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Passenger Air Routes from Zhengzhou to Moscow and London are Expected to be Opened this Year

It is expected to come true in 2018 that we can take direct flights from Zhengzhou to European countries including Moscow and London.

Recently, the Three-Year Action Plan for the Construction of Zhengzhou Comprehensive Transportation Hub Demonstration Project (hereinafter referred to as the Plan) has been approved by the provincial people’s government and formally issued to relevant departments.

Regarding key tasks in 2018, with respect to the construction of international air routes, the Plan proposes opening new intercontinental passenger air routes from Zhengzhou to Moscow and London as well as freight air routes to Abu Dhabi and Dubai. According to the Plan, the joint venture freight airline company, created by Henan Civil Aviation Development & Investment Co., Ltd. and Cargolux Airlines International S.A., will be driven to put into operation; West Air will set up a branch in Zhengzhou; Shenzhen Airlines will resume the operation of the Zhengzhou branch; Lucky Air will continue to invest more for transport capacity. In terms of the construction of the Union Jack-shaped high-speed railway network, the Plan proposes that the construction will begin in full swing on the Puyang-Jinan section of Zhengzhou-Jinan High-speed Railway; Zhengzhou-Wanzhou, Zhengzhou-Fuyang and Taiyuan-Jiaozuo High-speed Railways as well as the Zhengzhou-Puyang section of Zhengzhou-Jinan High-speed Railway will be successfully pushed ahead following the node plans. As to the construction of high-grade highway network, the Phase II project of Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport-Zhoukou Xihua Highway and G107 Eastward-moving Reconstruction project in Zhengzhou will be completed; the construction will begin on the Xingyang-Xinmi section of Jiaozuo-Pingdingshan Highway and the reconstruction of Southwest section of G310 in Zhengzhou. Regarding the building of the urban microcirculation system, the Plan proposes the contruction will fully begin on the intercity railway from Zhengzhou Airport to Xuchang. We will strive to obtain approval from the National Development and Reform Commission, P.R.C. to carry out the Phase III plan of Zhengzhou rail traffic construction, and start the construction on the Phase II of Line 3 and Line 6 of the rail traffic. The Nongye Road Improvement Project and the elevated roads of the eastern extension of North Third Ring Road will be completed; the construction will begin on the western extension of Huanghe Road and the project of Dongfeng Road Tunnel North Zhengzhou marshaling station. We will speed up the construction of the collecting and distributing road network around the airport.

Regarding key tasks in 2019, the Plan proposes opening new intercontinental passenger air routes from Zhengzhou to New York and other cities as well as freight air routes to Halifax and Maastricht, and adding passenger and freight air routes to Europe, America, Asia and Australia. According to the Plan, the Henan section of Zhengzhou-Wanzhou High-speed Railway and Zhengzhou-Fuyang High-speed Railway, as well as the main works of Taiyuan-Jiaozuo High-speed Railway and Zhengzhou-Puyang section of Zhengzhou-Jinan High-speed Railway will be completed; the new interchange project for Airport Expressway and South 4th Ring Road as well as the combined interchange project for Four-Port Linkage Avenue will also be completed; the construction will begin on Xunxian-Zhengzhou section of Beijing-HongKong-Macao Eastern Double-Track Expressway as well as the Jiaozuo-Xingyang and Xinmi-Pingdingshan sections of Jiaozuo-Pingdingshan Highway; the intercity railway between Zhengzhou Airport and Zhengzhou South Railway Station as well as the Kaifeng Extension of Zhengzhou-Kaifeng Intercity Railway will be completed. The Phase II of Line 2, Line 5, and Phase Ⅰ of Line 14 of the rail traffic, as well as the Phase II of the suburban railway connecting South 4th Ring Road to Zhengzhou South Railway Station, will all be completed; efforts will be made to start the Phase Ⅰ project of Line 8 of the rail traffic. As to the improvement project of the 4th Ring Road, we will strive to basically complete the construction of elevated roads. Construction will begin on the four-port linkage special line for freight traffic.

Regarding key tasks in 2020, the Plan proposes opening new passenger air routes from Zhengzhou to some major destinations in European Countries such as Germany, France and Italy, as well as freight air routes to Cologne. According to the Plan, Taiyuan-Jiaozuo High-speed Railway, Zhengzhou-Puyang section of Zhengzhou-Jinan High-speed Railway and the main works of Puyang-Jinan section of Zhengzhou-Jinan High-speed Railway will be basically completed; the preliminary work of Zhengzhou-Xinxiang section of Beijing-HongKong-Macao Western Double-Track Expressway will be advanced; we will complete the Phase Ⅰ of Line 3 and Line 4 of the rail traffic, strive to complete the Phase II of Line 3 and Line 10 of the rail traffic, and push forward the construction of all lines included in the Phase Ⅲ plan of Zhengzhou rail traffic construction. The improvement project of the 4th Ring Road will be completed, and efforts will be made to complete the intercity railway from Zhengzhou Airport to Xuchang.

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