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More pictures of the lift. Its max. lift capacity is 15,500 ton!!

Supplier of the lift: CSIC (China Shipbuilding Industry Corp.)

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This is another piece of large infrastructure. I have decided to put it in this thread.

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Trials Start at World's Largest Ship Lift


By MarEx 2016-09-19 18:58:11

The trial operation of the shiplift at China’s Three Gorges Dam began on Sunday.

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Location of the Three Gorges Dam.

The Three Gorges Dam project started construction 22 years ago, and the shiplift, designed by a Chinese and German team, is the largest and most sophisticated in the world, according to the China Three Gorges Corp., the state-owned company responsible for its construction.

The water level behind the dam is up to 113 meters (370 feet) higher than the downstream river, and the elevator is designed to handle ships with a maximum displacement of about 3,000 tonnes.

It is equipped with a water chamber 120 meters (394 feet) long, 18 meters (59 feet) wide and 3.5 meters (11 feet) deep. The chamber, its mechanical systems and the water weigh 15,500 tons altogether. The ship lift's design uses a helical gear system to climb or descend a toothed rack, and lift time is around eight minutes.

The shiplift complements the five-tier ship lock next to it, which is also the world's largest and has allowed ships to pass through since 2003. The ship lock is running at full capacity, with its cargo throughput standing at 119.6 million tons in 2015.


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It takes ships up to four hours to use the lock, and the lift will cut this time to less than an hour.

The Three Gorges project is designed to achieve flood control, transportation and power generation.

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There is more info in this thread.

https://defence.pk/threads/worlds-largest-ship-lift-at-three-gorges-dam-in-c-china.449780/
 
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This is another piece of large infrastructure. I have decided to put it in this thread.

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Trials Start at World's Largest Ship Lift


By MarEx 2016-09-19 18:58:11

The trial operation of the shiplift at China’s Three Gorges Dam began on Sunday.

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Location of the Three Gorges Dam.

The Three Gorges Dam project started construction 22 years ago, and the shiplift, designed by a Chinese and German team, is the largest and most sophisticated in the world, according to the China Three Gorges Corp., the state-owned company responsible for its construction.

The water level behind the dam is up to 113 meters (370 feet) higher than the downstream river, and the elevator is designed to handle ships with a maximum displacement of about 3,000 tonnes.

It is equipped with a water chamber 120 meters (394 feet) long, 18 meters (59 feet) wide and 3.5 meters (11 feet) deep. The chamber, its mechanical systems and the water weigh 15,500 tons altogether. The ship lift's design uses a helical gear system to climb or descend a toothed rack, and lift time is around eight minutes.

The shiplift complements the five-tier ship lock next to it, which is also the world's largest and has allowed ships to pass through since 2003. The ship lock is running at full capacity, with its cargo throughput standing at 119.6 million tons in 2015.


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It takes ships up to four hours to use the lock, and the lift will cut this time to less than an hour.

The Three Gorges project is designed to achieve flood control, transportation and power generation.

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There is more info in this thread.

https://defence.pk/threads/worlds-largest-ship-lift-at-three-gorges-dam-in-c-china.449780/
My province is great!
 
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Driving near Sino-Viet border in Guangxi
516km long S60 Provincial Expressway


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2010-2020
Guangxi expressway network

Project mode: BOT, PPP, BT, BOT, EPC, etc
所有高速公路项目可采用政府补贴BOT模式(民办公助方式)、PPP(政府与私营企业共同投资建设运营)、BT(建设-转让)、BOT(建设-经营-转让)、EPC

4283 km in 2015, 80% counties have expressways
1700 km added during 12th 5-year-plan

8000+km in 2020
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Good news, the once teacher is now learning from the student. :enjoy:

Guangxi: Guizhou Province is our model

http://www.gx.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/20160530/3172289_c.html

By 2015 (the ending year of 12th 5-year-plan), the length of control-accessed expressways in Guangxi reaches 4288km, covering 87 countries/cities, 21 counties/cities yet to be connected.

