55 kilometers, 213.5 billion yuan said that China's economic development in 2018 is a major achievement

The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge was opened to traffic, the Beidou No. 3 basic system constellation was completed, the high-speed rail operation mileage reached 29,000 kilometers, and the first China Expo was successfully held... a wonderful moment, let people remember that in the upcoming 2018, A series of achievements in China's economic construction.

55 km - the world's longest cross-sea bridge is completed and opened

The bridge connecting Zhuhai, Hong Kong and Macao was officially opened on October 24, which greatly shortened the traffic time of the three places and constituted a "1 hour living circle".

According to the statistics of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge border checkpoint, the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Zhuhai Highway has a total of more than 2.9 million passengers. Among them, the number of Hong Kong and Macao residents entering and leaving the country has increased steadily, with Hong Kong residents accounting for nearly 30%, and the number of Macao residents has also jumped sharply.

The super-project integrating bridge, island and tunnel--Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, with a total length of about 55 kilometers, is the longest sea-crossing bridge in the world. It is also the first large-scale cross-sea traffic project jointly built by Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao.

This super project has “six most”: it is the world's longest span, the longest steel bridge, and the longest submarine bridge in the submarine immersed tunnel. It is also the most complicated and difficult construction in the history of world highway construction. The largest bridge. Its opening to traffic marks a new step in the construction of bridge tunnels in China.

Some commentators pointed out that the opening of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge is conducive to the exchange of personnel and economic and trade exchanges between the three places. It is conducive to promoting the development of the Greater Bay Area of ​​Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, helping to enhance the comprehensive competitiveness of the Pearl River Delta region, and complementing the advantages of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao. Mutual benefits and win-win opportunities provide new opportunities.

19 satellites - the Beidou No. 3 basic system constellation deployment completed

On November 19th, China used the Long March 3B carrier rocket (and the expedition No. 1 upper level) at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center to successfully launch the 42nd and 43th Beidou navigation satellites in a “one arrow and two stars” manner. The medium-earth orbiting satellite is the 18th and 19th satellites of the Beidou 3 system in China.

Since then, the deployment of the Beidou No. 3 basic system constellation has been successfully completed, and will provide basic services such as navigation for the “Belt and Road” countries and regions. The industry believes that China North

Fighting is a “critical step” from domestic to international and from regional to global.

The Beidou No. 3 project was launched in 2009 and is networked in three steps according to the simplest system, basic system and global system. Previously, in November 2017, the Beidou No. 3 network satellite was launched for the first time; at the end of March 2018, the minimal system constellation deployment consisting of eight Beidou navigation satellites was completed.

According to reports, before the end of 2020, China will build a global system consisting of more than 30 Beidou navigation satellites with global service capabilities. A comprehensive, more integrated and smarter integrated space-time system will be built before 2035.

According to media reports, in the late 20th century, China began to explore the development path of satellite navigation systems suitable for national conditions, and gradually formed a "three-step" development strategy: the Beidou No. 1 system was completed at the end of 2000 to provide services to the whole country; the Beidou No. 2 system was completed at the end of 2012. To provide services to the Asia-Pacific region; the Beidou Global System will be built around 2020 to provide services to the world.

2.9 million kilometers - a new breakthrough in high-speed rail operating mileage

In the week before the end of the year, 10 new high-speed rail lines were intensively opened. The new high-speed rail operation mileage is about 2,500 kilometers, and the national high-speed rail operating mileage will reach 29,000 kilometers.

The 10 new lines are: Jingha High-speed Railway Chengde to Shenyang Section, Xinmin to Tongliao High-speed Railway, Harbin to Mudanjiang High-speed Railway, Jinan-Qingdao High-speed Railway, Qingdao-Yancheng Railway, Hangzhou-Hangzhou High-speed Railway Hangzhou-Huangshan Section, Nanping-Longyan Railway, Huaihua To Hengyang Railway, Tongren to Yuping Railway, Chengdu to Ya'an Railway.

