during the 13th five-year plan period, the central government made remarkable achievements in supporting key national projects.
first, we supported the construction of beijing daxing international airport. the project is a major national engineering project during the 13th five-year plan period (2016-2020) from december 2014 to september 2019. xi jinping, general secretary of the ceremony stressed in beijing daxing international airport was put into operation, daxing international airport can in less than five years to complete a predetermined construction tasks, running smoothly, to fully demonstrate the strength of the chinese engineering construction, fully embodies the chinese spirit and strength, fully embodies the leadership of the communist party of china and china's socialist system is able to concentrate for political advantage.
according to the relevant approval, the project of beijing daxing international airport has a total investment of 79.98 billion yuan, according to song qiuling, chief inspector of the construction department of the ministry of finance. since 2013, the central finance has been actively supporting the investment and construction of daxing international airport. through the civil aviation development fund and the state-owned capital operation budget, etc., the capital requirements for the construction of daxing international airport have been effectively guaranteed. in order to ensure the sustainable operation and development of daxing international airport after its completion, the central finance again supported the construction and operation of daxing international airport through the civil aviation development fund in 2018.
second, we supported the planned construction of the sichuan-tibet railway. on october 10, 2018, general secretary xi jinping presided over the third meeting of the financial and economic commission of the cpc central committee, which decided to fully launch the planning and construction of the sichuan-tibet railway. the sichuan-tibet railway, which runs from chengdu via ya 'an, kangding, qamdo and nyingchi to lhasa, is the second tibet-tibet railway in china. it is of great significance for promoting the development of tibet, improving national defense, and stabilizing the border. it has been included in the "medium - and long-term railway network plan" and the "13th five-year plan" for the development of modern comprehensive transportation system. in the face of the current prominent contradiction between government revenues and expenditures, the central government has done a solid job in ensuring the "six stabilizations" and actively guaranteed funds for the planned construction of the sichuan-tibet railway. at present, the chengdu-ya 'an section at the eastern and western ends of the sichuan-tibet railway has been put into operation, and the lhasa-nyingchi section has been commenced in advance. the planning and construction of the remaining section from ya 'an to nyingchi is progressing steadily.
third, we will support the development of "four good rural roads". general secretary xi jinping attaches great importance to rural road construction and has issued important instructions on many occasions, calling for the construction, management, protection and operation of rural roads. the ministry of finance conscientiously implemented the important decisions and plans of the cpc central committee and the state council, increased funding, improved policy mechanisms, and actively supported the construction of the "four good rural roads." during the 13th five-year plan period, a total of 433.502 billion yuan of car-purchase tax funds have been allocated to support rural road construction in different regions, such as townships, established villages, dismantled and established villages, as well as resource roads and tourism roads in poverty alleviation areas, and preferential policies have been given to xizang, four prefectures in southern xinjiang, and other contiguous areas with extremely poor conditions. in increasing investment at the same time, the ministry of finance jointly issued by the relevant department for the implementation of the general office of the state council on deepening the reform of the rural highway management maintenance system opinion > notice "about promoting" four good rural road "" instructional advice on the development of high quality and a series of policy document, the" four good rural road construction has played a guiding role.
according to statistics, by the end of 2019, the total length of rural roads in china had reached 4.2 million kilometers, accounting for 83.8 percent of the total length of highways, and all townships, towns and administrative villages where conditions are met have had access to hardened roads. the rapid development of rural transportation has provided a strong guarantee for winning the battle against poverty and implementing the strategy of rural revitalization.
the fourth is to support the pilot work of sponge city and underground comprehensive pipe gallery. in 2015, the ministry of finance, together with the ministry of housing and urban-rural development and other departments, launched pilot projects to build sponge cities and underground comprehensive pipe corridors. through competitive selection, two batches of 30 sponge city pilot cities and 25 underground comprehensive pipe gallery construction pilot cities have been determined. according to the pilot policy, during the 3-year pilot period, the central finance will support the pilot cities according to their size by means of awards instead of subsidies, and reward the outstanding performance appraisal in the final evaluation. during the trial period, the central government allocated a total of 66 billion yuan to subsidize the trials. with the concerted efforts of all parties, the pilot work has been carried out in an orderly manner and progressed smoothly.
so far, 55 pilot cities have passed the evaluation, acceptance and performance assessment. the total construction area of sponge cities has reached 480 square kilometers, and 1,089 kilometers of underground comprehensive pipe gallery have been built. the total investment has reached more than 250 billion yuan. improve the urban environment, enhance the livability of the city; it has promoted technological innovation and industrial upgrading and boosted effective investment. promote the innovation of investment and financing mode to ensure the long-term sustainability of urban construction; it has promoted the modernization of the government's governance system and capacity.
source: ministry of finance, prc