National Railway Administration: Adhere to being moderately proactive, not excessively proactive, and fully promote the construction of a batch of major projects.

date
21/07/2026
On the morning of July 21st, the State Council Information Office held a press conference to introduce the situation related to accelerating the construction of a strong transportation country and improving the modern comprehensive transportation system. Wang Qiming, spokesperson and deputy director of the National Railway Administration, introduced measures to further promote the quality and efficiency improvement of railway network construction during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period. During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, China's railways will focus on achieving modernization as the overall goal, adhere to moderate advancement without excessive advancement, emphasize safety improvement, coordinated layout, digital upgrade, green transformation, integrated development, and systematic management. Accelerate the filling of network weaknesses, break through bottlenecks, ensure network smooth operation, accelerate the construction of a modern railway network with wide coverage, reasonable structure, complete functions, and efficient integration, moving from "basic adaptation" to a new stage of "improving quality and efficiency". Serving the national regional coordinated development strategy, regional major strategy, new urbanization strategy, and rural revitalization strategy, injecting strong momentum into China's modernization construction, and providing key support.