Why don’t Jiujia City build a high-speed rail station?

The "Jiuquan City Urban Master Plan (2011-2030)" reserves the rail transit line from Jiuquan High-speed Railway Station to Jiayuguan Railway Station to Jiuquan High-speed Railway Station.

The two cities of Jiujia and Jiujia: After separation for a long time, they must reunite?

More than 30 years ago, because of Jiuquan Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., Jiayugu, which is affiliated with Jiuquan, jumped two levels to become a prefecture-level city, on an equal footing with Jiuquan;

While the governments of the two places are doing everything possible to promote development, The delicate relationship since the "parting of ways" has been carefully managed. People in the two places and even the outside world have doubts about the establishment of two prefecture-level cities only 22 kilometers apart, and there are discussions from time to time;

Due to the fact that the whole province In order to meet the needs of future development, the topic of "integrating Jiujia" has surfaced, but the relevant parties are very tight-lipped about this topic. Is the integration of the two places really just half-hidden?

Thirty-five years ago, due to the separation of "enterprises", each company went its own way. 35 years later, development needs to "merge" and the two cities have become more and more popular: will the two cities merge after being separated for a long time?

Jiuquan City is only 22 kilometers away from Jiayuguan City. These are the two closest prefecture-level cities on the Chinese territory.

Before the birth of Jiugang, Jiayuguan was only surrounded by the vast Gobi desert except for the Xiongguan built by the Ming Emperor. The world's impression of Jiayuguan is just: "When you leave Jiayuguan in the west, you will have tears in your eyes." Jiuquan, which is 700 kilometers long from east to west, 500 kilometers wide from north to south, and accounts for 42% of the total area of ??Gansu, has been populated by ancestors 4,000 years ago and is known as "under the city." It is named after "There is a spring" and "the water is like wine". It is also famous because Huo Qubing, the hussar general of the Western Han Dynasty, made great achievements in the battle in Hexi, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty gave him imperial wine to enter the spring and drink with the soldiers. Huo Qubing defeated the Xiongnu, and the Western Han Dynasty established four counties in the Hexi Corridor, established two passes, built the Great Wall, and set up pavilions and barriers. Jiuquan thus became an important base and strategic outpost for the Han Dynasty to manage Hexi and expand the Western Regions.

At the foot of the Qilian Mountains, the Tuolai River has flowed for thousands of years, witnessing the evolution of the two cities of Jiuquan and Jiayuguan, and the subtle relationship between them.

In 1958, with the establishment and development of Jiuquan Iron and Steel Company in Jiayuguan, where Jiuquan belongs, a new modern city emerged in the Gobi. In 1965, Jiayuguan was established as a county-level city. In 1971, after Jiayuguan became a provincial city, it was on an equal footing with Jiuquan. Since then, the Maosi River dividing line has "cut off the middle" of Jiuquan's territory, while Jiayuguan has been "heavily surrounded" by Jiuquan. The total area is only 2,935 square kilometers, which is less than the total area of ??Jiuquan. 2, the urban area is only 35 square kilometers. 22 kilometers apart, two prefecture-level cities that "do their own things" were born.

Jiujia and Jiujia are originally from the same family, and things in the world have always been "If we unite for a long time, we will divide, and if we divide for a long time, we will unite." Now it is time for Jiujia and Jiujia to integrate.

Over the past half century, although the two places have made brilliant achievements in social and economic aspects, and although the local people have also benefited from it, the shadow of the separation of the two places has always lingered over their heads. Some Complaints and thoughts slowly emerged: What is the practical significance of establishing a prefecture-level city with a population less than that of a county and almost no agriculture only 22 kilometers away from Jiuquan? They believe that if there is no separation of families, there will not be so many duplicate administrative agencies and so many high-rise buildings will not be duplicated. The money originally spent by one family has to be spent by two families. This money is somewhat unfairly spent! If the families were not separated, the money of the two families was spent as one family, and the extended family members lived in harmony, the popularity index would definitely be higher than it is now. The common people are not interested in the reason why policymakers say "it's for business needs". They feel deeply distressed by the massive waste caused by duplication of construction in the two places. They feel uncomfortable seeing the stumbling blocks between individual industries in the two places. Their wish is actually very simple, that is, to waste less, live more comfortably, and do things more conveniently.