2020 is the deadline.

However, at the same time, Guizhou Province announced every county has been connected the network with 5128km long expressways in the province.

Both Guangxi and Guizhou are underdeveloped regions. When Guangxi had 1000+km expressways and ranked 6th in 2003, officers from Guizhou and many other provinces came to Guangxi to learn from us. 10 years later, Guizhou is one of the 9 province achieving the goal of "every county has expressway".

The once student becomes our model.

Building expressways in Guizhou Province is way more difficult than in Guangxi. Bridge and tunnels account for more than 50% there.

Their economy is worse than us. However, they have adopted an array of models to attract investment, such as BOT, BOT+EPC, BOT+EPC+government funding.

We should learn from their innovative methods!


“十二五”收官之时,自治区交通厅对外宣布:截至2015年底, 广西高速公路通车里程4288公里,87个县(市、区)通高速,还有21多个县(市、区)尚未通达,全区力争在5年之后的2020年实现县县通高速的目标。

然而,几乎是在同一时间,贵州省宣布全省88个县实现了县县通高速公路,高速公路通车里程突破5000公里,达到5128公里。

贵州高速公路发展起步比广西晚。作为欠发达地区,广西高速公路通车里程在2003年就突破一千公里大关,排在全国第6位。包括贵州在内的全国很多省区纷纷前来考察取经。经过10多年发展,特别是最近3年来,贵州后来居上,成为当前全国9个县县通高速公路的省份之一。

昔日前来取经的“徒弟”,如今成为我们的榜样。贵州的做法和经验值得广西借鉴。

创新思路破解资金难题

广西高速公路起步早,开始几年势头不错。然而,近十年来,我们虽然每年都还有高速公路建成通车,但增量却很少,发展速度却落后于周边的贵州省。

贵州山高谷深,地质条件十分复杂,修高速公路的地理条件比广西恶劣不止一点点。数据表明,贵州高速公路的桥隧比约50%,也就说,一条100公里的高速公路,桥梁隧道就占了一半,造价相对更高。

据了解,贵州县县通高速公路项目总投资超过4100亿元。但是,贵州省经济总量比广西小,它是怎么破解高速公路建设资金难题呢?

贵州省交通厅长王秉清说,贵州大胆创新投融资模式,把以前等到有了钱再去修路的思维,变成让人先垫钱来修,吸引各类大型企业和民间资本。同时,对偏远山区的高速公路,采取财政兜底的办法吸引社会资金。比如,一条80公里高速公路需要投资100亿元,每年产生利息5亿元,通车后测算3年的平均车流量,如果通行费收入5000万元,那么每年缺口的4.5亿元由财政负责兜底。这样一来,社会资本纷至沓来,特别是一些大型央企,在贵州采用BOT(建设/运营/移交)、BOT+EPC(设计/采购/施工)、“BOT+EPC+政府补助”的模式已建、在建高速公路项目21个约1589公里,投资达1770亿元,较好解决了资金缺口问题。

反观广西高速公路建设,如今很多项目进展缓慢,主要原因就是被资金卡住了。“广西该修高速公路的地方都修了,剩下的20多个县都是些车流量少、经济不发达、地形条件恶劣的的地方,资金成了最大的制约因素。”自治区交通厅一位负责人说,在贵州省早就把贵州到乐业高速公路修到两省区交界处的情况下,乐业到百色高速公路却酝酿多年迟迟开不了工,主要还是资本金不足的问题。他表示,贵州对发展偏远、落后地区高速公路的观念和思维,对投融资方法的探索和创新,正是广西高速公路建设急需的、值得我们学习和借鉴的地方。

 
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If Nanning does not develop fast enough, soon it will be surpassed by Guiyang!!!

Nanning City, capital of Guangxi, in 2008

Nanning 2013

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Guilin City, Guangxi
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Liuzhou City, Guangxi
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Very beautiful and unique bridge.

