Shanghai is the backbone of rail transit

The Shanghai Municipal Government held an executive meeting recently to study the implementation of the "Guiding Opinions of the State Council on Urban Priority Development of Public Transportation" and the formulation of the "Working Rules of the Shanghai Municipal People's Government." Yang Xiong, deputy secretary of the municipal party committee and mayor, presided over the meeting and delivered a speech. The meeting pointed out that giving priority to the development of public transport is an important guarantee for sustainable urban development, an inherent requirement for the implementation of basic public services, and a fundamental choice for alleviating the contradiction of traffic congestion. It is necessary to thoroughly implement the "Guiding Opinions of the State Council on Urban Priority Development of Public Transport." Combining with Shanghai's reality, the company adheres to the basic principles of people-oriented, overall convergence, government-led, and innovation-driven, and unwaveringly promotes the development of public transportation in this city.

According to the implementation opinions, the city will focus on building rail transit as the backbone, public steam trams as the basis, water ferries as supplements, and slow traffic as extensions. Through the integrated transportation hubs, it will be safe, reliable, economical, convenient, efficient, and low. Carbon smart urban and rural integrated public transport comprehensive system. The main tasks include scientifically formulating and strictly implementing urban public transport planning, further strengthening the construction and operation organization of rail transit networks, effectively guaranteeing the priority of public transportation rights, effectively solving the “last kilometer” traffic access problem, and improving the public transportation price subsidy mechanism. Actively promote the development of low-carbon and energy-saving public transportation.

The principle of the meeting adopted the "Working Rules of the Shanghai Municipal People's Government." The “Work Rules” have responsibilities for the members of the municipal government, fully and correctly perform government functions, insist on administration according to law, implement scientific and democratic decision-making, promote open government affairs, improve the supervision system, improve work efficiency, conference system, official document examination and approval, work discipline, integrity and style Construction and other further explicit provisions.

The meeting pointed out that the municipal government must adhere to the working principles of governing for the people, administering according to law, seeking truth from facts, openness to democracy, and being honest and clean, adhere to innovation-driven, transformational development, strive to create an institutional environment conducive to reform and innovation, and conscientiously implement the party’s line guidelines and policies. Strictly abide by the constitution and laws, actively change the functions of the government, and speed up the construction of a service government, a responsible government, a legal government, and a clean government.