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on september 14, the meizhou west to longchuan west section of the longlong high-speed railway was opened for operation. although the total length is only 98 kilometers, it makeschina's railway operating mileage has officially exceeded 160,000 kilometers, an increase of 64.2% compared to the end of 2012.

in,the operating mileage of high-speed railways has exceeded 46,000 kilometers, a sharp increase of 392.2% compared to the end of 2012, or almost four times.

since 2012, china's railway fixed asset investment has reached 9.65 trillion yuan, and a total of 66,000 kilometers of railways have been built and put into operation, including 38,000 kilometers of high-speed railways.

at present, railways cover 99% of the country's cities with a population of more than 200,000, and high-speed railways cover 96% of the country's cities with a population of more than 500,000.

china's high-speed rail operating mileage ranks first in the world and exceeds the total of other countries in the world. it is also the only country to achieve commercial operation of high-speed rail at a speed of 350 kilometers per hour.

as of now, china railway's maximum daily passenger train operation capacity exceeds 12,000 trains, of which more than 10,000 are high-speed trains, an increase of 184% and 426% respectively over 2012.

in 2023, china's railway passenger volume and turnover will reach 3.85 billion and 1,472.9 billion person-kilometers respectively, up 103.6% and 50.1% respectively over 2012, both ranking first in the world, accounting for 41.4% and 51.5% of the whole society, up 36.4 and 22.1 percentage points respectively over 2012.

on may 1, 2024, 20.693 million passengers were transported, setting a new record for the number of passengers transported in a single day.

a new generation of 12306 ticketing system with the largest number of visits and transaction volume in the world has been built, and a series of convenient and beneficial service measures have been launched, including mobile payment, self-service entry and exit, internet meal ordering, quiet carriages, online seat selection, and elderly-friendly services.

there are 4703 standard emu sets, including 1722 standard fuxing emu sets. air-conditioned cars account for 94% of the conventional passenger cars, an increase of 22 percentage points from the end of 2012.

in 2023, my country's railway freight volume and freight turnover reached 5.01 billion tons and 364.38 billion ton-kilometers respectively, both ranking first in the world. the freight volume exceeded the total of the second-ranked united states and third-ranked russia.

in terms of scientific and technological innovation, the beijing-zhangjiakou and beijing-xiong'an intelligent high-speed railways were the first to achieve automatic driving at a speed of 350 kilometers per hour, the beijing-shanghai and beijing-guangzhou high-speed railways and others achieved high-standard operations at a speed of 350 kilometers per hour, and the high-speed comprehensive inspection train equipped with 57 new technical components achieved a single-train speed of 453 kilometers per hour on the open line and a crossing speed of 891 kilometers per hour.

at present, the china railway corporation has formulated 1,219 enterprise technical standards, which have basically formed a complete, advanced and applicable chinese railway technical standards system.

china railway has presided over the formulation and revision of more than 300 uic, iso and iec international standards. all 13 system-level international standards in the uic high-speed rail field were formulated by china railway.

in terms of safety, since 2012, my country's railway safety has entered a relatively stable historical period, with no serious or major safety accidents or responsible driving accidents resulting in passenger deaths.

in 2023, the total number of railway traffic accidents and the number of deaths in china decreased by 75% and 79% respectively compared with 2012, making it recognized as the safest railway in the world.

while high-speed rail is fast, it also has a "slow pace".

since 2012, 5.4 trillion yuan has been invested in railway construction in old, remote, border and poverty-stricken areas, accounting for 78.5% of infrastructure investment. 145 counties have ended their history of not having railways, and there are more than 1,600 passenger and freight stations serving townships and below.

maintain the scale of ordinary passenger train operation, ensure the inclusiveness, balance and accessibility of railway transportation, and insist on running low-fare, public welfare "slow trains" that stop at every station.covering 22 provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities), stopping at 691 stations;

accurately optimize train operations in poverty-stricken areas.a total of 990 million passengers and 4.53 billion tons of cargo have been sent to poverty-stricken areas;

we have continued to implement discounted student ticket prices and have sold a total of 616 million discounted student tickets.

in addition, the greening rate of china's railway lines reached 88.7%, the electrification rate reached 75.2%, and the energy consumption index per unit of transportation workload in 2023 was 3.81 tons of standard coal per million converted ton-kilometers.the energy consumption level is much lower than that of other major railway countries.