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Bridge dubbed 'sexiest architecture' to open to public in China
2016-09-23 14:25:31 chinanews.cn Web Editor: Xu Yaqi

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A curvaceous new walkway dubbed “the sexiest project” is set to open to the public in Changsha, central China’s Hunan province.Construction of the bridge was completed on September 22, 2016. The bridge's curves intertwine into a red Chinese lucky knot, and is thus named the Lucky Knot Bridge. With a total length of 183.95 meters and height of 22 meters, the bridge connects a diverse set of routes from different heights. It is expected to become iconic architecture in the city. [Photo: ecns.cn]

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A curvaceous new walkway dubbed “the sexiest project” is set to open to the public in Changsha, central China’s Hunan province.Construction of the bridge was completed on September 22, 2016. The bridge's curves intertwine into a red Chinese lucky knot, and is thus named the Lucky Knot Bridge. With a total length of 183.95 meters and height of 22 meters, the bridge connects a diverse set of routes from different heights. It is expected to become iconic architecture in the city. [Photo: ecns.cn]

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A curvaceous new walkway dubbed “the sexiest project” is set to open to the public in Changsha, central China’s Hunan province.Construction of the bridge was completed on September 22, 2016. The bridge's curves intertwine into a red Chinese lucky knot, and is thus named the Lucky Knot Bridge. With a total length of 183.95 meters and height of 22 meters, the bridge connects a diverse set of routes from different heights. It is expected to become iconic architecture in the city. [Photo: ecns.cn]

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A curvaceous new walkway dubbed “the sexiest project” is set to open to the public in Changsha, central China’s Hunan province.Construction of the bridge was completed on September 22, 2016. The bridge's curves intertwine into a red Chinese lucky knot, and is thus named the Lucky Knot Bridge. With a total length of 183.95 meters and height of 22 meters, the bridge connects a diverse set of routes from different heights. It is expected to become iconic architecture in the city. [Photo: ecns.cn]

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A curvaceous new walkway dubbed “the sexiest project” is set to open to the public in Changsha, central China’s Hunan province.Construction of the bridge was completed on September 22, 2016. The bridge's curves intertwine into a red Chinese lucky knot, and is thus named the Lucky Knot Bridge. With a total length of 183.95 meters and height of 22 meters, the bridge connects a diverse set of routes from different heights. It is expected to become iconic architecture in the city. [Photo: ecns.cn]
 
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China unveils major projects to boost growth
Source: Xinhua | 2016-09-23 15:38:52 | Editor: huaxia

BEIJING, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- Provincial projects worth more than 1 trillion yuan (149.25 billion U.S. dollars) were launched this week as China strives to boost growth, Shanghai Securities News reported Friday.

The projects are mostly infrastructure-related, with the southwest province of Sichuan introducing nine highway projects worth 128.8 billion yuan.

The Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in the north unveiled 366 projects worth 739.6 billion yuan, including infrastructure, industrial parks and city planning.

The projects were unveiled as the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), China's top planner, urged faster approval procedures and vigorous implementation of projects under the country's 13th Five-Year Plan.

In the first eight months, China's infrastructure investment rose 19.7 percent year on year, gaining 0.1 percent from the January-July period, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics.

"The 20-percent infrastructure investment growth is not enough to stabilize growth. The rate needs to be 22 or 23 percent," said Lian Ping, chief economist at the Bank of Communications.

The growth of infrastructure investment is likely to accelerate in the fourth quarter with implementation of major projects, faster approval by the NDRC and operation of public-private partnership (PPP) projects, he said.

The NDRC introduced a new list of PPP projects with 2.14 trillion yuan in total investment on Sept.14 as part of its efforts to promote investment amid an economic slowdown.

It approved infrastructure projects worth more than 1 trillion yuan in the first eight months, including nearly 285 billion in July and August.

China's economy grew 6.7 percent in the second quarter of the year, the lowest quarterly growth since the global financial crisis in early 2009, but still within the government's target range of 6.5-7 percent for 2016.

