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prevention and control, pollution source treatment, scientific research and design,
and education. In 2003, the Ministry of Transport promulgated the Administrative
Measures for the Environmental Protection in Transportation Construction Projects,
clarifying the requirements on environmental protection in projects from the perspectives of environmental impact assessment procedures and environmental protection
facilities. In 2006, the Ministry of Transport issued the Guiding Opinions on the
Development of Economical Transportation, proposing to establish the concept of
economical transportation. In 2009, the Ministry of Transport introduced the Policy of
Developing Resource-conserving and Environment-friendly Highway and Waterway
Transportation, providing guidance for the highway and waterway transportation
industry to adjust the industrial structure and transform the development mode.
China has made steady headways in energy conservation and environmental
protection in the transportation industry, with enhanced efforts in the prevention
and control of pollution from water transport and gradual improvement in highway
ecological protection. This became a hotspot issue during the period. The highway
industry has further promoted green development, adhered to develop typical demonstration projects, and strengthened the development and application of new technologies, materials, processes, and products, laying a solid foundation for the green development of highways in a new era. In 2003, under the guidance of the sustainable development concept, China started the construction of Chuanzhu Temple—Jiuzhaigou
Highway in Sichuan Province, China’s first demonstration highway in harmony with
the natural environment. In 2004, the National Highway Survey and Design Working
Conference summarized and promoted the successful experience of the Demonstration Project Chuanzhu Temple—Jiuzhaigou Highway, introducing the new approach
for highway survey and design, featuring the adherence to six principles and the establishment of six new concepts. It means to adhere to the people-centred principle while
establishing the safety-first concept, adhere to the principle of harmony between man
and nature while establishing the concept of respecting nature and protecting environment, adhere to the principal of sustainable development while establishing the
energy-conserving concept, adhere to the quality-first principle while establishing the
concept about public satisfaction, adhere to the principle about rational selection of
technical indicators while establishing the concept of design and creation, and adhere
to the principle of systematic thinking while establishing the concept of life cycle
cost.) Since 2007, relying on major construction projects such as national expressways, the Ministry of Transport has successively coordinated to implement a number
of sci-tech demonstration projects in the expressway construction in mountainous
areas, eco-environmental protection and transportation safety. In 2009, in an effort
to fully implement the concept of modern project management in highway construction, the Ministry of Transport put forward the five-pronged management requirements (i.e., people-oriented development concept, professional project management,
standardized project construction, IT-based management methods, and refined daily
management). A three-year campaign of standardized construction was carried out
nationwide, which elevated the management of highway construction to a new level.
In 2011, the Ministry of Transport successively launched a number of thematic
projects on green and low-carbon circular highways.
Q. Li
prevention and control, pollution source treatment, scientific research and design,
and education. In 2003, the Ministry of Transport promulgated the Administrative
Measures for the Environmental Protection in Transportation Construction Projects,
clarifying the requirements on environmental protection in projects from the perspectives of environmental impact assessment procedures and environmental protection
facilities. In 2006, the Ministry of Transport issued the Guiding Opinions on the
Development of Economical Transportation, proposing to establish the concept of
economical transportation. In 2009, the Ministry of Transport introduced the Policy of
Developing Resource-conserving and Environment-friendly Highway and Waterway
Transportation, providing guidance for the highway and waterway transportation
industry to adjust the industrial structure and transform the development mode.
China has made steady headways in energy conservation and environmental
protection in the transportation industry, with enhanced efforts in the prevention
and control of pollution from water transport and gradual improvement in highway
ecological protection. This became a hotspot issue during the period. The highway
industry has further promoted green development, adhered to develop typical demonstration projects, and strengthened the development and application of new technologies, materials, processes, and products, laying a solid foundation for the green development of highways in a new era. In 2003, under the guidance of the sustainable development concept, China started the construction of Chuanzhu Temple—Jiuzhaigou
Highway in Sichuan Province, China’s first demonstration highway in harmony with
the natural environment. In 2004, the National Highway Survey and Design Working
Conference summarized and promoted the successful experience of the Demonstration Project Chuanzhu Temple—Jiuzhaigou Highway, introducing the new approach
for highway survey and design, featuring the adherence to six principles and the establishment of six new concepts. It means to adhere to the people-centred principle while
establishing the safety-first concept, adhere to the principle of harmony between man
and nature while establishing the concept of respecting nature and protecting environment, adhere to the principal of sustainable development while establishing the
energy-conserving concept, adhere to the quality-first principle while establishing the
concept about public satisfaction, adhere to the principle about rational selection of
technical indicators while establishing the concept of design and creation, and adhere
to the principle of systematic thinking while establishing the concept of life cycle
cost.) Since 2007, relying on major construction projects such as national expressways, the Ministry of Transport has successively coordinated to implement a number
of sci-tech demonstration projects in the expressway construction in mountainous
areas, eco-environmental protection and transportation safety. In 2009, in an effort
to fully implement the concept of modern project management in highway construction, the Ministry of Transport put forward the five-pronged management requirements (i.e., people-oriented development concept, professional project management,
standardized project construction, IT-based management methods, and refined daily
management). A three-year campaign of standardized construction was carried out
nationwide, which elevated the management of highway construction to a new level.
In 2011, the Ministry of Transport successively launched a number of thematic
projects on green and low-carbon circular highways.