On the morning of July 21, the Information Office of the State Council held a press conference on the situation relating to speeding up the construction of a strong transportation country and improving a modern integrated transportation system. Wang Qiming, press spokesman and deputy director of the China Railway Administration, explained how to further promote the quality and efficiency of railway network construction during the “15th Five-Year Plan” period. During the “15th Five-Year Plan” period, China's railways will take basic modernization as the overall goal, adhere to moderately advance ahead of schedule, not excessively advance, highlight safety improvements, coordinated layout, digital intelligence upgrading, green transformation, integrated development, and systematic management, and make every effort to promote the construction of a number of major projects. Accelerate the completion of road network shortcomings, break through bottlenecks, smooth the network cycle, speed up the construction of a modern railway network with extensive coverage, reasonable structure, complete functions, and efficient integration, and move from “basic adaptation” to a new stage of “improving quality and efficiency”. Serve the country's coordinated regional development strategy, major regional strategies, new urbanization strategies, and rural revitalization strategies, inject strong impetus into the Chinese-style modernization drive and provide key support.

On the morning of July 21, the Information Office of the State Council held a press conference on the situation relating to speeding up the construction of a strong transportation country and improving a modern integrated transportation system. Wang Qiming, press spokesman and deputy director of the China Railway Administration, explained how to further promote the quality and efficiency of railway network construction during the “15th Five-Year Plan” period. During the “15th Five-Year Plan” period, China's railways will take basic modernization as the overall goal, adhere to moderately advance ahead of schedule, not excessively advance, highlight safety improvements, coordinated layout, digital intelligence upgrading, green transformation, integrated development, and systematic management, and make every effort to promote the construction of a number of major projects. Accelerate the completion of road network shortcomings, break through bottlenecks, smooth the network cycle, speed up the construction of a modern railway network with extensive coverage, reasonable structure, complete functions, and efficient integration, and move from “basic adaptation” to a new stage of “improving quality and efficiency”. Serve the country's coordinated regional development strategy, major regional strategies, new urbanization strategies, and rural revitalization strategies, inject strong impetus into the Chinese-style modernization drive and provide key support.