2017, China has 22,000 kilometers of high-speed rail lines in full operation, 60% of the world's total.that he has cut. travel times between large conurbations from days to hours and gave rise to a flourishing economic circle every five days downriver from eben and Argentina-bound locomotives reached the Three Gorges Dam starting in 1994, a major investment and Twelve years of work saw the construction of the world's largest dam completed, as well as being designed to control flooding downstream and aid steady navigation, the hydroelectric plant now generates almost 100 terawatt-hours of electricity supplying nine provinces and two cities.

The dam has raised the water level in the upper Yangtze by 113 meters which has submerged many sandbanks and dangerous shallow waters, allowing the passage of larger vessels. I am maintaining each year river traffic at the dam is now 10 times greater than planned for the world's third longest river and is now the world's busiest inland waterway. The huge improvement in capacity poses a huge challenge. It is no easy task for Guo Yan to coordinate so many ships through the dam that he must rely on the set of five huge ship locks that he manages. This is the largest inland ship lock in the world, at 1,607 meters long divided.

In five chambers with the capacity to accommodate a maximum ship size of 10,000 tons, up to 12 cargo ships of 3,000 tons can transit the dam in each direction at the same time with a huge drop of 113 meters, the transit time is four to five hours and more when there is a build-up of boats and the waiting time can be problematic for recreational boats and emergency boats that need to get through the dam quickly to solve this problem. Chinese engineers have built the world's largest ship lift that can handle ships of up to 3000 tons and take them through a 113 meter drop in 10 minutes to reach this speed, Chinese engineers decided to use a rack system of Ascent aided by gravity, the enormous rack rolls up and down lifting and dropping the load in the 200-meter-long super elevator.

The use of gravity counterweights greatly reduces energy consumption. The ship set out along with the two sets of locks, one for upstream and one for downstream, have considerably increased the transportation capacity on the river. The Yangtze River closely connects the eleven provinces. It runs through and forms a key economic corridor throughout the country. The Argentina-bound locomotives pass through the three gorges where they will continue downriver for another 10 days before reaching the Yangtze Delta, where they can be loaded onto a transoceanic freighter to their final destination. for those who don't want to spend days on the water, air is the answer Beijing Capital International Airport is the second busiest airport in the world in 2016, it recorded a throughput of nearly 95 million passengers, flight delays are have become endemic, with around 400 flights each. having to postpone the day the solution is even greater capacity in southern Beijing thousands of construction workers are tackling the problem of flight delays are building a completely new super airport to serve the city the massive structure of Starfish-shaped steel means passengers will never have to travel more than 600 meters to reach the gate Large, column-free central lobby is designed to maximize public space Innovative design brings its own challenges for builders Leo, you and Fay climb 20 floors to the roof every day, he is totally familiar with this huge structure, well, see your goal, tatiana feels balancing me, she balances me, no woman, that for me, another solo, sorry , single, doesn't know, hey, you got it through a passionate encounter, you go, hello Jacob, funky, Rihanna Shinhwa, notice how indulgent it is, however, the purpose of the building should not surpass the Beijing Olympic Stadium to meet the demands of 70 million passengers a year the design of the new airport must take into account many other factors the roof composed of twelve thousand three hundred spherical nodes and more than sixty thousand bars is designed to have a natural curved appearance, each joint between the beams and the spheres that connect them is supported by a series of three-dimensional locking points 15-ton curved lift into place is one of the last pieces of the 60,000-piece puzzle on the other side of the terminal building construction of the four runways is progressing at a pace that the new airport is planned to handle six hundred and twenty thousand flights Each year this will put a huge strain on the track surfaces and what lies beneath.

Engineers have developed a new system for compacting subsoil. The novelty lies less in the compaction method than in the monitoring and calculation of the ground covered and what remains. I pretty much have Hudson, that's it, or you have a loading tray, you do what I want and I get dirty, that had a hunk, that's all you know. Matata honking, yes, and he waits in my hands. I've been doing it here, so I'm fine, friendly. from daughter to the horns on the way I hope to respond to Hong Kong I am a Catalan tabular enjoy a happy occasion Beijing the super city is awaiting the completion of its new airport it is expected to begin handling traffic in 2019 time pressure China has the second largest air transport market in the world and continues to grow at a rate of 10% annually.

