Are there any plans to connect light rail and build high-speed rail from Huangshan Mountain to Jiuhua Mountain in Anhui Province?

The reporter learned from the Anhui Provincial Tourism Bureau that with the approval of the State Council, the National Development and Reform Commission recently officially issued the "Reply on the Outline of the Construction and Development Plan for the International Cultural Tourism Demonstration Zone in Southern Anhui", including the planning and construction of tourist light rail in three famous mountains in the province, including Huangshan Mountain, Jiuhuashan Mountain and Tianzhu Mountain, for interconnection. In addition, support Huangshan Airport, Jiuhuashan Airport and Hefei xinqiao airport to open and encrypt international and interregional routes and set up duty-free shops.

"The seven cities in southern Anhui, which have rich cultural tourism resources, have caught the' Guozihao' express." A person in charge of Anhui Provincial Tourism Bureau said that the international cultural tourism demonstration zone in southern Anhui includes 7 cities including Huangshan, Chizhou, Xuancheng, Maanshan, Wuhu, Tongling and Anqing, and 47 counties (cities, districts) with a land area of 57,000 square kilometers, of which Huangshan, Chizhou, the buried hills of Xuancheng and Anqing, Taihu Lake and Yuexi County are the core areas. The planning period is from 20 13 to 2020, and some plans will look forward to 2030.

Hu, director of Anhui Provincial Tourism Bureau, said that according to the planning outline, the demonstration area will focus on creating a "one circle and two belts" cultural tourism development pattern in the future. "One circle" refers to the ancient Huizhou cultural tourism development circle, where the historical and cultural charms of Four Treasures of the Study, Huizhou cuisine and Huizhou tea will be fully displayed, and a landscape cultural tourism circle centered on Huangshan Mountain will be formed. The two belts refer to the "three mountains and three lakes" landscape tourism development belt and the Wanjiang cultural tourism development belt. "explained.

The reporter learned that the "one circle" will focus on Huangshan Mountain, Jiuhua Mountain, Tianzhu Mountain, Taiping Lake, Jinsheng Lake and Huating Lake, connecting the mountains and rivers in southern Anhui and cultivating a world-class golden tourism belt. The "two belts" will give full play to the role of the Yangtze River as a golden tourist channel, highlight urban leisure and eco-tourism, connect Wanjiang cities and important scenic spots such as Maanshan, Wuhu, Xuancheng, Tongling, Chizhou and Anqing, and link urban agglomerations in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River with cultural tourism belts with national influence.

In order to attract more tourists to play, building roads has become the key. The reporter was informed that the plan also made a detailed layout of the transportation network in southern Anhui. According to the plan, the demonstration area will speed up the construction of intercity railways, ordinary railways, provincial highways, tourist trunk lines, rural highways and connecting lines of expressway, transportation hubs and scenic spots. The express railway will connect all provincial cities, the ordinary railway will cover towns with a population of more than 200,000, and expressway will cover all counties. Secondary and above highways will reach key tourist towns.

In specific projects, the planning is also introduced in detail. For example, in terms of intercity railway, it is necessary to build lines from Tianzhu Mountain to Anqing to Jiangnan concentration area to Jiuhuashan to Huangshan to Jinhua, Nanling to Fanchang to Wuhu to Jiangbei concentration area, and Nanjing to Xuancheng to Jingxian. In terms of urban rail transit, in addition to Ma 'anshan and Wuhu, urban rail backbone lines will be built, and the tourist light rail projects of Huangshan, Jiuhuashan and Tianzhu Mountain, three famous tourist mountains in the province, are also among them.