On the eve of National Day, good news spread frequently across the country. To the north, the Haiyi High-speed Railway, my country's highest latitude high-speed railway, was officially opened to traffic, and the journey from Harbin to Yichun was reduced to about 2 hours; to the south, the Pinglu Canal, the backbone project of the New Western Land-Sea Corridor, was opened to navigation, and the inland navigation distance of goods in the southwest was shortened by more than 560 kilometers. Two major projects, one in the north and one in the south, echo each other. The moving geographical coordinates mark the sonorous pace of building a strong country and reflect the hard work of hundreds of millions of builders.
Major projects are never cold steel and concrete, but the answer to the times made through hard work. The Haiyi High-speed Railway runs on island-shaped permafrost and has to withstand the low temperature test of the long cold winter in Northeast China; the Pinglu Canal cuts through mountains and ridges to solve construction problems caused by complex geology. From the implementation of the drawings to the completion of the entire line, there is no miracle falling from the sky. It relies on thousands of builders taking root on the front line and working hard day and night. It relies on the coordination and linkage of various departments to achieve success over time. These two important weapons of the country are not only the upgrade of transportation infrastructure, but also the most vivid realistic portrayal of hard work in the new era. Over the past 70 years since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Party has led the people to continuously strive to win the battle against poverty and build a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way. The achievements that have been recorded in history are all achieved through down-to-earth work.
The implementation of the Great Power Project is surging with strong vitality for high-quality development. The Hai-Yi high-speed railway breaks the traffic barrier in the Xiaoxing'an Mountains. The ecological resources and specialty agricultural products hidden in the forest can move out of the mountains faster. Ice and snow tourism and green industries have greater room for development, injecting real impetus into the revitalization of Northeast China. The Pinglu Canal will open up key congestion points in river-sea intermodal transportation, reshape the logistics pattern in the southwest region, allow Sichuan, Chongqing, Guizhou, and Yunnan and other inland regions in the west to smoothly connect with the ASEAN market, and seize the opportunity in the domestic and international dual circulation. The layout of one north and one south is a vivid implementation of the regional coordinated development strategy, and also witnesses the firm pace of my country's continued expansion of opening up to the outside world. The two arteries, one connected to revitalization and the other connected to opening up, jointly support the country's upward development trend. Where traffic is smooth, the flow of people, logistics, capital, and information surges along with it, giving more solid support to the dreams of ordinary people.
To celebrate the birthday of the motherland, the best gift is to continue to promote the unprecedented great cause of Chinese-style modernization. The grand blueprint will not automatically become a reality. It requires not only the courage to dare to venture and dare to work, but also the perseverance to continue working from generation to generation. The Xiong'an New District rises from the ground, a number of powerful weapons from the north and south of the Yangtze River are unveiled one after another, workers from all walks of life stick to their posts, and the younger generation takes over the baton - all this fully proves that building a strong country is never a lonely struggle of a few people, but an expedition that all Chinese people go on together. We must not only take a long-term view and maintain historical patience, but also always have a sense of urgency, wait and see, step by step, and transform the blueprint into visible and tangible development results. Facing the future, we must implement the development concepts of innovation, coordination, green, openness, and sharing into every project, every task, and every job, so that development results can benefit all people more and more equitably.
Mountains and rivers serve as evidence and time serves as a mirror. Looking back at this new historical node, the whistling of the Haiyi High-speed Railway and the roar of the boats on the Pinglu Canal are echoes of the struggle of the times, and they all tell the same truth: the road to national rejuvenation must be built brick by brick and cultivated bit by bit. As long as we focus on "wanting to do things" and use our skills to "get things done", we will surely be able to create new historical glory with new great struggles and make the beautiful vision of Chinese-style modernization become a reality step by step.
