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rate of the whole country and the whole province. By doubling the
GDP in five years, it is the fastest growth rate since the founding of the
Republic of China. The primary, secondary and tertiary industries saw
a rise of 7.9 per cent, 12.2 per cent, and 16.9 per cent, respectively, in the
Tenth Five-Year Plan period. The proportions of the three industrial
sectors were adjusted from 6.3:48.4:45.3 in 2006 to 5.1:40.7:54.2 in 2010.
The GDP per capita exceeded USD 4,000.
Road traffic
Guiyang is an important traffic hub in the south-western region. With
the Hunan–Yunnan, Guizhou–Kunming, Sichuan–Guizhou national
railway trunk lines, national highways, provincial highways and other
regional road arteries within the Guizhou Province passing through
it, Guiyang enjoys major traffic corridors in four directions. Mainly
composed of railroads, highways, and airways, the cross-shaped traffic
and transportation corridors form a comprehensive external traffic and
transportation network.
With the ring expressway at its core, Guiyang’s regional backbone
of highway traffic network radiates towards various regions,
municipalities, and prefectures in Guizhou and other places such as
Chongqing, Guangxi and the Pearl River Delta, Xi’an, Yunnan, Hunan
and the Yangtze River Delta. Along with this highway network, a
municipal highway traffic network featuring 8 provincial highways
connects with 7,934.4 km of rural highways. According to the Urban
Comprehensive Traffic Planning of Guiyang Municipality, the
municipal backbone of trunk roads in Guiyang adopts a pattern of ‘1
ring road, 1 horizontal road, and 9 radial roads’.
In terms of the urban traffic of Guiyang, a backbone urban road
traffic network characterized by ‘3 ring roads and 16 radial roads’ has
been largely built. The road–area ratio reaches 9.66 per cent, and the
road–area per capita is 7.12 sq. m; in the old city, the sidewalk area
per capita is 4.24 sq. m, and there are 257 pedestrian crossing facilities,
including 25 overpasses, 185 crosswalks, and 47 underground
passages; the construction of rail transit facilities has started, and phase
one feasibility study on Line 1 and Line 2 has been accomplished.
Currently, the routine bus system is the main form of urban public
transport. In 2010, the bus companies in Guiyang operated 148 bus
routes. Guiyang is now planning to become a demonstrative city of
public transport according to the Twelfth Five-Year Plan in China.
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GDP in five years, it is the fastest growth rate since the founding of the
Republic of China. The primary, secondary and tertiary industries saw
a rise of 7.9 per cent, 12.2 per cent, and 16.9 per cent, respectively, in the
Tenth Five-Year Plan period. The proportions of the three industrial
sectors were adjusted from 6.3:48.4:45.3 in 2006 to 5.1:40.7:54.2 in 2010.
The GDP per capita exceeded USD 4,000.
Road traffic
Guiyang is an important traffic hub in the south-western region. With
the Hunan–Yunnan, Guizhou–Kunming, Sichuan–Guizhou national
railway trunk lines, national highways, provincial highways and other
regional road arteries within the Guizhou Province passing through
it, Guiyang enjoys major traffic corridors in four directions. Mainly
composed of railroads, highways, and airways, the cross-shaped traffic
and transportation corridors form a comprehensive external traffic and
transportation network.
With the ring expressway at its core, Guiyang’s regional backbone
of highway traffic network radiates towards various regions,
municipalities, and prefectures in Guizhou and other places such as
Chongqing, Guangxi and the Pearl River Delta, Xi’an, Yunnan, Hunan
and the Yangtze River Delta. Along with this highway network, a
municipal highway traffic network featuring 8 provincial highways
connects with 7,934.4 km of rural highways. According to the Urban
Comprehensive Traffic Planning of Guiyang Municipality, the
municipal backbone of trunk roads in Guiyang adopts a pattern of ‘1
ring road, 1 horizontal road, and 9 radial roads’.
In terms of the urban traffic of Guiyang, a backbone urban road
traffic network characterized by ‘3 ring roads and 16 radial roads’ has
been largely built. The road–area ratio reaches 9.66 per cent, and the
road–area per capita is 7.12 sq. m; in the old city, the sidewalk area
per capita is 4.24 sq. m, and there are 257 pedestrian crossing facilities,
including 25 overpasses, 185 crosswalks, and 47 underground
passages; the construction of rail transit facilities has started, and phase
one feasibility study on Line 1 and Line 2 has been accomplished.
Currently, the routine bus system is the main form of urban public
transport. In 2010, the bus companies in Guiyang operated 148 bus
routes. Guiyang is now planning to become a demonstrative city of
public transport according to the Twelfth Five-Year Plan in China.
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