A slew of data released this month - from industrial output to retail sales - showed rebounding economic activity in August, boosted by government infrastructure spending and property sales.

Infrastructure investment is a key engine in China's economy, contributing 29.4 percent to total investment growth in 2015.
 
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Very beautiful and unique bridge.

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Bridge dubbed 'sexiest architecture' to open to public in China
2016-09-23 14:25:31 chinanews.cn Web Editor: Xu Yaqi

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A curvaceous new walkway dubbed “the sexiest project” is set to open to the public in Changsha, central China’s Hunan province.Construction of the bridge was completed on September 22, 2016. The bridge's curves intertwine into a red Chinese lucky knot, and is thus named the Lucky Knot Bridge. With a total length of 183.95 meters and height of 22 meters, the bridge connects a diverse set of routes from different heights. It is expected to become iconic architecture in the city. [Photo: ecns.cn]

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A curvaceous new walkway dubbed “the sexiest project” is set to open to the public in Changsha, central China’s Hunan province.Construction of the bridge was completed on September 22, 2016. The bridge's curves intertwine into a red Chinese lucky knot, and is thus named the Lucky Knot Bridge. With a total length of 183.95 meters and height of 22 meters, the bridge connects a diverse set of routes from different heights. It is expected to become iconic architecture in the city. [Photo: ecns.cn]

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A curvaceous new walkway dubbed “the sexiest project” is set to open to the public in Changsha, central China’s Hunan province.Construction of the bridge was completed on September 22, 2016. The bridge's curves intertwine into a red Chinese lucky knot, and is thus named the Lucky Knot Bridge. With a total length of 183.95 meters and height of 22 meters, the bridge connects a diverse set of routes from different heights. It is expected to become iconic architecture in the city. [Photo: ecns.cn]

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A curvaceous new walkway dubbed “the sexiest project” is set to open to the public in Changsha, central China’s Hunan province.Construction of the bridge was completed on September 22, 2016. The bridge's curves intertwine into a red Chinese lucky knot, and is thus named the Lucky Knot Bridge. With a total length of 183.95 meters and height of 22 meters, the bridge connects a diverse set of routes from different heights. It is expected to become iconic architecture in the city. [Photo: ecns.cn]

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A curvaceous new walkway dubbed “the sexiest project” is set to open to the public in Changsha, central China’s Hunan province.Construction of the bridge was completed on September 22, 2016. The bridge's curves intertwine into a red Chinese lucky knot, and is thus named the Lucky Knot Bridge. With a total length of 183.95 meters and height of 22 meters, the bridge connects a diverse set of routes from different heights. It is expected to become iconic architecture in the city. [Photo: ecns.cn]
@jkroo You people are crazy....

But I prefer simpler pedestrian bridges more!
 
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@AndrewJin

We have to do it to catch up with Wuhan.:D Changsha do has big plans to build an international metropolis before 2025. For now there are at least 2 tax free zones in the area.

Besides this, we have many under Xiangjiang river tunnels/roads planned. More than 20 if I remember correctly.
 
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@AndrewJin

We have to do it to catch up with Wuhan.:D Changsha do has big plans to build an international metropolis before 2025. For now there are at least 2 tax free zones in the area.

Besides this, we have many under Xiangjiang river tunnels/roads planned. More than 20 if I remember correctly.
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Bridges over Xiangjiang can be compared to bridges in Wuhan?
Your river is our river's tributary....
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Lucky Knot Bridge to open to public
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A curvaceous new walkway dubbed "the sexiest project" is set to open to the public in Changsha, Central China’s Hunan province. The bridge's curves intertwine into a red Chinese lucky knot, and is thus named the Lucky Knot Bridge. With a total length of 183.95 meters and height of 22 meters, the bridge connects a diverse set of routes from different heights. It is expected to become iconic architecture in the city. [Photo/Xinhua]

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