How to see the significance of high-speed rail to poverty alleviation

Recently, the Chongqing delegation held a plenary meeting in Beijing and decided to submit to the Fifth Session of the Twelfth National People's Congress the recommendations of the whole delegation to accelerate the construction of high-speed railroads, and further enhance the function of Chongqing as the junction point of the "Belt and Road" and Yangtze River Economic Belt, which include Suggesting that the state support the construction of the Chongqing-Xiang high-speed railroad. (March 6, Hunan Daily)

Article 25 of the fifth part of the No. 1 document of the central government in 2017 clearly states that it is necessary to solidly promote the fight against poverty. And we all know that to get rich, we should first build roads. But building roads inside mountainous areas is not only expensive, but also long-distance, which is not a particularly good choice for people traveling in mountainous areas. However, the high-speed rail line has been opened to drive the economic development along the line so that people in mountainous areas to see the hope, but also let the poverty alleviation has more choices.

Why are mountain people so eager to build high-speed rail?

First, in terms of traveling. Mountain people, whether traveling or visiting friends and relatives, often need to cross the mountains, the space and time barrier, but also let a lot of contact broken, family and friendship also slowly fade. However, the high speed rail is widely accessible, especially the formation of "four vertical and four horizontal" high speed rail network, so that the high speed rail along the route into a few hours "circle of friends". If there is a high-speed rail, then the mountain people will have more opportunities to contact with the outside world, whether it is to go out to work or go to friends and relatives, mountain people do not have to go over the mountains, family, friendship will continue to pursue the dream of the road more easily.

Second, in terms of life. Self-sufficiency has always been the tradition of mountain people, but they need the intervention of science and technology more. How many sick people have left the world early because of the lack of timely assistance; how many children have cognitive errors due to educational problems and seem out of place after entering the city; and how many parents have left their hometowns in order to improve their living conditions, resulting in a large number of "left-behind children"。。。。。。. High-speed rail can weaken or even eliminate these problems, and parents who have left their hometowns can have more opportunities for family reunions.

Again, in the spirit. Limited resources make mountain people's knowledge of the outside world can only be learned from TV and other people's chats, and the lack of recreational facilities also makes mountain people often seem to have nothing to do, and bad habits such as playing cards, smoking, and drinking have become their main means of passing time. The lack of a strong sense of law also makes many people choose to solve their problems by violent means, hence the description "poor mountains produce unruly people". It's not that they don't want to watch movies, read books, or dance in the square, but they can't because they don't have them. But the opening of the high-speed rail line, not only the introduction of science and technology, but also allows the spread of advanced cultural ideas, mountain people can get spiritual food.

The original fruits and vegetables, free-range pigs, horses, cows and sheep, the original ecological mountains and green water, and the increasingly rare ancient style and charm of the mountain people do not pay attention to things, but the opening of the high-speed rail line will not only make the two sides of the intercommunication, the mountainous areas of the tourism culture to be carried forward, the government also has more materials and energy to strengthen the protection of the ecological system. In addition, the development of tourism will attract young people working outside to return to their hometowns to start their own businesses, which not only meets the requirements of the national talent construction, but also is a rare good thing for the growth of future generations.

The construction of high-speed rail line is the need of national development and construction, and also the hope of mountain people to get rid of poverty and backwardness. How to closely integrate the high-speed rail and mountain people out of poverty is a big problem facing the development of our society.