Topography of Qinghai-Tibet Railway and sichuan-tibet railway Passing Area

Topography of the areas where Qinghai-Tibet and sichuan-tibet railway pass: Qinghai-Tibet is a plateau, which is relatively flat as a whole, while Sichuan-Tibet is an alpine canyon, which is quite difficult.

Monuments to the opening of Qinghai-Tibet Railway and Sichuan-Tibet Highway are of great significance to the development of Tibet, which is conducive to improving the transportation network, promoting economic exchanges between Qinghai-Tibet and coastal areas, promoting resource development and material export, and promoting the development of tourism;

It is conducive to promoting economic development along the railway, promoting the development of railway-related industries, accelerating the pace of poverty alleviation, consolidating national unity and strengthening national defense security.

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The construction of sichuan-tibet railway is the need to promote national unity, safeguard national unity, consolidate border stability, and promote Tibet's economic and social development. It is also an important measure to implement the Party Central Committee's general plan for managing Tibet.

As the second "Heavenly Road" in the snowy plateau and the most complicated project in the history of railway construction in the world, sichuan-tibet railway shoulders the dream of three generations of railway builders in China. Railway construction itself can also play an auxiliary role in strengthening ecological protection, preventing soil erosion and implementing road greening.

Qinghai-Tibet Railway is listed as one of the four landmark projects in the Tenth Five-Year Plan, ranking first among the key projects of western development 12. Foreign media in China commented that the Qinghai-Tibet Railway "is the most difficult railway project in history" and "it will become one of the most spectacular railways in the world".