After the stumbling blocks between the two places accumulated over time, they finally became concrete conflicts and entered people's lives one after another. Take the taxi industry as an example. For a long time, because the distance between the two places is only 22 kilometers, local citizens and foreign guests have become accustomed to taxis being available at any time, with stable prices, and convenient and fast operation when traveling between the two places. However, some taxis in Jiuquan City However, under the guise of "narrow streets," the department restricted Jiayuguan taxis from entering the main streets of Jiuquan City. People and operators complained about this.

In early June 2005, the resentment finally erupted. Hundreds of taxi owners in Jiayuguan stopped driving collectively and blocked Jiuquan taxis on the national highway from entering Jiashi. This move received support from people in both places. The incident was calmed down after the province paid great attention to it, and the "overlord clause" was lifted.

Some people even pointed out that in recent years, the two cities have expanded their urban areas to the south. There is no "isolation zone" between the two cities. If they are combined into one, the two connected cities will be even more impressive. .

If this phenomenon is a "special" product of a "special" period, then as the times move forward, when this specialness has lost its meaning, a topic has surfaced: wine and Jiaben are As a family, the world has always been "together for a long time, we must divide, and for a long time, we must reunite." Now it's time for Jiujia to integrate.

At the "Two Sessions" in Gansu in 2006, the idea of ??"turning Tianshui and Jiuquan (Jiayuguan) into big cities" was formally proposed by deputies to the National People's Congress for the first time.

Gansu Province currently has no large cities with a non-agricultural population of 500,000 to 1 million. Jiuquan and Jiayuguan are located between the two megacities of Lanzhou and Urumqi, bordering Qinghai to the south, Inner Mongolia to the north, and with Mongolia. Bordering, with obvious location advantages and a good urbanization foundation, it can take the lead in moving towards a big city in the province and develop into an inter-provincial regional economic secondary center.

The integration of Jiuquan and Jiayuguan does not simply come from the "unrequited love" among the people. At the end of 2004, the Policy Research Office of the Provincial Party Committee, together with the Department of Construction, Department of Finance, Development and Reform Commission and other departments, completed the project "Research on Countermeasures to Accelerate the Urbanization Process of Gansu" according to the arrangement of the Provincial Party Committee, "Adjusting the Administrative Divisions of Jiuquan and Jiayuguan and Integrating Urban Resources" The topic is semi-public.

At the end of October 2005, at the "Thoughts on the Development of the Province in the Next Five Years" seminar held by the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government, the main leaders of the province, heads of major departments, and top leaders of cities and states discussed and To study the future development direction of our province, the topic of the integration of Jiajiu was formally raised. Not only did the heads of relevant departments talk about their respective opinions, but many participants also clearly supported it.

At the "Two Sessions" in Gansu in 2006, the idea of ??"turning Tianshui and Jiuquan (Jiayuguan) into big cities" was formally proposed by deputies to the National People's Congress for the first time. Some representatives believed that the functions of Lanzhou's megacities should be improved and their radiating and driving role in the economic development of the province; Jiuquan, Jiayuguan and Tianshui should be developed into large cities in our province and regional cities with strong industrial agglomeration functions.

If this is an inevitable trend to build a giant economic aircraft carrier and comply with urban development, then in real life, Jiujia and Jiaqing have already become a family eating from the same pot. For decades, no matter how the two places develop themselves, telecommunications, mobile and other communication networks have always used the same area code. It is precisely because of this that for many people outside, they naturally regard the two places as one. One body. Management models like this will be needed more and more with the development of society!

After half a century of development, Jiuquan and Jiayuguan have their own characteristics. It is a good thing to merge them into one, but the process of integration is not simple.

When the call for integration is getting louder and the facts that have been formed cannot be avoided, thinking about how to integrate has entered the feasibility stage. The local government, people, experts, and scholars have different opinions, and even have obvious tendencies. The reporter learned that the integration views that can be put on the table can be roughly divided into two categories: one is that Jiujia will develop into a central city between Lanzhou and Urumqi after "reunion"; the other is "not to withdraw, but to integrate resources and choose A central city”.