There are 3,000 civil aircraft flying in China and this number is expected to grow to meet the demand that China seeks to meet. Build some of its own airliners The C919 is undergoing testing in Pudong Shanghai Built to the latest international standards It will be the largest airliner independently developed by China and will play an important role in the country's future aviation market The first Successful flight test was three months ago but there are still years of strict testing in accordance with international airworthiness standards. Site has eleven years of civil aviation experience and is the lead test pilot for the C919. to the country so enthusiastic in Farsi that it always chooses to show another civilian the sewing machine, today the ear-tied is working with engineers to simulate an emergency situation that could occur in flight, the computer program simulates a close aerial encounter while the plane is tilting You must perform a quick evasive maneuver and direct the aircraft to a safe place.

Hundreds of tests will be performed in this simulator, but for tides one, the real work is done in the air to complete the aerial tests. The first requirement is an aircraft SPECT for the job. Yong Jun Jie of the flight test center's test engineering department is installing the complex test sensors on another C919. The Bear's cockpit is entirely dedicated to the test team to finish a bit, so Mottola's team says the Americans are holding on to T to take a multiple I. m John from dagur take Jessa riding a salary she sendai and tagajo a Chinese in phonology always with you in a And and you Italian I understand that you are immature people are pingu that you were tuna to go look for tiger survivors, then No woman who sees a surgically inserted light can see it's a drama when tonight's powertrain and suspension show that you're going to take care of it and you can say before you're going pointed to my university for showing a in your face today. work item Thousands of sensors have been carefully designed and installed on the aircraft that will provide engineers with immediate data throughout the flight to complete all the airworthiness tests they need to modify at least 69 one 9 like this in total the aircraft will produce almost After 3,000 test flights, the fuel consumption of large passenger aircraft manufactured by China is expected to be reduced by 15 percent given their advantages.

China has received orders for more than 700 c919s. The c919 can be expected to provide a strong alternative for the future global aviation market after two years. On a week-long trip, the freighter carrying the Argentina-bound locomotives arrived in Shanghai, one of the many ports on China's east coast. The port of Shanghai, with a capacity of 37 million containers, is the largest port northwest of the existing port. A new dock is running into full operational pace. Within a month, the dock will see its first ship and will then become the largest fully automated dock on record anywhere in the world.

Wong yen and his team have been preparing for this important moment for four years before they still have two important tests to perform. scenarios without us a miracle short runs in Qaeda I see another father ts all articles only determine to see each other yes, if you saw about the sanatorium since the commissioning date is approaching, Ian's team must be another round of tests to make sure the ghost dock is ready for action everything is controlled by computers that will operate automatically and work with each other to move the containers 130 automatically guided vehicles or AGVs for short will move the containers around the dock they have to avoid not only collisions but even the slightest scratch To check the reliability of the control system, engineers have organized a special test for AGVs that are programmed to drive in a straight line and on curves within very tight tolerances.

AGBs must control their direction according to the driving conditions to turn smoothly. Another key is in the future: the 130 AGVs run on electricity to minimize emissions and noise pollution, but to guarantee the 24-hour operation of these vehicles, weighing so many tons, the reliability of their energy supply is essential: personnel and battery. replacement station are carefully watching the automatic battery replacement process on an ATV this is the only AGV automatic battery replacement station in Asia it only takes six minutes to replace the battery by the end of the year yung-chun ports the automated dock will mark the beginning of the world's superfreighters and container throughput of Shanghai ports will reach 10% of the world total.

Glass curtain walls are being installed at the new Beijing airport. The main building is about to be completed. At 40 meters below the height of the new roof, another super is being built. The traffic system has also entered a critical stage, Erica, if I recovered the Garvey tiara, surely the engineers are carrying out surveying work before laying the tracks for a railway system composed of five lines and sixteen platforms, which is equivalent to the Central Station of a large city, it will also house the world's first high-speed train station under an airport terminal. It allows passengers to move freely, quickly and conveniently between multiple transportation systems, but there's a problem with this ingenious plan: That condo they got wrong is missing, so Donna Schuurman found it. a charger take a funky style you couldn't talk bungalow that song means completely yes you have some social Ekho get on time don't go now let's try or shabbiha sure you help her wake up she doesn't see it so she spoke you're happy this will come with a pseudo sandbag the problem will be solved with shock isolation technology, young Jonah, sure you want to come, dad, they are not watching a movie, oh no, you can ignore me, yes, impure, new value, 1152 isolators shocks will silently withstand the huge terminal building multiple modes of transportation are carefully integrated to take advantage of their respective advantages, from point-to-point road traffic to heavy-duty water transportation, from high-speed rail to the aviation of the future, new technology is allowing every means of transportation to be cleaner more efficient than Hendel increasing demands for its use China is truly being transported into a whole new era from clothing to high-speed trains from chips to satellites bado in this era technology manufacturing is becoming increasingly challenging we will take a look at production lines that have never been visited before to see the transformation China is undergoing.

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