The investment in the new line has further reduced the running time of passenger trains between some cities. For example, the whole process from Harbin to Mudanjiang is compressed for 3 hours, Tongliao to Shenyang is compressed for 2 hours and 21 minutes, and Beijing to Qingdao is compressed for 58 minutes.

Among the new high-speed rail lines opened this year, the Guangzhou-Shenzhen high-speed rail Hong Kong section is particularly eye-catching. The new line, which opened on September 23, marks the official entry of the Hong Kong SAR into the national high-speed rail network and enters a new era of high-speed rail. The opening of the line not only makes the “1 hour living circle” of Dawan District of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao come true, but also the high-speed rail network such as Wuguang, Guiguang, Nanguang and Xiamen-Shenzhen, which also connects the cities between Hong Kong and the mainland. The 4-hour travel circle brings great business opportunities to Hong Kong tourism.

According to data from the Transport and Housing Bureau of the Hong Kong SAR Government, as of November 29, the total number of passengers in the Hong Kong section of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link exceeded 3.4 million passengers, with an average daily passenger volume exceeding 50,000.

According to the Medium and Long-Term Railway Network Plan, by 2020, the scale of the railway network will reach 150,000 kilometers, including 30,000 kilometers of high-speed railway.

12,000 columns - 49 cities in 15 countries in China and Europe

The third plenary meeting of the China-Europe Joint Transport Coordination Committee held recently said that at present, the China-Europe trains have accumulated more than 12,000 trains. From January to November 2018, the number of banks reached 5611, an increase of 72%. The number of operations in the whole year is expected to exceed 6,000, and the goal of “5,000 rows per year” as determined by the “China-European Construction and Development Plan 2016-2020” has been achieved two years ahead of schedule.

It is reported that the two-way transportation between China and Europe is becoming more and more balanced. The proportion of return trains and travel trains has reached 71%, basically achieving “go 4 times 3”. The scope of the operation has been continuously expanded, with 56 domestically operated cities and 49 cities in 15 countries in Europe. The shipment of goods has also been gradually expanded to include clothing, shoes, hats, automobiles and accessories, food, wine, coffee beans, wood pulp, furniture, chemicals and other products.

The industry believes that the development of China-European trains in the country is gradually moving towards a new stage of high-quality sustainable development. It has played a positive role in improving the level of inter-connectivity and economic and trade cooperation among the countries along the “Belt and Road” and releasing the logistics channel potential of the Silk Road Economic Belt.

It is reported that since the start of the China-European class in 2011, it has grown rapidly from scratch and has grown by spurt. Today, the Central European trains have achieved a major return. With the improvement of the international railway cooperation mechanism, the brand effect of the China-European class will continue to expand.

140 meters - the largest self-propelled cutter suction dredger in Asia successfully tested

On June 12, the first self-propelled cutter suction dredger in Asia, the “Scorpio”, was successfully completed for the first time. This marks the "Scorpio" to take a crucial step towards becoming a real dredging weapon.

The "Scorpio" is 140 meters long and 27.8 meters wide. The maximum depth is 35 meters. The total installed power is 25,843 kilowatts. It is designed to dredge 6000 cubic meters per hour and the rated power of the reamer is 6600 kilowatts. It marks that China has been able to independently design and construct a new generation of heavy-duty self-propelled cutter suction dredgers, achieving a breakthrough in the key technology of the ship type.

Compared with the previous dredgers, the "Scorpio" has many technological innovations. For example, it installs the most advanced intelligent integrated control system for cutter suction dredgers in China. With this “brain”, it can display the three-dimensional soil quality and the tidal level in real time. With a simple operation, it can be automatically positioned to start dredging.

It is reported that heavy dredgers are important basic equipment for high-tech and capital-intensive countries. In the past, only a few countries in the world have mastered the core technologies of independent design and construction. Only by realizing the independent design and construction of heavy dredgers can we be independent of people and achieve independent independence of river dredging, channel excavation and sea and sea construction.