The Political Research Office of the Provincial Party Committee is an authoritative department that holds the first view. Its view of "integrating resources" is not the same as "who eats who." The Political Research Office of the Provincial Party Committee wrote an article after an investigation and pointed out: Jiayuguan is an industrial and mining city with Jiugang as the mainstay and a relatively single function. The urban area is small and there is no rural area to drive it; while Jiuquan is a city lacking industry. Through the integration of resources, the two cities can not only make the cities smart and complementary in their advantages, but also form a central city between Lanzhou and Urumqi, and at the same time make up for the vacancies in the large cities in our province.

But it is difficult to separate and even more difficult to reunite.

After half a century of development, Jiuquan and Jiayuguan have their own characteristics. It is a good thing to merge them into one, but the process of integration is not simple.

Some people believe that in the areas including Jiayuguan, Yumen City and Jinta County, the steel industry base, petroleum base and Dongfeng Aerospace City are adjacent to each other. They have a strong industrial foundation, distinctive economic characteristics and industrial complementarity. It is the area with the most concentrated and active production factors in the Hexi Corridor. Therefore, it is more practical and easy to operate to choose Jiayuguan as the central city and transfer Jiuquan City to one city and one county.

In 2004, Lanzhou University organized experts to conduct a survey and also proposed that Jiayuguan has the industrial characteristics of "one industry with multiple extensions, gathering multiple industries" and advantages that are unmatched by other areas in Hexi, and should be regarded as the second level. Provincial central city layout.

So far, the Jiuquan Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government have remained silent, but tendentious views have still been heard among citizens. Most people in Jiuquan believe that Jiayuguan originally belonged to Jiuquan, so it was natural for them to "return to their hometown in rich clothes". Besides, Jiuquan has a long history, obvious regional advantages, and has the development elements of a big city. It should be used as the center to build a future blueprint.

Although people from all walks of life have different views on "Jiujia integration", facts show that integration is a development strategy that has to be faced.

No matter how governments at all levels view integration, most people in Jiayuguan and Jiuquan are in favor of integration. A retired cadre of the Jiuquan Municipal Government told reporters that Jiayuguan and Jiuquan were originally one city. Although they formed two cities of different nature after separation, integration is not a problem. Since the separation of the two places, his son works in Jiuquan and his daughter-in-law works in Jiuquan. I don’t know why, but there will be disagreements from time to time when chatting after dinner. This may be the result of the separation and recombination of the two places.

The Jiayuguan City under the Grand Pass seems to be more keenly aware of this public sentiment. In 2000, Jiayuguan City proposed an integration idea to the relevant departments of the Provincial Party Committee. In 2002, it proposed that "Jiayuguan should be laid out as a sub-provincial central city in the construction of the Gansu section of the West Longhai Lan New Line Economic Belt." In 2005, when determining the city's economic work ideas, Jiayuguan City also specifically pointed out: it is necessary to break away from the restrictions of administrative divisions, make full use of the location characteristics, existing advantageous conditions and potential development energy, and strive to build Jiayuguan into a city between Lanzhou and Urumqi. It is the most dynamic, radiant and attractive central city on the thousand-mile corridor.

When Jiuquan City started building new urban areas and industrial parks a few years ago, it tried to expand as far south as possible along both sides of the 12-kilometer road from the urban area to the train station; just last year and this year, the city has already extended its tentacles The 22-kilometer "isolation zone" stretches from the urban area to Jiayuguan, and street lights and other facilities have been extended to the Anyuangou toll station on the dividing line between the two cities. Whether the government intends to prepare for integration or Jiuquan City has no geographical space for its southward expansion, in fact, this is a situation that local people have been waiting for for many years.

The beholder has different opinions and the wise have wisdom. Although some people are secretive about the topic of "Jiujia Integration", and although the views of all walks of life are different, facts show that integration is a development strategy that all walks of life cannot avoid and have to face. Jiujia integrates and everyone expects it to return. Perhaps in the not-too-distant future, this new city, built between Lanzhou and Urumqi and standing on the ancient Silk Road, will show its elegance in a brand-new manner!