The construction of basic industries and infrastructure has played an important role

In 2008, China's total energy production reached 2.6 billion tons of standard coal, and energy consumption reached 2.85 billion tons of standard coal, 110 times and 53 times of 1949, respectively. Between 1979 and 2008, energy production grew at an average annual rate of 4.9 percent, supporting rapid annual GDP growth.

3. Transport development has made rapid progress, and a comprehensive transport network consisting of railways, highways, civil aviation, water transport and pipelines has reached all directions

Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, our country's transportation construction has made brilliant achievements, which has given strong support to the rapid development of economic society. From 1954 to 2008, the total investment in China's transport industry was 8,998.8 billion yuan, with an average annual growth rate of 13.4 percent, and the level of transport infrastructure was significantly improved.

The operating length of railways increased from 21,800 km in 1949 to nearly 79,700 km in 2008. Nearly half of these new miles are operating miles of electrified railways using advanced technology and equipment. In 1962, China's national railway electrification mileage was only 100 kilometers, and in 2008, it reached 25,000 kilometers. The Shanghai Maglev and Guangzhou-Shenzhen high-speed Railway projects have been completed. On the eve of the opening of the Beijing Olympic Games, the Beijing-Tianjin high-speed Railway passenger dedicated line with a speed of 350 kilometers per hour was officially opened to traffic, and the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway began construction and proceeded smoothly.

In 2008, the length of highways increased from 80,000 km in 1949 to 3.73 million km (including rural roads), of which expressways increased from 0.01 km in 1988 to 60,300 km, an increase of 602 times. The "five vertical and seven horizontal" national highway main trunk line has been initially formed, the highway grade has been significantly improved, and the road condition has been significantly improved, which has driven the development of the automobile industry. By the end of 2008, China's private car ownership was 35.01 million, while in 1985 it was only 284,900, an increase of 189 times.

Civil aviation has made great progress. By the end of 2008, China had 152 airports for civil flights, 70 more than in 1985. 1,532 air routes, an increase of 1,095 over 1990; The length of civil air transport routes is 2.46 million kilometers, 216 times that of 1949.

Great progress has also been made in the construction of water transport and pipeline transport. In 2008, the cargo throughput of coastal ports above designated size reached 4.296 billion tons, 19.8 times that of 1980. The mileage of pipeline oil (gas) is 58,300 kilometers, 292 times that of 1958. Shanghai port has become the world's largest port, with an annual throughput of nearly 500 million tons.

(4) Basic information communication and postal networks are developing rapidly, and the scale and number of users of information networks rank first in the world

Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, especially after the Tenth Five-Year Plan, China's information communication and postal industry has achieved leapfrog development and become the pillar and pilot industry of the national economy. From 1979 to 2008, China's postal and telecommunications industries invested a total of 2,253.5 billion yuan, with an average annual growth rate of 26.7 percent. A number of key national information construction projects such as "golden card", "Golden tax", "Golden customs" and "Golden Shield" were built, and a national information and communication infrastructure network covering the whole country and connecting the world with advanced technology and comprehensive services was built. The network scale and the number of users are ranked first in the world, and the development speed is also among the best in the world. Postal services are complete and widely distributed. The number of fixed-line telephone users soared from 220,000 in 1949 to 340.36 million in 2008, an increase of 1,561 times. The number of mobile phones went from zero to 640 million at the end of 2008. From 1949 to 2008, the total volume of posts and telecommunications services increased from 150 million yuan to 2,365 billion yuan, an increase of 15,765 times. The total length of postal routes and rural delivery routes increased from 706,000 kilometers to 7.35 million kilometers, an increase of 9.4 times.

(5) Facilities for environmental management and protection, urban public transportation, afforestation, sewage treatment, water supply and gas supply have significantly improved

Environmental and public facilities management industry is closely related to People's Daily production and life, and is an important aspect of building a well-off society in an all-round way and constructing a harmonious socialist society. The state has always attached great importance to the construction of environmental and public facilities management and service systems. From 1979 to 2008, China's environmental and public facilities management industry completed a total investment of 4,856.7 billion yuan, with an average annual growth rate of 31.5%, which is the fastest growing industry in basic industries and infrastructure.