Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway construction delayed
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Chinanews, Beijing, Jan. 5 – Construction of the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway, which was due to begin in 2006 and finish by 2010, has been postponed1, the China Business Times reported.

 

In a video conference held on December 31, 2006, Chinese Railway Minister Liu Zhijun touched upon the major tasks to be accomplished2 within the whole railway transport system in 2007. In his speech, However, Liu did not mention anything about the construction work of the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway, nor did he say anything about the State Council's approval of the project.

 

According to related procedures set for large national construction projects, construction of the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway should get the approval of the State Council before construction can begin. However, by December 31, 2006, the State Council had not approved the project yet.

 

On March 7, 2006, the State Council approved the construction scheme for the high-speed railway, which means that the project had been authorized3 by and registered with the government. After this, the project should have entered into the stage of a feasibility study. In fact, preparation work for the railway construction already took place ten years ago. A rough designing plan for the railway construction had been ready and in some places, bridges were already built in preparation for the construction. Based on this, it could be said that the feasibility study work could be finished in a very a short time. Earlier, people at the Ministry4 of Railway (MOR) had said that they “plan to start the construction in 2006.” Their statement was widely quoted by many media, in whose reports it was said that the construction “will take place in 2006.”

 

The reporter was informed that the feasibility report had already been submitted to the State Council for approval.

 

Why, then, didn’t the government give its approval to the plan as expected? Officials from MOR did not give the reason for the delay. However, insiders told the reporter that the estimated costs for the railway construction had been raised from the earlier 130 billion yuan to the present 170–200 billion yuan.

 

And the new estimated costs (170 billion yuan) do not include the costs of the construction for the Nanjing Dashengguan Yangtze River Bridge and two other projects, which are already being built. If construction costs for these three independent projects are added, the total costs might be up to 200 billion yuan.

 



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1 postponed 9dc016075e0da542aaa70e9f01bf4ab1     
vt.& vi.延期,缓办,(使)延迟vt.把…放在次要地位;[语]把…放在后面(或句尾)vi.(疟疾等)延缓发作(或复发)
参考例句:
  • The trial was postponed indefinitely. 审讯无限期延迟。
  • The game has already been postponed three times. 这场比赛已经三度延期了。
2 accomplished UzwztZ     
adj.有才艺的;有造诣的;达到了的
参考例句:
  • Thanks to your help,we accomplished the task ahead of schedule.亏得你们帮忙,我们才提前完成了任务。
  • Removal of excess heat is accomplished by means of a radiator.通过散热器完成多余热量的排出。
3 authorized jyLzgx     
a.委任的,许可的
参考例句:
  • An administrative order is valid if authorized by a statute.如果一个行政命令得到一个法规的认可那么这个命令就是有效的。
4 ministry kD5x2     
n.(政府的)部;牧师
参考例句:
  • They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
  • We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
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