5 sets for two years - nuclear reactor pressure vessel for mass production

On November 29th, another “national heavy weapon”, “Hualong No.1”, was awarded the first reactor pressure vessel of the second phase of the nuclear power plant of Zhongguang Nuclear Fangchenggang Nuclear Power Plant, which was built by China. Recorded the production of 5 sets of nuclear reactor pressure vessels.

The completion of this equipment marks a further enhancement of the research capacity of China's one-million-kilowatt nuclear reactor pressure vessel, and has achieved advanced manufacturing of autonomous and mass-produced.

Liu Mingzhong, chairman of China Yizhong Group, said in an interview with the media that the company achieved the "world's shortest manufacturing cycle and comprehensive domestic quality" in nuclear reactor pressure vessel manufacturing, marking China's nuclear power equipment manufacturing has reached the global leading level.

It is reported that "Hualong No.1" is a three-generation nuclear power technology independently developed and designed by China. Its safety indicators and technical performance have reached the advanced level of the international three-generation nuclear power technology, and fully utilize China's mature nuclear power equipment manufacturing system. 90%, meeting the technical requirements of the domestic and international nuclear power market, is one of the national business cards for “going out”.

57.8 billion US dollars - the first entry into the Expo will be qualitative

172 countries, regions and international organizations participated, and more than 400,000 domestic and foreign buyers attended the conference to negotiate purchases. The total exhibition area reached 300,000 square meters, and more than 300 new products and technologies were first released, with a turnover of US$57.8 billion... ... From November 5th to 10th, the answer to the first China Import Expo (hereinafter referred to as the Expo) highlighted the "quality" and "quantity" of the Expo.

The Expo will become an open platform for “buying the world and selling the world”, allowing the world to see China’s self-confidence and China’s open mind.

In this year's most extensive and largest home-based diplomatic activities in China, more than 4,500 guests from the political, business, and research circles exchanged views at the Hongqiao International Economic Forum and issued the "Hongqiao Voice."

Some commentators believe that the holding of the Expo is a major decision made by China to promote a new round of high-level opening up. It is a major initiative for China to open its market to the world, and it is also an open and open world economy in China. Strategic plan.

The platform for the Expo is China, and it is the world. According to media reports, after the wonderful end of the Expo, the 6-day highlight became the normal state of 365 days. Under the line, the Hongqiao Import Commodity Display and Trading Center has already started operations; online, “6 days + 365 days” perennial display trading platform, breaking the time and space restrictions. The online and offline platforms will be connected together, so that the Expo will never end.

213.5 billion yuan - "Double 11" mobilizes thousands of consumer companies

At 0:00 on November 12, the number of Tmall's “Double 11” turnover was finally fixed at 213.5 billion yuan, an increase of nearly 27% compared with last year.

Other e-commerce platforms, the results are not bad: 1 hour and 18 minutes, NetEase koala broke through the "double 11" all-day sales in 2017; from 1st to 11th, Jingdong Global Good Things accumulated a total of 159.8 billion yuan in order...

“Double 11” is just the epitome of the rapid growth of online shopping consumption. The data shows that from January to November this year, the online retail sales of physical goods in the country reached 6.27 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 25.4%, and the contribution rate to social zero growth reached 44.1%. E-commerce has become an important force for consumption upgrading.

After 10 years, “Double 11” is changing while creating business miracles. Today's "Double 11" is not only an online carnival, but has been extended to the supply side in the offline, and mobilized thousands of brands, supermarkets, department stores, logistics, financial companies to link together. According to media reports, 200,000 smart stores, 62 Intime Department Stores, nearly 100 boxes of fresh horses, and more than 470 new retailers are equipped with resources for the “Double 11”.

From a promotion in 2009, it gradually evolved into a shopping spree. The “Double 11”, which has gone through 10 years of history, will still be a typical sample for observing China's e-commerce and even the Internet industry and consumption changes in the future.