Shandong to invest 73 billion yuan in green transportation system

　　Recently, the Shandong Provincial Government Information Office held a press conference stating that Shandong Province will invest 73.02 billion yuan in the construction of a green transportation province. It is expected that by 2018, the energy saving of the green transportation province creation project in Shandong Province will reach 3.8889 million tons of standard coal, reducing CO2 emissions by 10.18 million tons, and basically completing the construction of a green transportation system.

　　“Shandong is a province with high energy consumption and high energy consumption in transportation. The total scale and energy consumption account for one-tenth of the national total.” According to Si Jiajun, deputy director of the Shandong Provincial Department of Transportation, the construction of Shandong's green transportation province will be carried out in six areas: integrated transportation, infrastructure, and transportation equipment. By the end of 2018, 10 categories and 21 projects need to be completed.

　　In 2018, Shandong will initially build a scientific and reasonable comprehensive transportation network layout. By 2020, the "three horizontal and four vertical" comprehensive transportation channels will be basically formed. In the "three horizontal and four vertical" comprehensive transportation channels, the "three horizontal" are Delong Yanwei, Jiqing, and He Yanri channels, and the "four vertical" are Qingyanweiri, Binlin, Jinghu, and Jingjiu channels. In addition, Shandong will fully complete the "four horizontal and four vertical" freight railway network and the "five vertical, four horizontal, one ring, and eight connecting" highway network, and the construction of the high-speed passenger railway network will also be fully launched.

　　“The comprehensive transportation hubs in Jinan and Qingdao have been further improved, and a number of passenger and freight hubs have been built throughout the province. The functions of major ports such as Qingdao Port, Rizhao Port, and Yantai Port have been significantly improved, and regional ports such as Weihai and Penglai have taken shape. Various modes of transportation are effectively connected and coordinated, and air-ground, road-rail, road-water, and rail-water intermodal transportation are widely used, significantly improving logistics efficiency and continuously reducing costs.” Si Jiajun said.

　　Transportation, as a resource-intensive and energy-consuming industry, is a key area for energy conservation and emission reduction and responding to climate change. Zhao Fangde, director of the Science and Technology Department of the Shandong Provincial Department of Transportation, introduced that Shandong is currently vigorously promoting the informatization of transportation and the construction of intelligent transportation, building a provincial transportation and logistics public information platform, establishing the Shandong Provincial Road Trailer Transportation Alliance and the Bohai Rim Trailer Alliance, continuously improving the construction of the highway ETC system, and continuously promoting the application of advanced technologies such as port "oil-to-electricity" conversion, ship shore power utilization, and green lighting.

　　According to reports, Shandong has been increasing the promotion of new energy and clean energy transportation tools. Since the 12th Five-Year Plan, Shandong has focused on natural gas vehicles and vigorously promoted the application of clean energy and new energy transportation tools in the transportation sector. As of May, the number of new energy and clean energy operating vehicles in Shandong Province has reached 116,000, accounting for about 10% of the total, including 98,373 natural gas vehicles, and 17,837 LNG vehicles among natural gas vehicles.

　　It is reported that the Shandong Provincial Finance has allocated special funds for energy conservation and emission reduction in transportation. Through the central and provincial governments’ "reward for substitution," it has greatly mobilized the enthusiasm of transportation enterprises to carry out energy conservation and emission reduction, driving a large amount of social capital investment and providing effective financial support for building a green transportation system.

　　(Source: China Water Transport Network)