Railway And Lanzhou City Development Research

As Gansu political, economic and cultural center of Lanzhou and Gan-Ning-Qing region of communications in the center, it is always the Gan-Ning-Qing region area of the material distribution center and economic exchange center. But after the opium war, in China the coastal areas and along emergence a trading city with a trading port to port. The port city because of its superior geographical position and convenient traffic conditions and waterways external factors have developed fast, become the base of the Chinese modernization and center. And Lanzhou relative to the coastal areas and along the port city of speaking, transportation condition, the geographical position block, so for a long time, not given proper development. Lanzhou development is slow and finally results in coastal areas and along with other port city of the growing gap gap.In the1950s, the Tianshui-Lanzhou section of the Longhai railway day for Syria, Lanzhou-xinjiang railway, Baolan railway, Lanqing railway to be finished to be open to traffic one after another, changed the Gansu transportation conditions. As four railway intersection of Lanzhou rapid rise, and finally become the largest railway hub of the northwest. Because of the railway traffic, Lanzhou location advantage more outstanding, in a few short years, Lanzhou, rapid growth of northwest important industrial and commercial city. The paper focuses on the1950s of Lanzhou railway huge role:Railway transportation become the leading and make Lanzhou become the largest railway hub in northwest; Drive the Lanzhou city in population and service industry and business development; Promote Lanzhou the modern and industrial take-off; Accelerate the Lanzhou city and the expansion of the scale of the development of municipal construction.The author through to the large number of local records is sorted, systematically expounded the railroad be open to traffic before the Lanzhou transportation present situation as well as the opening of Lanzhou great changes. And through the comparison of the before and after open to traffic in Lanzhou, can make you clear understanding to:railway is the important national infrastructure, the artery of national economy, the backbone of the transportation system. Railway to the development of national economy is of vital importance. And on the track of development of Lanzhou city, this paper is the great western development strategy under the background of the development of a city provides a successful example.