Timesaving Transportation

With the completion of the branch line for the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Beijing 2022, the capital city’s rail-transit system had expanded to 27 lines by late 2021, running more than 10,000 trains and transporting nearly 10 million passengers every day, according to the Beijing Metro Network Control Center (BMNCC).

The data were shared with journalists from 36 domestic and overseas media outlets during a February 14 visit to the BMNCC, providing further insight into the Olympic host’s transportation network.

Beijing’s first subway line, also the first in China, started operating in 1969. Since then,

Beijing has gone on to establish a safe, convenient, efficient and green rail-transit system.

Line 11, which opened in 2021 to provide transport to the different Winter Olympics venues, is a smart rail-transit demonstration line featuring intelligent operation and maintenance systems.

Trains on 10 metro lines run at a minimum interval of two minutes during peak hours.

Compared with traveling by car, Beijing’s rail-transit system reduces carbon emissions by 7.38 million tons per year, equivalent to the amount of carbon absorbed by 410 million trees, according to the BMNCC. the elimination of related risks during the relocation of hazardous chemical industries in China, ministry sources said on February 15.

The move comes as the country has accelerated the relocation of hazardous industries to its central, western and northeastern regions from eastern coastal areas in recent years, Sun Guangyu, an official with the ministry, told a press conference.

The campaign will take place across 21 provincial regions involved in different moving projects, said Sun, adding more than 470 such undertakings are expected to roll out this year.

The sound management of safety risks is necessary to avoid accidents, Sun said.

The campaign seeks to strengthen the evaluation of new

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